Director: Daniel C. Levy

Activities & Events

Individual PROPHEts' Activities!

Andrés Bernasconi

Book Chapters

“Breaking the Institutional Mold: Faculty in the Transformation of Chilean Higher Education From State to Market,” In Meyer, H-D. and Rowan, B. (Eds.) The New Institutionalism in Education, Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2006.
 
“Are There Research Universities in Chile?” In Altabach, P. G. and Balán, J. (Eds.) The Struggle to Compete: Building World-Class Universities in Asia and Latin America. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Administrative Appointments

Appointed Vice-President for Research and Graduate Programs of Universidad Andrés Bello. May, 2007.
 
Appointed by the President of Chile to the National Presidential Council on Higher Education, an advisory body composed of university presidents, student representatives, and independent experts. Bernasconi was invited to join the Council as an independent expert. March, 2007.
 
Appointed to the Board of Trustees of Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, a public university in Santiago. March, 2007.

Yingxia Cao

Presentations

With Al Clark, James Schirmer, and Mark Nelson “Online and Paper Course Evaluations: Are the Response Rate and Results Different?” co-presented with and, Kansas City, MO. June, 2007.

“American Colleges and Universities: How Entrepreneurial Are They?” AIR forum, Chicago, IL. May 2006.

Administrative Appointments

Director of Institutional Research, University of La Verne, La Verne CA. June, 2007.

Institutional Research Analyst, University of La Verne, La Verne CA. November, 2005.

Doctoral Candidate, EAPS, SUNY at Albany, Albany NY. September, 2005.

Maria Helena de Magalhães Castro

Evaluation

Member of the External Evaluation Committee that conducted an institutional assessment exercise, by invitation of a Private Higher Education Institution, Faculdade Uirapuru (SP), to help in preparing for the official institutional evaluation. 2005.

Member of the Institutional Evaluation Committees at the private Universidade da Amazônia (PA) and Universidade Veiga de Almeida (RJ), which were responsible for the elaboration of their self-studies. 2004.

Observer member of the External Committee that conducted the institutional evaluation of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (private), in connection with accreditation. 2004.

Presentations

“A Comparative review of HE regulation frameworks in Brazil, Europe, Asia and the US”atthe 8th National Forum of Private Higher Education in Brazil - FNESP, São Paulo. 2006.

“Evaluation mechanisms & processes of transition to self-regulation”at the Colloquium on HE Evaluation and Regulation, organized by the Foundation for the Development of Private Higher Education (Funadesp/ABMES), at the private Universidade Candido Mendes, Rio de Janeiro. 2005.

“Regulation of Private Higher Education,” at the 4th National Meeting of Private Higher Education Institutions: 2005-2007, Hotel Glória, Rio de Janeiro. 2005.

“The State and the Market in the regulation of Higher Education in Brazil,” at the Oxford University’sCenter of Brazilian Studies (St. Anthony´s College), Oxford. 2003.

Publications

Co-author with Elizabeth Balbachevsky. “International Experiences of Higher Education Reform: Impacts on the Academic Profession: Brazil (1995-2000),” for a special issue of Revista da ANUIES, México. Forthcoming.

Co-author with Elizabeth Balbachevsky. “Evaluation as a Quality Enhancement Policy: an Ill-learned Lesson,”for the International Higher Education, CIHE, Boston College, forthcoming.

“Private Sector versus Ministry of Education in Brazil: Crisis of Growth or a Mistaken Policy Environment?” at the 30th Congress of the American Society for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Philadelphia. 2005.

Book Chapters

“Evaluation and Self-Regulated Higher Education Systems: A Prospective View.” In Avaliação e Regulação da Educação Superior: Experiências e Desafios,Funadespseries “PHEI Management”, ISSN 1807-5940. 2005.

“The State and the Market in the Regulation of Higher Education in Brazil.” In Brock, C. and Schwartzman, S. (Eds.) Challenges of Education in Brazil, Oxford Studies in Comparative Education Series, Symposium Books, pp. 179-208. 2004.

“Estado, Mercado e Desigualdades Sociais no Ensino Superior.” In Morhy, L. (Ed.) University in Debate, Brasília, Editora da UnB, pp 305-350. 2003.

Kevin Kinser

Book Chapters

“Sources of Legitimacy in U.S. For-Profit Higher Education.” In Slantcheva, S and Levy, D. C (Eds.) Private Higher Education in Post-Communist Europe: In Search of Legitimacy. New York, NY: Palgrave/MacMillan. 2007.

