North American Higher Education Conference

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Date: Fri Jan 09 2004 - 13:10:28 CST

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Dear Colleague:

Join leaders and practitioners of higher education, business, government and students in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico for CONAHEC's 9th North American Higher Education Conference! It is the premier networking and information sharing event for education leaders in Mexico, Canada and the United States.

The theme of the March 17-20, 2004 conference is "Discovering North American Potential: Higher Education Charts a New Course." For complete information, visit http://conahec.org and follow the link to the conference Web site.=20

The event is organized by CONAHEC, a trinational consortium linking higher education institutions in North America, and is co-convened by the American Council on Education (ACE); the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC); the Asociaci=F3n Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educaci=F3n Superior (ANUIES); the Association of Canadian Community Colleges/Association des coll=E8ges communautaires du Canada (ACCC); and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada/Association des universit=E9s et coll=E8ges du Canada (AUCC).

Our host institution is the Universidad de Guadalajara, and our co-hosts are the Universidad Aut=F3noma de Guadalajara; Universidad del Valle de Atemajac; ITESM-Campus Guadalajara; Universidad Panamericana; and, Universidad Tecnol=F3gica de Jalisco.

EXTENDED CONFERENCE REGISTRATION DEADLINE If you haven't registered yet, register online at our conference Web site TODAY! As an early holiday present, we have extended the deadline for "early bird" registration through Friday, January 9, 2004. Alternatively, if you don't have online access, you can register by calling Stefan Baumann at (520) 621-7761.=20

Conference Hotel Rates and Deadline The Fiesta Americana Guadalajara is offering our group a special rate of
$890 pesos per night - approximately $80 USD or $105 CAD (single/double, not including taxes). To get the special rate, reserve your room by Friday, January 30, 2004 and use the code "CONAHE" (no final "c"). We encourage you to reserve your room *TODAY*.=20

To make your reservation, call Fiesta Americana at 1-800-FIESTA1
(1-800-343-7821) from the U.S. or Canada. From Mexico you can call 01-800-504-5000 or (55) 5326-6900 (from Mexico City). You can also call the hotel directly at (011-52) (33) 3825-3434.=20

After January 30th, these low rates are no longer guaranteed, and the room price may rise significantly. DON'T WAIT -- call today!

SPEAKERS AND PROGRAM We have assembled a superb program for the conference. Some of our featured invited speakers include:

* Reyes Tamez Guerra, Secretary of Public Education, MEXICO=20
* Julio Rubio, Undersecretary for Higher Education, MEXICO
* Silvia Alvarez, Deputy Director, Mexican Science and Technology Council (CONACYT), MEXICO=20
* Leonard Haynes, Director, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, USA=20
* Madeleine Green, Vice President for International Initiatives, American Council on Education, USA=20
* Christiane Boulanger, Human Resources Development Canada=20
* Jamil Salmi, Education Sector Manager, Human Development Network, World Bank=20
* Sally Johnstone, Executive Director, Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications, WICHE, USA=20
* Robert A. Pastor, Vice President of International Affairs and Professor of International Relations, American University, USA=20
* Julio Millan, President, Future Society Chapter Mexico.=20
* Juan Carlos Romero Hicks, Governor of the State of Guanajuato, MEXICO
* David W. Strangway, President and CEO, Canada Foundation for Innovation, CANADA=20

For an updated version of the program, visit our conference Web site regularly.

Other features of our program include:

* Two optional post-conference workshops on internationalization of the curriculum and institutions.=20
* 30 concurrent sessions delivered by experts from Mexico, the U.S. and Canada on topics related to quality assurance, building competencies, internationalization, model projects, student and faculty mobility, North American studies, and higher education's role in economic development.=20
* Working sessions with funding agencies supporting mobility programs in North America.=20
* Presentation of CONAHEC's Award of Distinction and the Manuel T. Pacheco Award.=20
* Not-to-be-missed networking tours in historic Guadalajara and Tequila.=20
* Optional visits to Guadalajara's finest universities and colleges.=20
* Joint events and sessions with members of the Student Organization of North America (SONA), a student-led organization sponsored by CONAHEC.=20

We look forward to seeing you in Guadalajara!

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Francisco Marmolejo

Executive Director

Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC)

University of Arizona

220 W. 6th St.

University Services Annex, Bldg. 300A Rm. 108

PO Box 210300

Tucson, AZ 85721-0300

USA

Phone: (520) 621-9080