Good Fortune

Presentations


Selected presentations -

’The Challenge of Building World Class Universities in Developing Countries,” seminar on Higher Education in an Era of Globalization, Sao Paulo (Brazil) House of Representatives, December 2007.

“What China Should NOT Adopt from U.S. Higher Education,” Tsinghua University Forum on Higher Education, Beijing; Shanghai Jiaotong University conference on World Class Universities, November 2007.

“Growth and Reform in Chinese Higher Education,” NAFSA Symposium, March 2007.

“Educational Exchanges: What China Should NOT Adopt from U.S. Higher Education,” University of Hong Kong, January 2007.

“Emerging Global Model of the Research University,” Higher Education in the 21st Century: Global Challenges and National Response, UNESCO, Paris, October 2006.

“China’s Drive for World-Class Universities: Global Challenges and Local Response,” Institute for Asian Research, University of British Columbia, September 2006.

“China’s Drive for World Class Universities: Threat or Advantage?” CENTRA Technology conference on forces shaping China’s next generation, May 2006.

“Becoming World Class: Unfulfilled Aspirations of East Asian Universities?” Association of Asian Studies annual meeting, April 2006. Panel presentation on quality assurance and higher education reform, Higher Education in the 21st Century, American University of Cairo, March 2006.

“Chinese Students and the Implications of Study Abroad,” CENTRA Technology conference on Chinese human capital development, October 2005.

“Private Education in China,” Center for Strategic and International Studies. June 2005. “Who Decides What in China Today?” University of Maryland-College Park Honors Program lecture series, March 2005.

“People to People Exchange: Contributions to International Understanding”, World Peace Day, Colorado Springs, CO, February 2005.

“Center and Periphery: Who Controls Chinese Education?” Scholar’s Convocation, Grinnell College, February 2005.

“Transforming Institutions in Global China: Past Lessons, Future Challenges,” University of Maryland-College Park, May 2004.

“Chinese Higher Education Reforms,” invited seminar on human resources for science and technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, May 2004.

“Center and Periphery: The Changing Relationship Between the State and Institutions of Higher Education in China,” Xiamen University and University of Hong Kong conference on higher education reforms in China, December 2003.

“Sino-American Educational Exchanges: Challenges and Prospects,” Fudan University, November 2003. Presentations comparing Chinese, American and Hong Kong higher education policies at Peking, Tsinghua, Nankai, Nanjing, Beijing Normal, East China Normal, and Hong Kong Universities, Spring 2003.

“Liberal Learning for the 21st Century,” Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia, December 2002; similar talk at Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, January 2003.

“Internationalization of Higher Education in Japan and the United States,” series of presentations in Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, Fukuoka, and Okinawa under the auspices of the U.S. Embassy in Japan, November 2002.

“Doing It Right from the Start,” Harvard Institute for New Presidents, July 2002. Speeches on American higher education at Sichuan University, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Huaxi Medical University, and the China Sichuan International Culture Exchange Center, Chengdu, China, Fall 2000.

“Balance in Leadership,” Colorado Women’s Leadership Coalition, Denver, CO, October 1997.

“Positioned for Excellence for the 21st Century,” Seminar on Academic Computing, Snowmass, CO, August 1997.

"Liberal Education, Leadership, and Public Service," Grinnell College, November 1995.

"Commitment to Excellence," Women's Forum of Colorado, October 1995.

“Strategic Planning/Strategic Thinking,” Association of Governing Boards annual meeting, March 1995.

"An American Imperative: Higher Expectations for Higher Education," National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, February 1994.

“What Is the Public Interest in Liberal Education?” 300th anniversary of the founding of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, February 1993.

"Why the State of Maryland Invests in You,” All-campus commencement address, University of Maryland at College Park, May 1991.

"Higher Education and America's Future," invited testimony at the opening hearings on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC, February 1991.

"Federal Policy and the Organization of the University," Phi Beta Kappa lecture, University of Maryland, May 1989.

"The Trustee Role in Public Policy," Association of Governing Boards and Brookings Institution Seminars, Washington, DC, February 1988; September 1988; May 1989; January 1990.

"Implementation of Federal Higher Education Policies," Taubman Center for Public Policy, Brown University, March 1987.

"Student Involvement in Learning," U.S. Department of Education and New England Board of Higher Education invitational conference, Boston, MA, February 1985.

"Improving Public Understanding of Liberal Learning," National Federation of Public Programs in the Humanities, Indianapolis, IN, November 1980.