Book Reviews

Review of The Changing Landscape of the Academic Profession: The Culture of Faculty at For-Profit Colleges and Universities, by Vicente M. Lechuga. Teachers College Record. In Press.

Review of Degree Mills: The Billion-Dollar Industry that has Sold over a Million Fake Diplomas by Allen Ezell and John Bear. Review of Higher Education, 30(1). pp. 77-78. 2007.

Review of Lessons from the Edge: For-Profit and Non-Traditional Higher Education in America by Gary A. Berg. Teachers College Record, 108(1). pp. 47-50. 2006

Presentations

With A. Chung, M. Ernst, and V. Lechuga. “Institutional Diversity in the For-Profit Sector. Beyond Phoenix: Diversity and Distinctiveness in For-Profit Higher Education.” Symposium presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting. November 4. Anaheim, CA. 2006.

“A Classification of For-Profit Higher Education. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association.” April 10. San Francisco, CA. 2006.

Radio Commentary

“Capella is Rising -- and Profitable -- Star in Online Learning” Minnesota Public Radio - Saint Paul,MN,USA
“That's the $64-billion Question,” said Kevin Kinser, Associate professor of higher education studies at the State University of New York at Albany.

Marek Kwiek

Research Projects and Professional Services

Fulbright “New Century Scholar”, to work at Stanford University and Poznan University on D. Bruce Johnstone’s global project “Higher Education in the 21st Century: Equity and Access.” 2008-2007.

Partner and Board Member, European Union “European Universities for Entrepreneurship.” EU STREP Project, 6th Framework Program, headed by Prof. Michael Shattock and Gareth Williams, University of London, Institute of Education, UK. 2007-2004.

Expert, OECD (High-Level Expert Group, CERI (Center for Educational Research and Innovation, Paris), “Globalisation, Market Forces and the Future of Higher Education” (Paris, Stephan Vincent-Lancrin). 2006.

Editorial Board Member, “Higher Education Quarterly” (Blackwell). 2005.

Editorial Board Member, “European Educational Research Journal” (Symposium). 2004.

Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow, International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy, Washington, DC, working on the topic of “Reforming Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe and Democratic Values”. 2003-2002.

Expert, OECD (High-Level Expert Group, CERI (Center for Educational Research and Innovation, Paris), The Future of the University Project (Kurt Larsen). 2003.

Pablo Landoni

Publications

With Romero, Carlos. “Aseguramiento de la Calidad y Desarrollo de la Educación Superior Privada” Una comparación entre Argentina, Chile y Uruguay.” In Calidad de la Educación Consejo Superior de Educación (Chile) Santiago. 2006.

With Martínez, Enrique. “La institucionalidad de la Acreditación, IESALC-UNESCO y Consejo de Rectores de Universidades, de Uruguay.” 2006.

“New Private-Public Dynamics: Graduate Education in Uruguay.” In Altbach, P. and Levy, D. eds. Private Higher Education: a Global Revolution.Boston and Albany: Boston College (CIHE) and PROPHE. 2005.

Accepted Papers in International Conferences

“Redefiniendo los Espacios Públicos y Privados en la Educación Superior Uruguaya: Diversificación, Isomorfismo y Aseguramiento de la Calidad.” Accepted by the V Encuentro Nacional y II Latinoamericano La universidad como objeto de investigación Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia De Buenos Aires Tandil, Bs. As. Argentina. 2007.

“Public / Private Dynamics in Graduate Education: Examples from Latin America.” Accepted by the 2006 Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. Anaheim, CA EEUU November 2006.

With Romero, Carlos. “Accreditation and Private Higher Education Development: A Comparison between Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.” Accepted by the 2005 Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. Philadelphia, PA. 2005.

Policy Reports

With Gilani, Zulfiqar, Kim, Sunwoong; Musisi, Nakanyike and Texeira, Pedro. “Rethinking Public-Private Mix in Higher Education: Global Trends and National Policy Challenges.” In Altbach, P. G. and Peterson, P. M. (Eds.). Higher Education in the New Century: Global Challenges and Innovative Ideas. Chestnut Hill, MA : Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, 2007. 

With Romero, Carlos. “Estudio Sobre la Educación Superior Universitaria Privada en Uruguay” IESALC/UNESCO. (http://www.iesalc.unesco.org.ve/) 2006.

Research Projects

“Fulbright New Century Scholar” in Higher Education. 2005 – 2006.

