Call for Proposals

The Call for Proposals is Closed

The conference seeks to address the impact of globalization on planning. We will explore strategies that facilitate the development of globally informed planning processes. We will look for ideas to incorporate international knowledge and experience in order to serve our members and stakeholders in a broader global context. We are looking for ideas that enrich our planning services by continuously integrating theories, planning knowledge and practices beyond an inward national focus, and exploring and being inspired by world-wide influences, experiences and expertise that will allow our campuses to participate meaningfully, confidently, and successfully in the global arena.

We in North America tend to think of "globalization" as simply the exporting of western culture and technology—and its results—to other countries. Perhaps we can also think of globalization in terms of learning from other societies, other campus cultures, and other cultures' traditions of education. How can we enrich services with more importing of global ideas instead of focusing on the exporting of North American ideals? What colleges and universities in North America have already implemented global "best practices" that strengthen planning efforts here?

At the SCUP 2007 North Atlantic Regional Conference, we will explore ideas that are working at colleges and universities in other countries. We will study how we can take ideas from other cultures and make necessary adaptations to incorporate them into our campuses, as well as adjust how we export our higher education models and practices.

Presentation Information

This conference seeks significant participation in discussions about globalization and emergent global challenges confronting higher education, specifically in regards to incorporating ideas from cultures other than our own. Your presentation can focus on a single area of planning, or you may choose to discuss multiple areas of planning in higher education as related to globalization.

You should address the impact and influence of globalization on university policy-making. Do you have examples of global practices that have shaped or could offer new shape to our planning processes and issues relative to:

• Different types of planning: academic, technology, resources, budget and finance, facilities, building and architecture, master and strategic plans?
• Special areas of interest, including (but not limited to), enrollment planning, international students, curriculum, faculty recruitment, space management, sustainability, student housing and/or services, technology, town-gown relations, libraries, internationalization, and many other new trends in higher education, including combined institutional/strategic/integrated planning?
• A worldwide network and an interconnected world, which is central to globalization: there are more than 10,000 universities in the world and more than 6,000 have websites. What have North American universities learned from our global universities?

Call for Proposals

You are invited to submit your proposal as a presenter for a concurrent session. Proposals must be submitted electronically through the SCUP web site.

The concurrent sessions are the primary means of knowledge at the conference. The sessions are 60 minutes in length, allowing at least 10 minutes for questions and answers. These sessions involve one to three presenters (no more than three) and may be presented as case studies, demonstrations, panel discussion, or focus groups. All presenters are expected to register for the conference and pay the registration fee.

Please use the online form at www.scup.org/redirect/proposalsubmission.html to submit your concurrent session for consideration.

The deadline for receipt of proposals is Wednesday, November 29, 2006.

Proposal Review

Members of SCUP's regional program committee will review proposals. Proposals are evaluated on audience engagement, clarity, content, significance, presentation of theory, problem-solving methods, transferability, take-away knowledge, and presenter expertise.

No academic system can exist by itself in the world of the 21st century.
—Albach