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Celebrating International Education Week: U.S. Higher Education and You

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Dr. Philip Altbach Date: Wednesday, 7 November 2007 Time: 8:00 a.m. EST (1300 GMT) View Webchat Transcript

Join us for an online discussion about studying at American universities. This webchat is primarily intended to help students, parents, and teachers in Uzbekistan and across Central Asia to learn more about the U.S. higher education system -- how degree programs are structured, what university courses are like, how U.S. and international students pay for their studies, what extracurricular activities are available, and many other aspects of university education in the United States. We look forward to speaking with you in our chatroom.

Guest Biography: Philip G. Altbach is the director of the Center for International Higher Education and the J. Donald Monan, SJ professor of higher education in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. Dr. Altbach has extensive experience in the field of comparative and international higher education. He is editor of The International Academic Profession (1997: Carnegie), co-editor of American Higher Education in the 21st Century (1997: Johns Hopkins), and former editor of the ASHE journal. He is author of Comparative Higher Education and other books. His most recent book is Asian Universities: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Challenges (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004). Professor Altbach holds a doctoral degree from the University of Chicago. His research interests include comparative education, history and philosophy of higher education, international education, student political activism, the academic profession, and knowledge networks.