Third Annual Conference, 5 to 7 December, 1991
Montpellier (La Grande Motte), France
“Dangers may lay around the corner for international education as a
result of general trends in national higher education systems”.
International Education in Europe was the theme for the 3rd Annual
EAIE Conference, and in his keynote speech Peter Scott of the
Times Higher Education Supplement noticed the following trends
which could affect international education: expansion, efficiency,
diversity, Europe and the enlightenment. He pleaded for Europe not
to look inwards at this time of both promise and problems, but to
involve countries outside Europe. He asserted that the
massification of higher education should be seen and implemented
in global terms and student mobility should be at the core of higher
education systems. This and many more issues were discussed in
the five workshops and 40 sessions organised during the 1991
conference. The EAIE dance was held in the Palais de Congrès in
La Grande Motte and four special evening parties were organised
(Soirée Camargue, Soirée Provence, Soirée Orientale and
finally a Disco Diner party), demonstrating the way in which the
EAIE caters for the wide variety of tastes of the EAIE membership --
which in 1991 reached the 1000 member mark. All in all, the 1991
conference confirmed the position of the EAIE as an organisation of
central importance to international educators.