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The Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) is an interdisciplinary research-institute located at the School of Management and Governance of the Universiteit Twente, the Netherlands. Since 1984, CHEPS has undertaken and published a considerable amount of research on higher education especially at system and institutional levels. CHEPS seeks to increase our understanding of institutional, national and international issues that bear upon Higher Education.

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CHEPS Lustrum Postponed

In the beginning of May we sent you a Conference pre-announcement concerning the 25th anniversary of CHEPS on The Reform of Higher Education and Research in Europe. Unfortunately this CHEPS conference scheduled on November 26th has to be postponed due to two unforeseen important University and faculty events. For this we apologize.

We will inform you as soon as possible about the new date for the conference; this will be early 2011. ... read more

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The Future Sustainability of Dutch Higher Education

CHEPS made an important contribution to the report of the Committee on the Future Sustainability of Dutch Higher Education. Hans Vossensteyn contributed as an external expert and secretary to the Committee Veerman. Recommendations were made that envisage to raise quality and differentiation in Dutch higher education. ... read more

MODERN

MODERN Conference:Assuring the quality of internationalisation

The MODERN conference “Assuring the quality of internationalisation” is the third in a series of five conferences organised by the MODERN European platform in higher education modernisation. MODERN is a three-year EU-funded structural network project in the EU Lifelong Learning Programme, developed under the leadership of ESMU, in a consortium with 9 core partners, 28 associate partner European associations and academic providers of higher education management (HEM) training programmes. ... read more

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MODERN Peer Learning Workshop

On May 5 and 6, MODERN organizes a peer learning workshop on QA and internationalisation in Amsterdam. Quality Assurance (QA) and internationalisation are two main challenges universities are facing, not only in the context of the Bologna Process but also with respect to the growing worldwide competition within the higher education sector. ... read more