CGU General Assembly 2011 Report CHE Consult Braga, September 9 11, 2011 Dr. Christian Berthold www.che.de
I. CHE: Facts & Philosophy Founded 1994 goal: initiate and promote higher education reform in Germany 2
I. CHE: Facts & Philosophy Current structure since 2001 two companies, common strategy think tank ranking conferences / trainings consultancy studies 3
I. CHE: Facts & Philosophy Staff 14 project staff 11 project staff 5 support staff 2 directors 4 support staff 2 directors = 21 = 17 4
I. CHE: Facts & Philosophy CHE a success story major achievements most acknowledged initiator of HE-reforms in Germany most sophisticated university ranking in Europe creative and practical expertise/competence success figures more than 50 publications and 50 hearings / presentations per year internet: 20 million clicks/year, more than 4 million from abroad base of success: mixture of consultancy and concepts ( thinking and consulting ) 5 23. Oktober 2008 Seite 5
II. CHE: Products Forms of products think tank analyses, policy papers, comparative studies, models consultancy communication + seminars model implementation, best practices conferences, comm. platforms, www, vocational training programme, competitions, newsletter 6
II. CHE: Products Most established product: HochschulRanking most sophisticated and comprehensive ranking of German HEIs yearly ranking of most-studied subjects in 3-years-cycle not comparing universities but faculties / subjects using a huge variety of indicators not ranking but using rank groups (top, middle, low) Currently a EU feasibility study to develop a world ranking based on that method is carried out 7
II. CHE: Products (examples) tools and process promotion for strategic management models for budgeting and finance (tuition fees, formula funding) tools and good practices for target agreements marketing and alumni management foundation of new universities (Prizren Kosovo) governance and organisation structures benchmarking processes 8
II. CHE: Products Other products (examples) data atlas on demography data base for university-specific diagnoses student recruitment strategies for individual universities Data atlas example: university of Würzburg students origin 9
III. CHE: Current Projects New major project: Diversity Management need for more graduates demography and rising heterogenity enforce challenges for universities accept diversity reduce barriers, integrate heterogenous target groups individualise higher education 10
III. CHE: Current Projects Comprehensive quality management Development of braod QM systems Balancing tensions betweeen accountability and quality enhancement (use of automatic data reports for accountability/control, so that there more space and time for enhancement activities) Integrating a philosophy of counseling and advising 11
III. Current EU Projects Coordinator: Indicators for Mapping and Profiling Internationalisation (IMPI): www.impi-project.eu Partner: Erasmus Mobility Quality Tools: EMQT International Medical School IMS 2020 (Bechmarking and quality standards) Campus Europae (with University of Compostela) 12
III. CHE: Current Projects Trainings and Qualifications International Deans Course with the German Academic Exchange Service Qualifying deans and department heads of African and South East Asian HEIs Series of workshops Training program for German HEIs Quality Management, Higher Education Management, Marketing, Internationalization short term trainings / workshop series 13
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