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The Illuminate Consulting Group (ICG) is an international academic consulting firm advising the leadership of teaching and research institutions, foundations, and public agencies on strategic development issues. 

 

 

We invite you to learn more how our experience and thought leadership in academic development issues can help your organization.  Monthly updates dating back July 2008 are posted below.

 

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Newsticker February 2010:

 

  • On 21 February, ICG will interview candidates for the 2010 ICG Summer Internships at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.  

 


 

  • On 1 February, ICG's Managing Director, Dr. Daniel J. Guhr, and Simon Lange, an ICG Researcher, were featured on Andy Shaindlin's blog alumnifutures with a second installment of comments on the Bologna Process and Alumni Relations.   

 

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Newsticker January 2010:

 

  • On 28 January, ICG delivered a seminar to British Columbia education providers (secondary and tertiary sectors) in Vancouver on behalf of the British Columbia Council for International Education (BCCIE).  

 

  • On 19 January, ICG ran a full day strategy seminar on international education trends as well as web-based recruiting and marketing tools at Algonquin College in Ottawa.

  • The ICG 2010 Summer Internship Call for Applications for North America-based candidates was opened.  Applications will be accepted until 31 March for internships between June to September.  The internships will be based in ICG's San Francisco Bay Area Office.

 

 

 

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Newsticker December 2009:

 

  • The ICG San Francisco Bay Area Office is closed from 24 December 2009 to 3 January 2010.

 

  • On 11 December, ICG presented at Uppsala University in Sweden on Tuition Fees and International Recruitment.

 

  • On 10 December, ICG presented at Linkoping University in Sweden on Tuition-Based Competition and International Recruitment.

 

  • On 1 December, ICG gave a half-day seminar on International Student Mobility: Trends, Developments, and the Road Ahead for all eight universities in Hong Kong, hosted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

 

 

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Newsticker November 2009:

 

  • On 30 November, ICG gave a half-day seminar on Alumni Relations and Online Communities for all eight universities in Hong Kong, hosted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.


  • The Proceedings from the ICG-Chronicle-Imperial College seminar on How the Global Economic Crisis Is Shaping Competitiveness Ten Years Out - International Recruiting, Research, and Relationships on 15 September in London are available for download.

  • ICG led two sessions at the 2009 CBIE Annual Conference in Toronto from 8-11 November 2009 on:

 

  • ICG presented at a Citizienship and Immigration Canada seminar on 5 November on web portal, visa processing, and data integration issues regarding international students entering Canada.

  • On 5 November, ICG presented at a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Canada-led federal/provinvial/territorial consultation with Canadian stakeholders on the results of the Best Practices on Managing the Delivery of Canadian Higher Education Marketing report.

 

 

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Newsticker October 2009:

 

  • ICG completed a report on behalf of the New Zealand Ministry of Education titled New Zealand Alumni Survey - Experienced, Attitudes, and Engagement.  This report covers the first ever global survey of a nation's higher education alumni.  It produced more than 320,000 data points and covered more than 3,400 alumni.  It was jointly executed with New Zealand's eight universities.  The report was released by the Ministry on 23 October and can be downloaded in full from the Ministry's Education Counts website.

 

  • ICG completed a report on behalf of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Canada (DFAIT) titled Best Practices on Managing the Delivery of Canadian Education Marketing.  The report includes a benchmarking section which covers Australia, France, Germany, New Zealand. the United Kingdom, and the United States.  It also comments on Canada's international education marketing performance and landscape up to now.  This 230+ pages report is slated for release by DFAIT in November 2009.

 

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Newsticker September 2009:

 

  • Dr. Daniel J. Guhr, ICG's Managing Director, spoked on how global economic and policy trends impact educational competition dynamics.
  • Dr. Madeleine Reeve, the Pro Vice-Chancellor International and Development at RMIT University, in Melbourne, spoke on managing international student recruiting.
  • Prof. Mary Ritter, the Pro-Rector for International and Postgraduate Affairs at Imperial College London, addressed trends in international research relationships.
  • Dr. Maurits van Rooijen, the President of the Compostela Group of Universities, a Spain-based consortium, talked about the future development of university alliances.
  • Mr. Andrew Shaindlin, the Executive Director of the Caltech Alumni Association,  spoke on the impact of social media and online communities on student and alumni behavior.

