Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University will host the International Conference on the Changing Academic Profession Project "The Changing Academic Profession in Asia: Teaching, Research, Governance and Management". Your participation is most welcome. 【Dates】January 24 (Thurs) ～ 25 (Fri), 2013 【Venue】Hiroshima Garden Palace (1-15, Hikaricho, Higashi-Ku, Hiroshima) 【Language】English (No translation) 【Participation Fee】Free 【Application】 Those who would like to participate in the conference, please apply from here. (Go to the application form on the website of Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University.) Application Deadline: January 21 (Mon), 2013 【Program】 [January 24 (Thurs) 9:00～17:00] ■Keynote Speeches "Academic Profession in the International and Comparative Perspectives: Trends of Asia and world" Akira ARIMOTO (President, Kurashiki Sakuyo University / Director, Research Institute for Higher Education, Kurashiki Sakuyo University, Japan) "Massification of Higher Education: Implications for the academy" William K. CUMMINGS (Professor of International Education, The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, USA)

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■Presentations



Session 1: Governance & Management



1: China



“Similarities and Differences of Perception of Academic Profession Across Three Types of Institutions”



Fengqiao YAN (Professor, Graduate School of Education, Peking University, China)

Aimin WANG (Deputy Director, Beijing City University, China)



2: Japan



“Academic Profession and University Governance in Japan”



Akiyoshi YONEZAWA (Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan)

Masataka MURASAWA (Associate Professor, Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, Japan)



[January 25 (Fri) 9:00～12:30]

Session 2: Teaching & Research Activities



3: Cambodia



“Current Conditions and Challenges for Faculty Members at Higher Education Institutions in Cambodia”



Yuto KITAMURA (Associate Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sophia University, Japan)

Naoki UMEMIYA (Deputy Director, Technical & Higher Education Division, Human Development Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan)



4: Indonesia



“Trends in Teaching and Research among Academic Profession in Indonesia”



NIZAM (Secretary for the Board of Higher Education, Ministry of National Education,Indonesia / Professor of Civil Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)



5: Japan



“Education and Research Activities of the Academic Profession in Japan: by using the APA survey in 2011”



Tsukasa DAIZEN (Professor, Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, Japan)

Naomi KIMOTO (Assistant Professor, Comprehensive Education Center, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Japan)



6: Malaysia



“Teaching and Research Concentration of Academics in Malaysian Public Universities”



Aida Suraya Md. YUNUS (Professor, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia / Director of Centre for Academic Development, National Higher Education Research Institute, Penang, Malaysia)



7: Taiwan



“Development and Challenge of Academic Profession in Taiwan”



Ching Shan WU (President, National Academy for Educational Research, Taiwan)

Robin J. CHEN (Director, Office of R&D and International Affairs, National Academy for Educational Research, Taiwan)



8: Vietnam



“Academic Profession in Vietnam: Prelimenary findings from 2012 survey”



PHAM, Thanh Nghi (Senior Researcher, Vietnam Association of Psychological and Educational Sciences, Vietnam)





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