Saturday, July 31, 2010

USA Africa Dialogue Series - CFP: Students on Campus

UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN, NIGERIA




National Conference on:
MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE DELIVERY OF
STUDENT ON-CAMPUS ACCOMMODATION IN
NIGERIAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS:
CHALLENGES AND ACTION PLANS

Venue:                Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State
Date:
                Tuesday, 31 August- Friday, 3 September, 2010
Arrival:           Tuesday, 31 August, 2010
Departure:              Friday, 3 September, 2010

Student on-campus accommodation is provided by many higher education institutions (HEIs) in Nigeria. With increasing student numbers, there is a high demand for such accommodation.  This gives rise to the challenge of ensuring that the quality and diversity of services available to students in such accommodation are of the kind that would profoundly enrich their living and learning experience. 

Objectives
The broad objectives of the conference are to:
o identify the main challenges affecting the provision of high quality student on-campus accommodation service for both home and international students in Nigerian HEIs;
o        evaluate current institutional arrangements for meeting the challenges;
o        highlight and evaluate a number of best practices in student on-campus accommodation service delivery;
o proffer action plans for delivering a high quality student on-campus accommodation service that positively impacts the living and learning experience of students;
o     make appropriate recommendations about student on-campus accommodation service in Nigerian HEIs.

Themes
The main themes are:
o     Current state of student on-campus accommodation in Nigerian HEIs: challenges and opportunities.
o       Strategies for expanding student on-campus accommodation in Nigerian HEIs.
o     Student on-campus accommodation and the internationalization process.
o  Management and service delivery of student on-campus accommodation.
o    Student perspectives of management and service delivery of student on-campus accommodation.
o    Capacity building for student on-campus accommodation provision and management.
o        Security, health, sanitation, maintenance in student on-campus accommodation.
o  Database Management Systems for student on-campus accommodation.
o       Global best practices in student on-campus accommodation management and service delivery.
o      Institutional case studies.

Sessions
There will be plenary as well as working-group sessions. A number of case studies will also be selected for presentation. 

Online registration
All prospective participants are required to register at
http://www.ui.edu.ng/conferences/mglo/. This will enable the organizers to have a good estimate of the number of participants, for the purpose of preparing conference materials.  Registration will close on August 20, 2010.

Participation
Participation is open only to institutional nominees. Each institution is advised to send at least three nominees, including the Dean of Students, Deputy Registrar (Students) and one Hall Warden.

Participation fee
There is a fee of N75,000 per participant. 

Participants are advised to pay into the following bank account at any branch of the
FIRST BANK Plc throughout Nigeria:
Account Name:         University of Ibadan MacArthur Foundation Grant
Account Number:          1232040000240
This is the preferred method of payment.

Alternatively, participants may pay at the point of registration.

Irrespective of the chosen method of payment,
prospective participants are required to register at http://www.ui.edu.ng/conferences/mglo/ not later than August 20, 2010.

Call for papers
Papers on any of the themes above, as well as institutional case studies, are invited.  Institutions are especially encouraged to submit institutional case studies relating to their on-campus student accommodation. An author of an accepted paper/case study will be required to make a 20-minute electronic presentation.

Deadline
Requests to present paper/institutional case studies should be sent electronically to the undersigned, not later than August 20, 2010.

Board and lodging
Participants are responsible for their board and lodging expenses.  Accompanying this announcement is some information about a number of hotels, not far from the University of Ibadan, for the use of interested participants, who are advised to contact the hotels directly.

Conference website
This announcement is available at http://www.ui.edu.ng/conferences/mglo/.

 Correspondence
All correspondence or enquiries should be sent to:
                    Professor G. O. S. EKHAGUERE,
                   MacArthur Grant Liaison Office,
                ICT/Digital Library Building,
Suites F6 & F7, Benue Road,
University of Ibadan, Ibadan,
Oyo State, Nigeria.

Tel: 0805 661 2745
E-mail: mglo.ibadan@gmail.com, unityejoh@yahoo.com,
macarthurglo@mail.ui.edu.ng.

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Toyin Falola
Department of History
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station
Austin, TX 78712-0220
USA
512 475 7224
512 475 7222  (fax)
http://www.toyinfalola.com/
www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa
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