WES-CIHE Summer Institute

Are you a graduate student or early career researcher, interested in questions related to international higher education?

The WES-CIHE Summer Institute supports the development of the next generation of international higher education scholars, by connecting graduate students and early career researchers with seasoned professionals and senior scholars from around the world. Please consider joining us for the next Summer Institute, which will be held at Boston College on June 4 and 5, 2024!

Link: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/lynch-school/sites/cihe/events-news/wes-cihe-conference.html#tab-venue_accommodations

What to Expect

The theme of the 2024 Summer Institute is Equitable Higher Education in Times of Disruption.

At the Summer Institute, participants can expect to:

  • engage in substantive discussions about this important topic,
  • share their work, in a supportive environment, and receive both written and oral feedback from established scholars, 
  • network with other early career researchers, and
  • participate in discussions about important developmental topics, such as innovative methods, disseminating your scholarship, and the international job search.

The Summer Institute combines individual paper presentations, panel discussions with expert speakers and opportunities for group discussion and networking for participants and presenters. 

Draft Program


TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2024
11:00 amARRIVAL AT BOSTON COLLEGE
11:30 amWELCOME & OPENING PANEL DISCUSSION
Equitable Higher Education in Times of Disruption
 
1:00 pmLunch, and Participant and Presenter Introductions
 
2:00 pmPARTICIPANT PAPER SESSION #1 
 
3:15 p.m.Break
3:30 p.m.PANEL DISCUSSION
Disseminating Your Scholarship
 
4:30 p.m.Break
 
4:45 p.m.PARTICIPANT PAPER SESSION #2
 
5:30 p.m.Wine & Cheese Reception

 
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2024
8:30 amCoffee, Light Breakfast, and Networking
9:00 am PANEL DISCUSSION
Community Engagement in International Higher Education
10:00 amBreak
10:15 amPARTICIPANT PAPER SESSION #3
 
11:30 amBreak
 
11:45 amPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION
Making the Most of Your Doctorate
 
12:45 pmLunch and networking
1:30 pmFIRESIDE CHAT with PHILIP G. ALTBACH
2:15 pmBreak
2:30 pmPANEL DISCUSSION
Innovative Methods in International Higher Education Research
3:30 pmPARTICIPANT PAPER SESSION #4
 
4:45 pmBreak
 
5:00 pmLESSONS LEARNED, CONCLUDING THOUGHTS, and NEXT STEPS
 
6:00 pmSummer Institute Ends
 

Paper Submission

Any graduate student or early career professional* is invited to participate in the 2024 WES-CIHE Summer Institute. Participants who wish to participate should submit a 1,000-word paper representing original research relevant to the conference theme of “equitable higher education in times of disruption.”

In an era of disruptions of many types – such as pandemics, climate change, and conflict, just to name a few – higher education is faced with challenges to navigate rapidly changing realities, overcome economic, political, ecological, and technological difficulties, and equitably serve its multiple stakeholders. We invite submissions of empirical research or conceptual work that is concerned with advancing higher education equity against this backdrop, whether the focus is on students, teachers, researchers, scholars, higher education practitioners, or any other stakeholder, and whether the submission targets local, national or international disruption(s).

Selected participants will be invited to present their paper at the Summer Institute. Selected papers will also be considered for publication in a future edition of CIHE Perspectives.

To apply:

  • Interested participants must submit the following:
    • 1,000 word paper (exclusive of references);
    • Curriculum vitae (CV) 
  • Applications must be received by January 31, 2024
  • All materials should be submitted by email to wescihesummerinstitute@bc.edu.

Selected participants will be informed by February 15.  Limited travel funding and two nights’ free accommodation will be offered to selected participants based outside the Boston area.

There is no option to register/attend without submitting a paper.

* Early career professionals are eligible if they completed their terminal degree within the past five years.

Venue

The 2024 WES-CIHE Summer Institute will be held on the campus of Boston College, located in Chestnut Hill, MA, just 20 minutes from Boston’s Logan Airport.


Accommodations

Selected participants will receive free accommodation in the Boston University dormitories in downtown Boston for the nights of June 4 and 5. (A shuttle service will be provided to bring participants to Boston College from the BU dormitories).

Managing Editor: Tong Meng

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