20 February 2011 | 4 – 5:30 p.m. | 206 Ingraham Hall

Jamil Salmi

“The Challenge of Establishing World Class Universities”

Jamil Salmi, a Moroccan education economist, is the coordinator of the World Bank’s network of tertiary education professionals. Mr. Salmi is the principal author of the Bank’s new Tertiary Education Strategy entitled “Constructing Knowledge Societies: New Challenges for Tertiary Education.” In the past thirteen years, he has provided policy and technical advice on tertiary education reform to the governments of over 35 countries around the world. Mr. Salmi has also guided the strategic planning efforts of several public and private universities in Colombia, Kenya, Mexico and Peru. Before moving to the Human Development Vice-Presidency in July 2001, Mr. Salmi worked for 7 years in the Bank’s Latin America and Caribbean region (as Education Sector Manager among others); in the Education and Social Policy Department of the World Bank (1990-1993) and also prepared the World Bank’s first Policy Paper on Higher Education (1994).

Prior to joining the World Bank, Mr. Salmi was a professor of education economics at the National Institute of Education Planning in Rabar, Morocco. He also worked as a consultant to various ministries, national professional associations, and international organizations. Mr. Salmi is a graduate of the French Grande Ecole ESSEC. He also holds a Master’s degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh (USA) and a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Sussex (UK). He is the author of five books and numerous articles on education and development issues.

Mr. Salmi will visit UW-Madison under the auspices of the Global Studies in Higher Education (GSHE) initiative.