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TBA

TBA

28 February 2008

11:30-1:00

Ponderosa
H123

Moles and Serpents in British Columbia: A Deleuzian Critique of Higher Education Policy in Campus 2020

Dr. Taylor Webb, Department of Educational Studies

"The old monetary mole is the animal of the spaces of enclosure, but the serpent is that of the societies of control."  --- Gilles Deleuze, 1992, p. 5

The talk critiques the most recent policy document in British Columbia, Canada that attempts to hold the university accountable to performance. The document in question is entitled Campus 2020: Thinking Ahead (Plant, 2007). My talk demonstrates how this Canadian example of educational accountability intends to develop governmentality constellations to control the university and regulate its knowledge output. I pursue my critique by juxtaposing sections of the government report with sections from Gilles Deleuze's (1992) Postscript on the Societies of Control. The synthesis of these two texts reveals how British Columbia's provincial government intends to: 1) subjugate education to economic desires, 2) develop governmentality constellations to maintain power, and 3) use such constellations to hold education accountable through macro- and micro- surveillance technologies. In the end, I argue that British Columbia will assemble its accountability machine and finally participate in the liberal democratic network of educational surveillance in Canada, and potentially, the world.

24 January 2008

2:30-4:00

Scarfe 310

How Marketing Efforts Contribute to Advancing Research Intensive Universities

Top tier universities worldwide increasingly compete for students, faculty, research funding, philanthropy and other forms of community support.  We will provide an overview of best practices in integrating internal strategic planning efforts and external marketing efforts and share UBC's own efforts in this arena. We will also touch on market segmentation, using UBC's international student recruitment efforts as a case study.  In addition, we will argue that one of the most effective ways for UBC to market itself internationally is by sending its faculty members and students overseas to engage in teaching, research, study, and volunteer activities as an expression of our commitment to global citizenship.  Finally, we will explore how "creation stories," "tribalism" and "net promoters" serve as powerful, informal marketing mechanisms.

Panel presenters:
Scott Macrae, Executive Director, Public Affairs
Don Wehrung, Director, International Student Initiative
Craig Klafter, Associate Vice President International
Marie Earl, AVP Alumni and Executive Director, UBC Alumni Association

10 January 2008

11:30-1:00

Ponderosa
H123

Campus 2020: What are the Next Steps? Working Session

The Ministry of Advanced Education will disseminate soon a document tentatively called a “Transformation Plan” that will spell out the steps the Ministry plans to take on the Campus 2020 recommendations. In this session we will discuss the November 19th session in Victoria, review the Ministry’s document and consider a response from CHET.

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