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Case studies of institutional strategies for joint degrees

Case studies of institutional strategies for joint degrees. Central European University Budapest dr. István Teplán, Executive Vice-President. CEU’s profile Motivations for engaging in international cooperation/joint degrees Strategy Examples Possible lessons.

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Case studies of institutional strategies for joint degrees

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  1. Case studies of institutional strategies for joint degrees Central European University Budapest dr. István Teplán, Executive Vice-President

  2. CEU’s profile • Motivations for engaging in international cooperation/joint degrees • Strategy • Examples • Possible lessons

  3. CEU’S PROFILE: American, European, International • US-chartered university (NY State Education Department) • US program accreditation (NY State Education Department) • Candidate for US institutional accreditation (Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools -to be finalized in April 2004) • European, Hungarian accreditation?

  4. CEU’S PROFILE: American, European, International • Graduate school, research-intensive • Programs in social sciences and humanities • Curriculum based on a comparative approach, no national agenda • International faculty (20 countries) • International student body (60 countries)

  5. Mission • CEU’s primary mission is to contribute to the development of open societies in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union by promoting academic excellence - including high level research - and civic commitment.

  6. CEU’S PROFILE: American, European, International • US-chartered university -operating in Hungary -with an international faculty and student body -and a mission that is primarily European • What need for international cooperation/joint degrees?

  7. Motivations • Achieve the mission • Maximizing resources (intellectual, financial, etc.) • Promoting innovation in teaching and research • Asserting a European profile

  8. Strategy • Joint appointments with universities form “the region” • Special and Extension Programs (Curriculum Research Center, Course Development Competition, etc.) • Exchange programs for students and professors (North America, Europe, Australia) • Joint degree programs

  9. Examples of joint programs • Ph.D. in Mathematics and its Applications: CEU, Alrfed Renyi Institute of Mathematics (Budapest), Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris) • Advantages: prestige, innovativecurriculum (high level Mathematics in systematic dialogue with Social Sciences and Humanities), wider scope of recruitment, no individual partner had sufficient resources alone

  10. Examples of joint programs • Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences and Policy: CEU, Professors from several Institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences/Hungarian Universities • Advantages: CEU has strong expertise in environmental policy matters covering the whole region but no science infrastructure and experts in environmental science; US accredited program, also ‘accreditable’ according to Hungarian standards as a ‘doctoral school’

  11. Examples of joint programs • International Masters in Management:CEU, Purdue (US), Tilburg (Netherlands), ESCP-EAP (France) • LLM in Comparative Business Law: CEU, World Law Institute, Emory University

  12. Lessons • Joint degrees: intellectual, financial, social, and symbolic added-value; excellent tool for building a European Area of Higher Education • No real framework supportive for such programs at national or European levels (including quality assurance, accreditation, or proper formal recognition)

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