Theme: World Class Institutional Research
The 2009 Forum theme, World Class Institutional Research, challenges us to learn from each other and our colleagues around the world to improve our theoretical understanding, our methods, our techniques and our practice. To accomplish this, we must share what we know, listen to what others’ know and use the opportunity to challenge our own and other ‘taken for granted’ assumptions about higher education and our role within it.
Higher education is a global enterprise. Building the best possible quality higher education is a critical role for IR practitioners everywhere. Students, faculty and staff with many educational backgrounds arrive to study and work in our countries from all over the world. Immigration, emigration, short and long-term exchanges, study-abroad participation, research collaborations, increasing internet access and ever increasing needs for literacy worldwide mean that all of us encounter global higher education issues even if we never leave home.
What better place to explore international best practices to enhance our own work in institutional research (whatever name it goes by) than in Atlanta, Georgia? This city was the last U.S. site to host the summer Olympics. It hosts the Carter Center and CARE USA, both important international humanitarian organizations. Atlanta also has 18 international sister cities and Mayor Franklin supports a city International Affairs Department.
Join us here! Share your work and learn from others, and play in the World Class City of Atlanta. We have everything from A to Z to keep you entertained during your stay in Atlanta:
| Aquarium (The
Georgia Aquarium) Braves Baseball and Turner Field CNN Downtown Atlanta Tours Experience “Gone with the Wind” Fernbank Museum of Natural History Golf Atlanta (Over 100 Courses!) High Museum of Art Imagine It! The Children’s Museum Jimmy Carter Library and Museum Kennesaw Mountain Little Five Points Martin Luther King Jr. Historic Site |
New World of Coca-Cola Olympic Ring Fountain @ Centennial Park Piedmont Park Quilt Shops (13 of them!) Renaissance Festival Six Flags Over Georgia Technology Square @ Georgia Tech Underground Atlanta Varsity William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum Yellow River Game Ranch Zoo Atlanta |
We can’t wait to see you in Atlanta where you’re always welcome to Enjoy our City Lights and Southern Nights!