Research Visit to University at Albany with the support of the Fulbright New Century Scholarship – PROPHE Guest faculty for the course “EAPS 752 Privatization: Higher Education and Beyond” Spring 2006 Albany, NY, USA. January - March 2006.

Director - Program of Studies in Higher Education (PRODES) Universidad Católica del Uruguay – Human Sciences School – Montevideo, Uruguay. October 2005 – present.

Governmental positions

Member of the Education Ministry’s Advisory Board for Private Higher Education Regulation (Consejo Consultivo para la Enseñanza Terciaria Privada) - 2005 – to present.

Member of Education Ministry’s ad hoc Accreditation Commission for MERCOSUR. Drafting of proposal. 2005 – present.

Norman LaRocque

Publications

“Pakistan Higher Education Policy Note: An Assessment of the Medium-Term Development Framework.” (Member of World Bank team), World Bank, 2006.

“Who should pay? – Tuition fees and tertiary education financing in New Zealand.” Report prepared for the Education Forum, Wellington, New Zealand, January 2003.

“The Promise of E Learning in Africa: The Potential for Public-Private Partnerships.” IBM Endowment for the Business of Government, January 2003 (with Michael Latham).

“Private Education in the Philippines: A Market and Regulatory Survey.” Asian Development Bank, 2002. 

Numerous articles in news dailies in different countries.

Selected Presentations

“Infrastructure Public Private Partnerships in the Education Sector.” World Bank Institute Workshop on Performance Monitoring and Evaluation of PPPs in Infrastructure, Cairo, 18-20 June 2007.

“Public Private Partnerships in Education.” World Bank Institute PPP Infrastructure Days, Washington DC, 7-8 June 2007. 

“Discussant Comments:  Public-private provision of higher education.”  Regional Bank Conference on Development Economics, World Bank, Beijing, 16-17 January 2007.

“New Zealand:  What’s in it for Australia?”  Australian Council on Private Education and Training National Conference 2006, Cairns Australia, 26 August 2006. 

“The Role of the Non-state Sector.”Symposium on Higher Education Policy and Strategy, Negombo, Sri Lanka, 8-9 June 2006.   

“The New Zealand Student Loan Scheme.”Korean Education Development Institute-World Bank Forum on Financing Reforms for Tertiary Education in the Knowledge Economy, Seoul, April 2005.

“Public Private Partnerships in the Philippines” and “Regulating the Education Sector in Developing Countries.” World Bank Symposium on Government and Non-Government Participation in Education, Kuala Lumpur, July 2004

“Private Tertiary Education in New Zealand: Evolution and Context.” NZ Association of Private Education Providers Conference 2005, Wellington, 15 September 2005

Selected Consulting Projects

Bangladesh Higher Education, World Bank, 2007-; Sri Lanka Higher Education Review Project, World Bank, 2007-; Study on Science and Technology – Constraints to Development, Asian Development Bank, 2007; The Role of Education in Supporting Development of Science, Technology and Innovation in Developing Member Countries, Asian Development Bank, 2006; Pakistan Higher Education Review, World Bank, 2005-
Public-private Partnerships in Education in East Asia, World Bank, 2004; Reform of Mongolian Education and Training Fund, Government of Mongolia/World Bank, 2004;Etude sur le coût et le financement de la réforme et du développement de l’enseignement supérieur privé au Maroc, La Banque mondiale, 2003/04; Study of the Small and Medium Education Enterprise Sector in Bangladesh, IFC/SouthAsia Enterprise Development Facility, 2003.

Professional Appointments

Research Affiliate, Program on Private Higher Education (PROPHE), State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York, 2007- 

Chairperson, New Zealand Tertiary College Advisory Committee, Auckland, New Zealand, 2005- 

Daniel C. Levy (2006-2008)

Books

To Export Progress: The Golden Era of University Assistance in the Americas. Indiana University Press. 2006.

Ed. With Snejana Slantcheva. Private Higher Education in Post-Communist Europe: In Search of Legitimacy. Palgrave-MacMillan 2007.

Ed. With Asha Gupta and Krishnapratap Powar. Private Higher Education: Indian and International Cases. Shipra publishers, New Delhi. Forthcoming 2008.

Ed. With Mabizela, M, and Wycliffe Otieno. Private Surge Amid Public Dominance: Dynamics in the Private Provision of Higher Education in Africa. For a special issue of the Journal of Higher Education in Africa. Forthcoming 2008.

