Heritage: Conference: "The Future of Trade in Professional and Education Se rvices"

[Scott McGinnis]

Heritage Languages Listserve
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> The center for Quality Assurance in International Education will hold
> its Eighth Annual Meeting in New Orleans, May 31- June 2, 2000.  The
> meeting will feature four major themes:
>
> Exporting Higher Education
> Quality and Competency Assurance in the Global Marketplace
> The Trade Agreements: An Update
> *** The Globalization of the Professions and Higher Education: The
> Role of Language And Culture***
>
> The final theme will be the focus of the final day of the Conference.
> Richard D, Brecht and William P. Rivers, of the National Foreign
> Language Center, and Gary Weaver, of the American University, will
> lead the day's colloquia on the role of language and culture in
> international professional practice.    The conference is an
> opportunity for language educators, practicing professionals, and
> policy makers to discuss real-world applications of language
> expertise, and the impact of language on the professions.
>
> In addition, papers (5000 words maximum) on any of the four themes are
> solicited as well.
>
> The Conference announcement may be found at:
> http://www.cqaie.org/CQAIE_Announcement.pdf.  For more information on
> the sessions on "The Globalization of the Professions and Higher
> Education: The Role of Language And Culture" please contact Richard D.
> Brecht (rbrecht at nflc.org), Bill Rivers (wrivers at nflc.org), or Gary
> Weaver (gweaver at american.edu).
>