Event

The University of the West Indies will host a Distinguished Open Lecture presented by global tertiary education expert Jamil Salmi entitled World-Class Universities or World-Class Higher Education Systems? The lecture will be held at the Daaga Auditorium from 5:30pm.

All are invited.

Abstract:

What is a World-Class University? Have you considered possible strategies and pathways for establishing such universities? Dr. Jamil Salmi will share lessons of experience based on his recent work with countries and institutions that are keen on establishing World-Class Universities. He will also identify the challenges, costs, and risks associated with the attempts and its significance in developing countries.

About Jamil Salmi:

Jamil Salmi is a global tertiary education expert providing policy advice and consulting services to several governments, universities, multilateral banks and bilateral agencies.  Until January 2012, he was the World Bank’s tertiary education coordinator. He wrote the first World Bank policy paper on higher education in 1994 and was the principal author of the Bank’s 2002 Tertiary Education Strategy entitled “Constructing Knowledge Societies:  New Challenges for Tertiary Education”.  In the past twenty years, Dr. Salmi has provided policy advice on tertiary education development, financing reforms and strategic planning to governments and university leaders in more than 80 countries all over the world.

Dr. Salmi is a member of the international advisory board of several universities in Europe, Asia and Latin America.  He is also a member of the International Advisory Network of the UK Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, and the Editorial Committee of OECD’s Journal of Higher Education Management and Policy.  Between 2008 and 2011, he represented the World Bank on the Governing Board of the International Institute for Educational Planning.

Dr. Salmi’s 2009 book addresses the “Challenge of Establishing World-Class Universities”.  His latest book, co-edited with Professor Phil Altbach, entitled “The Road to Academic Excellence: the Making of World-Class Research Universities”, was published in September 2011.