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INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION

News of the Center

The Center's Web site is now available in an Arabic translation. Most of the materials on the English version of the Web site have been translated into Arabic.

• http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bc.edu%2Fcihe&langpair=en%7Car&hl=en&ie=UTF8

The CIHE's podcast initiateive continues to grow. It is coordinated by Laura Rumbley. New intervies are added regularly.

• http://www.bc.edu/cihe/podcast/

Several visiting scholars will be in residence at the CIHE this coming academic year.

• Jane Knight, adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, Canada. Dr. Knight is a New Centry Scholar of the Fulbright program.
• Anthony Welch, associate professor at the University of Sydney, Australia. Dr. Welch is a New Century Scholar of the Fulbright Program. He has previously been a CIHE visiting scholar.

In addition, Keiko Yokoyama and Ulla Kriebernegg were visiting scholars during the summer. Liudvika Leisyte continues as a visiting scholar, sharing her time between the Center and CHEPS in Twente, the Netherlands.

Philip G. Altbach, CIHE director, has worked with the Government of Saudi Arabia on a plan for the future of higher education in the Kingdom for the next 25 year. In October, he will speak at a conference at Seoul National University in Korea, at a conference on world-class universities at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the Beijing Forum in Beijing, China.

The CIHE welcomes Iván Pacheco as a graduate assistant and doctoral student. Iván served as an official of the Ministry of Education in Colombia and has recently completed his master's degree in higher education at Boston College.