WISE 2012 to discuss ‘collaboration for change’

By María Elena Hurtado. The 2012 World Innovation Summit for Education – WISE – will take place this week. Some 1,200 thought leaders and decision-makers will attend including Barham Madain, president of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP), who spoke to University World News about collaboration in higher education.
Organised by the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, the summit, being held from 13-15 November, has the purpose of finding innovative solutions to the challenges of education at all levels.
UWN: The theme for this year’s WISE is “Collaboration for Change”. What aspects of this broad topic related to higher education would you highlight?
Madain: Higher education institutions in developing countries must find ways of satisfying the high – and growing – demand for high quality university education with scarce means. More...