International Engagement

Transatlantic Dialogue

Since 1989, ACE has engaged in a series of biannual meetings with the European University Association (EUA, formerly CRE: The Association of European Universities). These invitational meetings conducted every other year provide an opportunity for approximately 30 presidents, rectors, and vice chancellors from the United States, Canada, and Europe to engage in an in-depth conversation on contemporary higher education issues.

The first ACE/CRE meeting was held at the University of Hartford, Connecticut. Meeting venues alternate between North America and Europe. The 2005 Transatlantic Dialogue, held in September, focused on the changing social compact between the state and higher education. The 2003 meeting, cosponsored by ACE, CRE, and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, took place July at the Salzburg Seminar. The occasional paper Higher Education in a Pluralist World: A Transatlantic View is based on the meeting conversations. The 2001 meeting hosted by the Université Laval in Québec focused on the rapidly changing global landscape of higher education. The occasional paper The Brave New (and Smaller) World of Higher Education: A Transatlantic View builds upon the conversation of that meeting.

Transatlantic Dialogue 2008

The theme of the meeting, Brave New World Revisited: Competition and Cooperation in Higher Education, reflected on the 2001 Transatlantic Dialogue meeting that examined a future shaped by technology, globalization and competition. Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia hosted this year's gathering which took place June 20–23.

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