Salzburg Seminar – Universities Project - Milika Dhamo

“The [Visiting
Advisors Project]
report has been
recognized as the
best among many
others, and will be
published and sent
to all Russian
institutions of higher
education as a
model for annual
reports on
educational quality.”
Anatoly Vostrikov
Novosibirsk State Technical
University, Russian Federation
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David Warren, President, National
Association of Independent Colleges
and Universities, Washington, DC,
USA
Helene Kamensky, Coordinator,
Russian Program, Universities Project,
Salzburg Seminar
Focus: Organization of university
administration; financial and budget
planning; fundraising strategies; use of
informational technology in higher
education.
• Novosibirsk State Technical University
October 24–30, 1999
Team Members
Jaak Aaviksoo (Team Leader),
Rector, Tartu University, Estonia
Harry Brinkman, Senior Advisor,
Center for Higher Education Policy
Studies, University of Twente,
Enschede, Netherlands
Joseph Short, Chairman of the Board,
Association of Independent Colleges
and Universities in Massachusetts;
President Emeritus, Bradford College,
Haverill, Massachusetts, USA
Colin Guard, Program Assistant,
Universities Project Russian Program,
Salzburg Seminar
Focus: Leadership and management;
strategic planning; developing sources
of funding; the market’s effect on new
curricula and research priorities;
developing a credit system allowing
student mobility; information
technology and the curriculum; the
university’s role in local and regional
affairs.
• Ural State University, Ekaterinburg
June 13–18, 1999
Team Members
John Davies (Team Leader), Dean of
the Graduate School, Anglia
Polytechnic University, Essex, UK
K. George Pedersen, Chancellor,
University of Northern British
Columbia, Prince George, Canada
Colin Guard, Program Assistant,
Universities Project Russian Program,
Salzburg Seminar
Focus: The University’s strategic plan;
the present financial situation; the
university’s role in local and regional
affairs; the university’s new
relationships with neighboring HEIs;
the budgetary process and developing
new sources of income; information
technologies in the educational
process; the university’s changed role
in relating to students.
• Kazan State University
June 6–12, 1999
Team Members
Paul Brinkman, Associate Vice
President for Budget and Planning,
University of Utah, Salt Lake City,
USA
Marlene Johnson, Executive Director
& CEO, NAFSA: Association of
International Educators, Washington,
DC, USA
Anthony Morgan (Team Leader),
Department of Educational Leadership
and Policy, University of Utah, Salt
Lake City, USA
Karel Tavernier, General
Administrator, Catholic University of
Leuven, Belgium
Colin Guard, Program Assistant,
Universities Project Russian Program,
Salzburg Seminar
Focus: Leadership and management in
all aspects of the university; planning,
both strategic and short-term;
personnel policies; budgeting and
accounting systems; the university’s
role in local and regional affairs; the
management of entrepreneurial units.
• Petrozavodsk State University
April 14–22, 1999
Team Members
Ronald Bleed, Vice Chancellor for
New Information Technologies,
Maricopa Community Colleges,
Tempe, Arizona, USA
Robin Farquhar, Professor and
Former President, Carleton University,
Ottawa, Canada
Robert McSpadden, President, Gulf
Coast Community College, Panama
City, Florida, USA
John Ryan, (Team Leaders)
Chancellor, State University of New
York, Albany, USA
Colin Guard, Program Assistant,
Universities Project Russian Program,
Salzburg Seminar
Focus: Strategy for planning to acquire
funds from new sources and managing
them; the role of the market in setting
curricula, teaching, and research
priorities; the credit system and student
evaluation; tuition fees; the
University’s role in local and regional
affairs and in international
organizations and consortia.