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Education experts from Asian Universities want to encourage women to take up high administrative and teaching positions on campus.
Recommendations released yesterday by the University of Sharjah after a two-day meeting on the "International Conference on Higher Education in Asian Universities: Challenges and Future Trends," suggested that more women should be trained for higher positions in the universities.
Around 65 higher education experts from 45 universities and academic institutions from 25 Asian countries took part in the conference. The conference discussed strategic issues, challenges, and future trends in higher education in Asian universities.
In its final recommendation, the conference called for greater cooperation between industry, the private sector, and academia. Among its other recommendations:
- It urged faculty members to become involved in e-education and technology transfer to cope with current education requirements and to improve their skills.
- It recommended that Asian universities address problems of students and faculty members to provide a better learning and teaching environment.
- It said that one of the Asian universities attending the conference should host a workshop on peer evaluation and internal assessment leading to accreditation issues.
- It called for the immediate establishment of an e-discussion group of Asian universities. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh International, offered to fund the initial collaboration among the universities and the industrial and private sectors.
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