Friday 30 January

Professor Adam Gamoran, University of Wisconsin-Madison

More inclusion than diversion: expansion, differentiation, and market structure in higher education

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Monday 9 February

Professor Ivar Bleiklie, University of Bergen

Organisation and Governance of Universities

Monday 2 March

Professor Gerald LeTendre, Pennsylvania State University

Cross-national trends in teacher work roles and working conditions

Friday 13 March (10am US Eastern, 9am US Central, 7am US Pacific)

Professor Martial Staub, University of Sheffield

The Commonwealth of Universities

Monday 20 April (9pm China)

Professor Rui Yang, University of Hong Kong

Enter the Dragon? China's Higher Education Returns to the World Community: The Case of Peking University Personnel Reforms

Friday 15 May (9pm China)

Susan L. Robertson, Centre for Globalisation, Education and Societies, University of Bristol

Globalising the ‘Bologna Process’: Looking Closely at the Europe’s ‘Looking Out’ Strategy for Higher Education

Friday 29 May (9pm China)

Michael L. Skolnik, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto

Quality assessment in higher education as a political process