Ed. With William Zumeta. Public Policy and Private Higher Education: Global Perspectives. Special issue of the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. In progress.

Articles and Chapters in books/monographs

 “The Unanticipated Explosion: Private Higher Education's Global Surge." Comparative Education Review 50(2), 2006.

“Market University?” [review essay] Comparative Education Review, 50(1), 2006.

“Costa Rica: Public Continuity, Private Change,” International Higher Education, #43 2006.

“How Private Higher Education’s Growth Challenges the New Institutionalism,” In Heinz, Dieter-Meyer and Rowan, Brian. (Eds.) The New Institutionalism in Education, Albany: SUNY, pp. 143-161, 2006.

“An Introductory Global Overview: The Private Fit to Salient Higher Education Tendencies.” PROPHE working paper #7, 2006.

“From Growth with Weak Legitimacy to Increased and Multiple Legitimacies: Eastern and Central European Private Higher Education in Global Perspective.” In Slantcheva and Levy, eds. Private Higher Education in Post-Communist Europe. Published by Palgrave2007.

“Public Disorder, Private Boons?: Inter-sectoral Effects of Public University Strikes in Kenya.” With Wycliffe Otieno. PROPHE working paper #9, 2007.

“Introduction.” With Snejana Slantcheva. Slantcheva and Levy, eds. 2007.
 
“Higher Education Access: Private Routes.” In Gupta, Levy, and Powar, eds. Forthcoming 2008.

“Commonality and Distinctiveness: Indian Private Higher Education in International Perspective.” In Gupta, Levy, and Powar, eds. Forthcoming 2008.

“A Late Arrival: African Private Higher Education in Global Perspective.” In Mabizela, Levy, and Otieno, eds. Special issue, Forthcoming 2008.

“Israel’s Private Colleges.” International Higher Education, Forthcoming, 2008.

“Two Higher Education Sectors in Sync,” chapter for World Bank volume on development economics, Forthcoming.

“Trends in Non-Profit and For-Profit Higher Education,” for International Encyclopedia of Education, 3rd edition. In Barry McGaw, Eva Baker, Penelope Peterson (Eds.). Accepted, Forthcoming.

           
Several entries into PROPHE’s Global News Features, with summaries and “PROPHE Observations.” http://www.albany.edu/dept/eaps/prophe/publication/NewsArticle.html.

Maintenance of PROPHE special column in each issue of International Higher Education.

Presentations

“What Can We Learn for China & East Asia? Global Private Higher Education Patterns.” Lectures and Discussions in Shanghai and Hangzhou, December 11-12, 2006.

Co-organizer and sponsor (PROPHE) with RIIHE (Japanese Research Institute on Private Higher Education) of multi-nation conference on East Asian Private Higher Education.

“Global Trends in Private Higher Education: Perspectives for East Asia,” lecture at RIIHE, Tokyo, December 14, 2006.

“Frontier of Private Higher Education Research in East Asia,” At the RIIHE conference on East Asian higher education, Tokyo, December 15, 2006.

“Private-Public Partnerships,” at World Bank conference on development economics, Beijing, January 2007.

“What Can We Learn for China & East Asia? Global Private Higher Education Patterns.” Lecture and subsequent discussions in Peking University, January 16, 2007.

Organizer of two tandem panels at the Comparative & International Education Society annual meeting, Feb. 2007, Baltimore. One was on private higher education in Latin America, the other on private higher education in Asia. Discussant in the Latin America panel.

“The Global Growth of Private Higher Education: U.S. and Israeli Contexts.” Keynote speech at Nieman Institute, Technion University, Haifa Israel, January 2008.

Organizer of two tandem panels at the Comparative & International Education Society annual meeting, March 2008. NYC. One on private higher education and access-equity in Latin America; the other on private higher education and access-equity in Asia. Discussant for the CIES panel on Latin America, March 2008

Presenter of at the CIES panel on Asia: “Typical and Atypical Features of Indian Private Higher Education: Access.” March, 2008.

"For Profit or Not: Does it Matter?" International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), Washington DC, May 15, 2008.

Makoto Nagasawa

Book chapters

“Gender Stratification in Japanese Higher Education: The Private Role” In Gupta, A., Levy, D. C. and Powar, K. (Eds.) Private Higher Education: Indian and International Cases. New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications. Forthcoming.

“Tertiary Education and the Segregation of Opportunities for Women: Assessing the Implication of the EFA Global Monitoring Report.” In the Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University (Ed.) Gender and Higher Education: COE Publication Series. Hiroshima: RIHE. July, 2006.

