CONSORTIUM OF HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCHERS (CHER) CONFERENCE

What is CHER?

CHER was founded during a first conference on November, 24-26, 1988 in Kassel (Germany) where some 50 scholars from 17 countries met to discuss the current state and future avenues in the field of higher education research. These scholars agreed to form a international network of higher education researchers. A steering group of seven persons was established. In 1993 CHER was changed into a foundation under Dutch law with a board of governors of seven persons. Currently, CHER counts some 160 members from more than 30 countries, from whom almost a quarter are from outside Europe. The CHER secretariat, previously hosted at CHEPS, University of Twente, has moved with the year 2001 to the Centre for Research on Higher Education and Work, University of Kassel, Germany.

There are some principles that were accepted by CHER as being relevant for the activities to be undertaken:

    -A first principle is that the emphasis of CHER should be on the exchange of ideas with the objective to improve the theoretical bases and
     the quality of research on higher education.
    -A second principle is that CHER develops links with international organisations involved in research and policy on higher education CHER
     seeks support of these organisations, without becoming closely associated with a single one of them.
    -A third principle is that in order to structure the organisation CHER is an individual membership organisation.

Given these objectives, CHER aims at developing activities in the field of research on higher education. It wants to stimulate cooperation in research projects and to develop further the internationalisation of higher education research.

The 25th CHER annual conference will take place in Belgrade, Serbia from 10th to 12th September 2012. The conference will be organized by the Centre for Education Policy (CEP) and the Centre for Education Policy Studies of the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Education (CEPS).

For the first time since its foundation, the CHER conference will be held in this part of Europe and it will gather eminent researchers in the field of higher education in Europe and beyond.

Important information

   -The deadline of early registration will be June 30 2012. Registrations will not be accepted after July 31 2012.
   -Abstracts will be accepted from January 16 until March 19 2012.
   -Acceptance of abstracts will be announced no later than May 14 2012.

Deadline: 19 March 2012

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