5th Meeting of the International Rankings Expert Group (IREG-5)

The Academic Rankings: From Popularity to Reliability and Relevance


organized by:
IREG International Observatory on Academic Rankings and Excellence
CHE-Centre for Educational Development, Gutersloh

in collaboration with/support of:
German Federal Ministry of Research and Higher Education
DAAD – German Academic Exchange Agency

Berlin, 6-8 October 2010
Location: Brandenburg Akademie

PRELIMINARY AGENDA

[Status as November 2009]

Wednesday, 6 October

Whole day
Arrival of participants
 
16.00 – 18.00
Meeting of Executive Committee of IREG Observatory [closed session]
 
19.30 – 23.00
Welcome Reception
 

Thursday, 7 October

8.30 – 9.30
Registration
 
9.30 – 10.00
Opening Session

Speakers:

• Representative of the German Federal Ministry of Research and Higher Education;


• Prof. Frank Ziegele, Director of CHE;


• Dr. Jan Sadlak, President of IREG Observatory

10.00 – 12.30
First Session: New Developments in National and International Rankings
 
Chair:
Liu Nian Cai, Shanghai Academic Consultancy, China
- findings from the IREG Meeting on Academic Ranking in Humanities and Social Sciences
 
12.20 – 14.00
Lunch
 
14.00 – 16.00
Second Session: Regional Classification and Rankings Initatives
Chair:

• update on the CHERPA Project


• Ranking of “third mission”


• MENA IIE Institutional Classification Project

16.00 - 16.30
Coffee Break
 
16.30 – 18.00
Third Session: Business-school and MBA rankings
 
Chair:
Andrzej Koźmiński, Rector, Koźmiński University, Poland Global/International

• Business Schools – Rankings and Profiles (Business Week);


• Business School Survey (Wall Street Journal and Harris Interactive);


• Business School Rankings (Financial Times)


• Which MBA (The Economist);


• The World’s Top 1,000 Business Schools (Eduniversal).

20.00
Conference Gala Diner
 
 

Friday, 8 October

9.30 – 11.00
Fourth Session: Business-school and MBA rankings [continuation]
 
National

• US News & World Report;


• Le palmarès 2009 des écoles des commerce (Le Figaro);


• Capital, Romania.

11.00 - 11.30
Coffee Break
 
11.30 - 13.30
Fifth Session: IREG Ranking Audit – presentation and discussion
 
13.30 - 14.00
Final Session: Discussion and Closing of conference
 
Afternoon Sightseeing, departure of participants
 
14.00 - 15.00
lunch
 
15.00 - 16.30
IREG General Assembly
 
16.30 - 17.30
Meeting Executive Committee
 
19.30
Diner for members of the Executive Committee
 

Saturday, 9 October

Departure and optional tourist program