“Gender Stratification in Japanese Private Higher Education.” In Altbach, Philip and Levy, Daniel (Eds.) Private Higher Education: A Global Revolution. Boston: Sense Publishers, Boston College Center for International Higher Education and PROPHE. July 2005.

Articles / Documents / Databases

“Gender in Japanese Higher Education.” In International Higher Education (Number 40, Summer 2005) by the Boston College Center for International Higher Education.

With Akiyoshi Yonezawa “Country Data on Private Higher Education: Japan.” In PROPHE Data & Laws, University at Albany, SUNY, NY: Program for Research on Private Higher Education, 2005 [online] available at: http://www.albany.edu/dept/eaps/prophe/data/PROPHEGenericDataTableJapan.xls

With Kevin Kinser and William Zumeta. “Country Data on Private Higher Education: USA.” In PROPHE Data & Laws, University at Albany, SUNY, NY: Program for Research on Private Higher Education, 2005 [online] available at: http://www.albany.edu/dept/eaps/prophe/data/PROPHEGenericDataTableUSA.xls

Presentations

Presenter at the Symposium “The Frontier of Private Higher Education Research in East Asia” sponsored by the Research Institute for Independent Higher Education, the Association of Private Universities of Japan, and PROPHE. “PROPHE and East Asian Higher Education Research.” December, 2006.

Presenter at the Association for Study of Higher Education (ASHE) at Anaheim, CA. “The Role of Private Higher Education in Japan and Female Participation.” November, 2006.

Presenter of the Opening Session at Comparative and International Higher Education Policy: Issues and Analysis by Ford Foundation-supported Higher Education Research Group at University at Albany. “Tertiary Education and the Segregation of Opportunities for Women: Assessing the Implication of the EFA Global Monitoring Report.” March, 2006.

Co-presenter at National Conference of Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). “Beyond the Public-Private Dichotomy in the Experience of Three Short Cycle Tertiary Institutions: The Cases of Japan, Mexico and the United States.” March, 2005.

Presenter at the Comparative International Education Policy Program (CIEPP) Workshop at SUNY Albany. “Japanese Private Higher Education and Gender stratification.” March, 2005.

Prachayani Praphamontripong

Publications

“Institutional Diversity of Thai Private Higher Education.” In Gupta, A, Levy, D. C. and Powar, K. (Eds.) Private Higher Education: Indian and International Cases. New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications. Forthcoming.

“Inside Thai Private Higher Education: Exploring Private Growth in International Context,” PROPHE Working Paper. Forthcoming.

“Diversification within the Thai Private Sector.” In Altbach, P. G. and Levy, D. C. (Eds.) Private Higher Education: A Global Revolution. Sense Publishers, Centre for International Higher Education/Boston College and PROPHE/University at Albany. 2005.

“Summary of Thai Private University Act B.E. 2546 (2003),” in PROPHE National Laws, University at Albany, SUNY, NY: Program for Research on Private Higher Education (PROPHE), 2005 [online] available at: http://www.albany.edu/dept/eaps/prophe/data/ThaiPHEActSummary.html.

“Thai Private Higher Education: Diversification or Homogenization, conference paper at Qifang International Conference on Private Higher Education, Xian International University, China, 2004.

Conference and Workshops

52nd Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, New York. PROPHE Panel: Presenter on Different Access Roles between Demand-Absorbing and Semi-Elite Subsectors in Thai Private Higher Education, March 2008.

51st Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Baltimore, Maryland. PROPHE Panel: Presenter on New Faces of Thai Private Higher Education, March 2007

World University Presidents Summit: Reflections on Diversity and Harmonization, Bangkok, Thailand, Participant, 30th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. July 2006.

Chair of the ASHE Presidential Session by PROPHE on “Public-Private Cooperation and Conflict in International Contexts,” November 2005.

Comparative and International Education Policy Program (CIEPP) Workshop University at Albany, State University of New York. Presenter on Institutional Diversification in Thai Private Higher Education, March 2005.

Qifang International Conference on Private Higher Education, Xian International University – China. Presenter on “Thai Private Higher Education: Diversification or Homogenization," December 2004.

Pedro Nuno de Freitas Lopes Teixeira

Visiting Research Positions

University of Aveiro – Department of Legal, Political and Social Sciences
Visiting Professor in the Economics of Higher Education, European Master Mundus in Higher Education Policy (in co-operation with the Universities of Oslo and Tampere), 2005-present.

