Announcement from the Higher Education Special Interest Group:

Call for Nominations for CIES Higher Education SIG Awards

The CIES Higher Education SIG announces our Annual Awards Call for Nominations that honors publications and individuals whose academic work focuses on international and comparative issues in Higher Education.  Four categories will be honored: 1) Best Article, 2) Best Book, 3) Best Dissertation, and 4) Life-Time Contribution. The Awards Committee makes a particular effort to ensure the creation of a broad slate that speaks to the diversity of the CIES membership in terms of geography, institution, gender, and race/ethnicity.

All CIES members are invited to make nominations.  Self-nominations are also welcome.  We expect that nominations are made with the prior approval of the candidate and that nominations should include some background information about why you think that the submission is worthy of receiving an award.

Please send requests for the nomination form and then all nomination packages to Rosalind Raby, Chair HE-SIG Awards Committee at rabyrl@aol.com  by July 1, 2010.

Best Articles Nominees should

1)    submit an article published from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009.

2)    Eligible nominees must be a member of the CIES HE-SIG, however CIES members who are not members of the SIC and non-CIES members will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

3)    Articles must be submitted in English

4)    Articles must be published in a peer-review paper journal that has been recognized by the CER Bibliography. On-line Journals will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

5)    Nominated articles must focus on international and comparative issues of Higher Education

6)    Article can be of a conceptual or empirical nature, from any research

paradigm that provides a unique contribution to developing scholarship in the field of international and comparative Higher Education, and show originality and rigor

Best Book nominees should

1)        Eligible books are published from July, 2009 to June, 2010
2)        Eligible nominees must be a member of the CIES HE-SIG.  However, CIES members who are not members of the SIG and non-CIES members will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

3)        Books must be submitted in English.

4)        Nominated books or edited volumes must focus on international and comparative issues of Higher Education.

5)        Books can be of a conceptual or empirical nature, from any research paradigm that provides a unique contribution to developing scholarship in the field of international and comparative Higher Education, and show originality and rigor.

6)        The nominee should arrange for the publisher to send copies of the book to each of the committee members.


Best Dissertation nominees should

1)        Eligible dissertations must be filed from July, 2009 to June, 2010 and the student has achieved doctoral candidacy status in either an Ed.D. or Ph.D. program

2)        Eligible nominees do not have to be a member of CIES, nor enrolled in a CIES doctoral program.

3)        Dissertations must be submitted in English.

4)        Nominated dissertations must focus on international and comparative issues of Higher Education.

5)        Dissertation can be of a conceptual or empirical nature, from any research paradigm that provides a unique contribution to developing scholarship in the field of international and comparative Higher Education, and show originality and rigor.

6)        It is preferred that all nominees who make the final cut submit a paper based on their dissertation for the upcoming CIES national or regional conference

7)        Nomination can be a) by the student; b) CIES member; c) doctoral committee chair (even if that chair is not a member of CIES)

8)        Dissertations submitted to other CIES award categories are ineligible


HESIG LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION nominees must be

1)        Person must be a long-time member of CIES, with a minimum of ten years in a postgraduate capacity

2)        Person must be a member of the HE SIG

3)        Person must show evidence of regular presentation on international higher education at CIES regional, national or international meetings.

4)        Person must have a history of work in the field of domestic or international higher education that spans a minimum of 20 years.  This can be at any post-secondary institution, NGO, or other position that supports international higher education.

5)        Person must have a history of publications and work in the field of international higher education


Please send requests for the nomination form and then all nomination packages to Rosalind Raby, Chair HE-SIG Awards Committee at rabyrl@aol.com  by July 1, 2010.


Thank you

CIES Higher Education SIG Awards Committee
Chair: Rosalind Raby

Members:
Scarlett Benjamin, University of North Carolina
Gustavo Gregorutti, Universidad de Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Diane Oliver, CaliforniaStateUniversity, Fresno
Laura Portnoi, CaliforniaStateUniversity, Long Beach
Janet Thomas, Zayed University, Dubai