Conference 10: "Excellence and Creativity in Higher Education", Taiz, the Republic of Yemen, December 2005

Conference 10: "Excellence and Creativity in Higher Education", Taiz, the Republic of Yemen, December 2005

The conference's orientations and recommendations addressed numerous topics, the most important of which were: proposing the formation of a founding committee to study the establishment of an Arab institution for quality assurance and accreditation in higher education; proposing the establishment of an Arab network to coordinate among national accreditation bodies; urging states that do not have national accreditation bodies to establish them; giving the Arabic language the necessary attention without neglecting other languages, with the Organization studying this matter carefully and developing a practical program in this framework; establishing mechanisms for selecting the senior leadership of universities and higher education institutions in a way that achieves the principle of competitiveness; calling for the development of an integrated strategy to foster excellence and creativity among general education students as a gateway to higher education; calling for achieving integration between general education and higher education in educational curricula; encouraging joint research addressing Arab issues of common interest in the field of higher education and scientific research; calling on Arab governments to review the service (retirement) systems for faculty members at higher education institutions in a way that maximizes benefit from their accumulated knowledge and expertise; calling on Arab states to expand the electronic connection of Arab universities and research institutions and to achieve effective communication with their counterparts at the regional and global levels; and strengthening the competencies of faculty members at universities and higher education institutions through sustainable professional development. Proceedings of the Tenth (10) Conference (click here)