Higher Education and Community Issues

["Jaideep Mukherjee"]

Michael:

Thanks for signing the Guestbook on my site.

When I used "community" as the search term on my system dynamics mailing
list database search form, I got 201 results, so there is a lot of info out
there that you can get from the engine. Check it out - it is in the System
Dynamics pull-down menu. Once you find out the interesting messages, you can
network with the writers of those messages to get better responses.

Best of luck

Jaideep
From: "Jaideep Mukherjee" <jaideep@optimlator.com>
www.optimlator.com

["Michael Reber"]

Dear System Dynamics Group,

I have just joined this listserve and am interested in system dynamics and
community issues.

I am an Assistant Professor of English at Kanazawa Institute of Technology
(http://www.kanazawa-it.ac.jp/) and am completing a doctorate in Education
and Institutional Transformation from The International University
(http://tiu.com/) (I see myself transferring from the field of foreign
language education to education and institutional transformation in the very
near future). My research is in Community Learning Center development and
implementation, Internet-based learning and courseware systems for distance
learning, as well as community development. Community Learning Centers
(CLC) is my dissertation subject as well as the work of the CLC
International Ad Hoc Committee
(http://www2.kanazawa-it.ac.jp/englishd
eber/clc1.htm), of which I am
Chairperson.

In addition to this work, I specifically want to develop a theoretical
framework for a concept on the Inter-University Futures Collaborative. The
purpose of a Collaborative is to allow universities to network with one
another and to share resources in order to help communities address
community issues within a systemic framework. This would entail community
members developing a systems "thinking" frame of mind as well as becoming
familiar with using system dynamics. (For more on this, please consult my
paper "Inter-University Futures Collaborative" at
http://www2.kanazawa-it.ac.jp/englishd
eber/clc1.htm).

As part of my research, I plan to spend a week at The Center for Theoretical
Studies in Prague on March 6-13, and would like to invite any listserve
members to join me who have a particular interest in this topic. If you are
interested in this, please contact me at: reber@neptune.kanazawa-it.ac.jp

Happy New Millennium,

Michael Reber
reber@neptune.kanazawa-it.ac.jp
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Michael Reber, Assistant Professor
Kanazawa Institute of Technology
7-1 Ohgigaoka, Nonoichi-machi
Ishikawa-ken 921-8501
JAPAN
Ph: 81-762-48-1100 X2226
Fax: 81-762-94-6701
http://www2.kanazawa-it.ac.jp/englishd
eber/clc1.htm