Friday, June 16, 2006

04.00 p.m.

Registration

04.30 p.m. -
05.00 p.m

Welcome and Introduction of Participants and Program

Welcome Helen Oloroso, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University

Welcome and Introduction of Participants & of the Transatlantic Degree Programs Project Ulrich Grothus, DAAD New York

05.00 p.m. -
05.45 p.m.

Keynote Address

• Educating and Training for the Globalized World,
  Tom Peterson, University of Arizona [pdf, 1.5MB]

Saturday, June 17, 2006

09.00 a.m. -
11.30 a.m.

Panel 1
Role and Relevance of Double and Joint Degree Programs in Internationalizing Higher Education

• European Experiences:
  Andrejs Rauhvargers, Co-Author of the “Survey on Master Degrees and Joint Degrees in Europe”, Latvian Rectors’ Council [pdf, 50KB]

• The EU Perspective:
  Diego Sammaritano, EU Commission [pdf, 100KB]

• The US Perspective:
  Daniel Obst, Institute of International Education [pdf, 100KB]

• The Canadian Perspective:
  Sheila Embleton, York University [pdf, 50KB]

• The German Perspective:
  Sebastian Fohrbeck, DAAD [pdf, 200KB]

11.30 a.m. -
01.00 p.m.

Panel 2
Case Studies

• Results of Survey on Joint and Double Degree Programs between German and North American Universities
  Britta Baron, Canadian Universities’ Centre / TDP Project

• Transatlantic Academic Programs in Mechanical Engineering: The TU Darmstadt and Virginia Tech bilateral senior year abroad and dual-MS degree programs,
  Jan Helge Bøhn, Virginia Tech [pdf, 2.5MB]

• Joint Programs on Graduate Level: The Partnership of TU Braunschweig with University of Rhode Island,
  Stephan Scholl, Technische Universität Braunschweig [pdf, 200KB]

• Joint Programs on Master Level, The Partnerships of Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences,
  Peter Henning, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences [pdf, 200KB]

02.00 p.m. -
03.45 p.m.

Panel 3
Curricular Elements, Implementation, Recruiting

• Presentation on the TUNING Project,
  Günter Heitmann, Technische Universität Berlin [ppt, 200KB]

• Curricular Elements and Necessary Agreements on Contents, Assessment and Recognition of Joint and Double Degree Programs,
  Dieter Leonhard, Deutsch-Französische Hochschule [pdf, 350KB]

• Legal, Financial and Administrative Aspects of Joint Degrees,
  Joseph Hoey, Georgia Institute of Technology [pdf, 300KB]

• Recruiting for and Marketing of Joint Programs,
  John Grandin, University of Rhode Island [pdf, 1MB]

04.15 p.m. -
05.15 p.m.

Working Groups

• Working Group 1
  Curricular Elements and Necessary Agreements on Contents, Assessment and Recognition of Joint and Double Degree Programs
  Chair: Manfred Hampe, Technische Universität Darmstadt

• Working Group 2
  Legal, Financial and Administrative Aspects of Joint Degrees
  Chair: Joseph Hoey, Georgia Institute of Technology

• Working Group 3
  Recruiting for and Marketing of Joint Programs
  Chair: John Grandin, University of Rhode Island

Sunday, June 18, 2006

09.00 a.m. -
10.00 a.m.

Panel 4
Accreditation of Joint Degree Programs

• Iring Wasser, ASIIN [pdf, 1.8MB]

• Dayne Aldridge, ABET

• Jacinta O'Brien, Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board [pdf, 350KB]

10.00 a.m. -
11.30 a.m.

Reports of the Working Groups and Discussion of Results in the Plenary

Chair: Britta Baron, Canadian Universities’ Centre / TDP Project [pdf, 50KB]

• Working Group 1
  Curricular Elements and Necessary Agreements on Contents, Assessments and Recognition of Joint and Double Degree Programs [pdf, 150KB]

• Working Group 2
  Legal, Financial and Administrative Aspects of Joint Degrees [pdf, 50KB]

• Working Group 3
  Recruiting for and Marketing of Joint Programs [pdf, 50KB]

11.30 a.m. -
12.30 p.m.

Wrap up and Conclusions, Future Steps

Chair: Duane Abata, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

End of Workshop