State University of New York – Albany, Department of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, Visiting Professor. May/June 2006.

Center for Studies of Higher Education, UC – Berkeley
Visiting Scholar. April – July 2005.

Research Activities

Member of the Board Research Centre on Higher Education Policy, Foundation of Portuguese Universities. 2007-present. 

CIPES, Senior Research Associate, since 1998;

Fulbright New Century Scholar. Higher Education in the XXIst Century, Research on Private Higher Education. September 2005 – November 2006.

Books and Book Chapters

With Gilani, Zulfiqar et. al.; “Rethinking Public-Private Mix in Higher Education: Global Trends and National Policy Challenges.” In Altbach, P. G. and McGill, P. (Eds.) Global Trends in Higher Education. UNESCO, Paris; forthcoming PUT.

With Cardoso, M. F., Sarrico, C. and Rosa, M, J,. “The Portuguese Public University System: On the Road to Improvement?” In Bonnaccorsi and Daraio (Eds.) Universities and Strategic Knowledge Creation, Edward Elgar. 2007.

Ed. With Johnstone, D.B.; Rosa, M.J.; and Vossensteyn, H. Cost-Sharing and Accessibility in Higher Education: A Fairer Deal? Dordrecht: Springer, 2006.

Ed. With Jongbloed, B., Dill, D. and Amaral, A.. Markets in Higher Education: Rhetoric or Reality?, Dordrecht: Kluwer. 2004.

With Amaral, A. and Rosa, M. J. “Is there a Market in Portuguese Higher Education?” In Teixeira, P., Jongbloed, B., Dill, D. and Amaral, A. (Eds) Markets in Higher Education: Rhetoric or Reality?, Dordrecht: Kluwer.

Journal Articles

With Amaral, A. “Waiting for the Tide to Change? Strategies for Survival of Portuguese Private HEIs,” Higher Education Quarterly 61 (2), pp. 208–222. 2007.

With Amaral, A. &Rosa, M. J. “Mediating the Economic Pulses: International Institutions and Portuguese Higher Education,” Higher Education Quarterly, Special Issue on Markets and Higher Education edited by Pedro Teixeira, 2003.

Other Publications

“Declining Demand and Private Higher Education: The Portuguese Case,” International Higher Education, Number 44, Summer 2006, Boston College, pp 14-15, 2006.

“Markets in Higher Education: Can we still Learn from Economics’ Founding Fathers?” CSHE - Series of Occasional Papers; CSHE – UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 2006.

Research projects

AQUAMETHPSR – Advanced Quantitative Methods for the Evaluation of the Performance of Public Sector Research; PRIME Network of Excellence; May 2004 – December 2006.

An Observatory of European Universities, A Pilot Study; PRIME Network of Excellence; May 2004 – December 2006.

Presentations in Academic Conferences, Seminars

With Amaral, A. “Waiting for the Tide to Change? - Strategies for Survival of Portuguese Private HEIs,” Annual Conference of ASHE; Anaheim, 1st -4th Nov 2006 Also at Annual Conference of EAIR – European Higher Education Association; Roma, Italy, 30th August-1st September 2006.

“Patterns of Diversity in Private and Public Higher Education: An Empirical Exploration,” Annual Conference of CHER – Consortium of Higher Education Researchers; Kassel, Germany, 7-9 September 2006.

“Patterns of Diversity in Private and Public Higher Education: An Empirical exploration,” American Society of Higher Education (ASHE); Philadelphia, PA, USA; November 16-19, 2005.

With Amaral, A. and Rosa, M. J. “Expansion, Access and Cost-Sharing in Portuguese Higher Education,” Annual Conference of CHER – Consortium of Higher Education Researchers, Enschede, The Netherlands. 17-19 September 2004.

“Diversity in Private and Public Higher Education: Assumptions and Empirical Evidence; Department of Educational Policy and Administration,” School of Education, State University of New York, Albany, 22 February 2006.

“Markets in Higher Education: Can We still Learn from Economics’ Founding Fathers?” CSHE – UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; June 16, 2005.

Research Grants

Fulbright – New Century Scholar Program, Higher Education in the XXIst Century. September – November 2006.

Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon – Short term Research Grant on Social Sciences, April – July 2005.

Other Activities

OECD/CERI
Participation in the OECD Expert Panel on "Globalisation, market forces and the future of higher education", Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Lisbon Portugal, 4-5 May 2006