From: Christopher Pratt
cgp2002@columbia.edu
The 2005 World Conference on Cooperative Education, Boston, June 14 - 17,
2005
During June 14 - 17, 2005, the captains of industry and academia worldwide
will meet to debate and discuss the future of the educational phenomenon
that is revolutionizing the way we develop the global workforce of the 21st
century -- work-integrated learning (WIL). The World Conference on
Cooperative Education will be the only time in the next three years that
employers, educators, and policymakers from around the world will be
gathered together to explore strategies for forging relationships between
academia and the workplace that will result in a stronger, more versatile,
and better-educated workforce. It could be your opportunity to share your
research and opinions with this prestigious audience. The next world
conference after June will take place in July of 2007 in Singapore.
A Call for Proposals
The Program Committee for the 2005 World Conference on Cooperative Education
is searching for innovative, thought-provoking, and stimulating
presentations that address compelling issues of global workforce
development. We are looking for proposals from leaders in higher education,
business, human resources, labor, and government. We want to present ideas
from people who have developed work-based programs that teach students how
to succeed in an increasingly international society. And we want to hear
from corporate visionaries who have benefited from incorporating
work-integrated learning into their businesses. We welcome proposals that
explore new theories, educational research, and trends in work-integrated
learning.
The broad theme of the conference is Global Workforce Development: Defining,
Developing, and Managing. Participants are active in developing a workforce
that will effectively contribute to the cultural, technical, economic, and
ethical aspects of our global society. Some of the questions they will
explore include:
- Is work-integrated, experiential learning the best vehicle for global
workplace development?
- What is the economic impact of work-integrated learning?
- What are the components of a successful university-industry partnership?
- How can cooperative education, internships, study abroad programs, and
service learning benefit the employer as well as the student?
- Does technology help or hinder the development of work-integrated
learning?
- What are the practical results of incorporating work into post-secondary
education?
- Does work-integrated learning actually produce a superior workforce?
Captains of industry, public policy makers, and educators will spend four
days next June discussing and debating the role work-based education plays
in developing a global workforce. They will then return to their academic
posts, government offices, or corporations around the globe to implement
some of the theories they discovered at the conference. If you would like
your research, opinions, and ideas to be considered by these leaders in
global workforce development, submit your presentation proposal by September
30, 2004.
Submit a Proposal
Please send your proposal for a thirty or sixty minute presentation to
iarsenault@waceinc.org. It must be written in English and sent
electronically as a Microsoft Word document. Please include the title of the
presentation as well as the names, titles, and organizational affiliations
of the authors. Also, indicate if you want to present your information as a
30-minute paper presentation, a sixty-minute interactive speech, a panel
discussion, or in another format. For more information about the conference
go to
http://www.wace2005.neu.edu/
Hope to see you there.
Chris
Dr. Christopher Pratt
Dean
Columbia University
Career Education
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