  • INTAL Opening Session: How alumni networks can help drive internationalisation.  Ian Moore from Coventry University and Dr. Daniel J. Guhr from ICG presented on how alumni networks have been largely overlooked in the past as key contributors to internationalisation efforts.  The session will highlight how this situation has begun to change.  International alumni are vital brand carriers, render useful localised services, and can serve as crucial talent scouts.  Not surprisingly, high quality alumni networks contribute to the competitive advantage of their alma mater.
  • Recruiting and branding in on-line communities: what does and does not work.  Andrew Shaindlin from Caltech and Dr. Daniel J. Guhr from ICG presented on how universities have become aware of the potential of social networking sites for marketing and recruiting purposes, but still must decide which Web 2.0 platforms to engage in.  This session deals with the question of which communities work for higher education purposes, and which don't.

 

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Newsticker August 2009:

 

  • ICG chaired the Stakeholder and Experts meeting called by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) on 12 August at Meech Lake.

 

  • ICG hosted the second New Zealand PVC Roundtable at the Education New Zealand conference on 7 August.

 

  • On 6 August, ICG released the New Zealand Alumni Survey - Experiences, Attitudes, and Engagement survey at the Eduction New Zealand Conference in Wellington to New Zealand stakeholders (see the executive summary).  This survey constitutes the first ever sector-wide survey of alumni from all over the world.  In addition, ICG released eight customized reports for the Auckland University of Technology, Lincoln University, Massey University, the University of Auckland,  the University of Canterbury, the University of Otago, the University of Waikato, and Victoria Wellington University.

 

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Newsticker July 2009:

 

  • Dr. Daniel J. Guhr, ICG's Managing Director, will explain how global economic and policy trends impact educational competition dynamics.
  • Dr. Madeleine Reeve, the Pro Vice-Chancellor International and Development at RMIT University, in Melbourne, will speak on managing international student recruiting.
  • Prof. Mary Ritter, the Pro-Rector for International and Postgraduate Affairs at Imperial College London, will address trends in international research relationships.
  • Dr. Maurits van Rooijen, the President of the Compostela Group of Universities, a Spain-based consortium, will talk about the future development of university alliances.
  • Mr. Andrew Shaindlin, the Executive Director of the Caltech Alumni Association, will speak on the impact of social media and online communities on student and alumni behavior.

 

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Newsticker June 2009:

 

  • Universities UK, the Department for Innovation, Universites & Skills, and the British Universities Iraq Consortium released an ICG-authored report on the UK Higher Engagement with Iraq on 23 June.   Coverage on the report's release can be found in the following news articles:


  • Ian Moore joined ICG's Academic Advisory Board.  Ian serves as the Deputy Director of Development and Alumni Relations at Coventry University.  Previous appointments include Acting and Deputy Director of Alumni Relations at the Open University, as well as positions in the publishing industry.  Ian has been a key contributor to the Council of Advancement and Support of Eduation (CASE), for which he served for two years as alumni track chair.  In addition, he continues to oversee the alumni benchmarking project.  He was educated at Coventry, Open, and Sussex Universities.

  • Sheila Pakir joined ICG in June as Head of Research after graduating from Brown University with a B.A.  She holds a number of high academic honors, including having graduated with summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown.   In addition, she was a member of the Singapore World School Debating Championships team.

 

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Newsticker May 2009:

 


  • The Third Annual ICG Thought Leader Session took place at the NAFSA Annual Conference on 27 May. This year's TLS was dedicated to Looking Beyond the Global Economic Crisis - International Education 10 Years Out (proceedings).  Presenters included Andy Shaindlin from Caltech, Dr. Wedigo de Vivanco from the FU Berlin, David Wheeler from the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Dr. Daniel J. Guhr from ICG.  Britta Baron from the University of Alberta chaired the discussion.

 

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Newsticker April 2009:

 

  • Dr. Maurits van Rooijen joined ICG's Academic Advisory Board.  Maurits will soon retire from his position of Vice-President International at the University of Westminster.  Previous appointments include PVC at Victoria University (Australia) and Vice-President at Leiden.  He currently serves as President of the Compostela Group of Universities as well as the World Association for Co-operative Education.  Maurits is a frequent and global contributor to international higher education both as a practitioner and author.

 

  • Invitations to the Third Annual ICG Thought Leader Session at NAFSA on 27 May have been issued. This year, the TLS is dedicated to Looking Beyond the Global Economic Crisis - International Education 10 Years Out.  It uses the current global economic crisis as a jumping off point.  But rather than focusing on today's tactical issues, the session looks at long term trends and explores strategic change scenarios. Themes touched upon include economic and policy trends, the role of alumni, the impact of technology, institutional strategy setting, and global competition dynamics.  Presenters include Andy Shaindlin from Caltech, Dr. Wedigo de Vivanco from the FU Berlin, and David Wheeler from the Chronicle of Higher Education.  Britta Baron from the University of Alberta will chair the discussion.

 

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Newsticker March 2009:

 

 

 

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Newsticker February 2009:

 

  • ICG contributed to three sessions at the AIEA Annual Conference in Atlanta from 22 to 25 February:

 

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Newsticker January 2009:

 

  • The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) published an article on Brave Net World in the January 2009 edition of CURRENTS.  The underlying research was based on a global survey of online communities and higher education to which three ICG members substantially contributed: Mr. Louis E. Alexander (MIT & ICG Advisory Board member), Dr. Daniel J. Guhr (ICG Managing Director), and Mr. Andrew Shaindlin (Caltech and ICG Advisory Board member).

  • On 14 January, ICG rolled out its 2009 International Strategy Seminars schedule.  In 2009, ICG offers 12 dedicated seminar topcis across four major thematic areas (strategy & planning, competition, student recruiting, and regional focus seminars).

 

  • At the end of January, ICG will run the first set of seminars on Understanding Risk and Managing for Opportunities in the Global Economic Crisis in Singapore, Melbourne, Brisbane, and London.  This seminar centers on a detailed briefing on the origins and complexity of the global fiscal and economic crisis, coupled with an analysis of the impact of this crisis on student mobilty funding, mobility patterns, and institutional risk management.

 

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Newsticker December 2008:

 

  • Please note that the ICG office in the San Francisco Bay Area  will close between 23 December 2008 and 5 January 2009.

 

  • ICG contributed a session and two Roundtables at the Going Global 3 conference in London from 4 to 5 December:

 

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Newsticker November 2008:

 

  • ICG contributed to two sessions and a Roundtable at the CEC Annual Conference in Montreal from 22 to 25 November:
  • ICG chaired a Roundtable on International Positioning Initiatives on behalf of the CEC.

 

  • ICG contributed to two sessions at the CBIE Annual Conference in St. John's from 1 to 5 November:

 

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Newsticker October 2008:

 

 

 

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Newsticker September 2008:

 

  • ICG contributed to two sessions at the EAIE Annual Conference in Antwerp from 10 to 13 September:
  • ICG chaired a half-day workshop on Building an International Alumni Network with presenters Lou Alexander (MIT), Ian Moore (Coventry and CASE Europe Alumni Track Chair), and George Hackstette (Goettingen).

 

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Newsticker August 2008:

 

  • ICG contributed to three sessions at the CASE Europe Annual Conference in Brighton from 25 to 29 August:


  • ICG contributed to three events at the Education New Zealand Annual Conference in Auckland between 6 to 8 August:
  • Second, ICG co-chaired an all-NZ session with the Ministry of Education on International Alumni Networks.
  • Third, ICG presented in the High Growth Markets session together with Fiona Morris (JWT), Tim Rogers (IEC), and Scott Wade (LTM).

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Newsticker July 2008:

 

  • ICG's new Academic Advisory Board Member, Andy Shaindlin, hosted the alumnifutures think tank meeting in New York City on 16 July following the CASE Leadership Summit.  Dr. Daniel J. Guhr participated and spoke on The challenge to institutional alumni relations - Why moving to a network-centric, fluid approach is imperative to stay relevant.

  • ICG contributed to three events at the CASE Leadership Summit in New York from 13 to 15 July:
  • Third, ICG held a Roundtable on the Future of Alumni Relations with representatives from higher education institutions and solution vendors.

  • Max Senges, who recently obtained a Ph.D. from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Barcelona and now works as a US-based knowledge entrepreneur.
  • Andy Shaindlin, the Executive Director of the Caltech Alumni Association and author of the widely read blog www.alumnifutures.com.
  • Lou Alexander, the Director of Alumni Education at the Massachusetts Intitute of Technology (MIT), and a frequent contributor to CASE and other international education conferences.

 

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