Dr. Jamil Salmi

Areas of Expertise

Global tertiary education expert – in the past 20 years, has provided policy advice to governments and university leaders in more than 80 countries in all parts of the world.

• Policy guidance on system-wide tertiary education reforms, including national development strategies, system-wide governance, financial sustainability, quality assurance, institutional differentiation, system articulation, and equity promotion strategies.

• Advice on benchmarking, strategic planning and capacity building for establishing a world-class university or improving any type of tertiary education institutions, including, leadership training, resource mobilization, quality assurance, internationalization strategies, linkages to industry, and equity promotion.

• Works in English, French and Spanish.

Recent Professional Experience

• Consultant to the Council of Europe Development Bank on the University of Cyprus’ strategy to become world-class (March – April 2012)

• Consultant to the World Bank on centers of excellence in Africa, student loan reform in Chile, and tertiary education reform in Bulgaria, Costa Rica and Macedonia (February – April 2012)

• Consultant to AusAid on tertiary education reform in Indonesia and development of the University of the South Pacific (January-February 2012)

• World Bank Tertiary Education Coordinator between July 2006 and January 2012, responsible for policy work on world-class universities, equity in tertiary education,
• rankings and league tables, financing mechanisms, and benchmarking of the performance of tertiary education systems

• As lead expert on tertiary education since 1990, was the main author of the World Bank’s latest tertiary education strategy report entitled Constructing Knowledge Societies: New Challenges for Tertiary Education (October 2002) and of the World Bank’s first tertiary education policy paper entitled Higher Education: Lessons of Experience (July 1994).

• Sector Manager in the World Bank’s central Education Department between 2000 and 2007, including one year as Acting Director (2005). This involved coordinating the policy research, knowledge sharing and cross-support activities of central education staff. Oversaw in particular the preparation of three major publications: Education Sector Strategy Update (July 2005), Lifelong Learning for the Global Knowledge Economy (June 2003) and Reshaping the Future: Education and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (November 2004).

• Education Sector Manager in the World Bank’s Latin America and the Caribbean Region (1998-2000)

Other Relevant Professional Activities

• Member of the International Task Force advising the Spanish Government on its higher education reform strategy “Estrategía 2015” (2011).
• Adviser to the Irish Higher Education Authority for the preparation of the new Higher Education Strategy (2009)
• Participation in joint OECD / World Bank Reviews of Tertiary Education in Colombia (2011), Egypt (2009), Chile (2008) and Kazakhstan (2006), responsible for financing chapters
• Participation in OECD Review of the Regional Contribution of Higher Education in Southern Arizona (2009)
• Member of the Governing Board of the International Institute for Educational Planning (2009-2011)
• Member of the International Advisory Network of the UK Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (since 2007)
• Member of the Editorial Committee of OECD’s Journal of Higher Education Management and Policy (since 2004)
• Member of the International Advisory Council of Free University Berlin, Germany (since 2009)
• Member of the International Advisory Council of the Graduate School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (since 2009)
• Member of the International Advisory Council of the Higher School of Economics, Moscow (since 2010)
• Member of the Advisory Council on Internationalization, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico (since 2010)

Education

Executive Development Program on Change Management, Harvard Business School and Kennedy School of Government, USA, 2001.

Ph. D. in Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK, 1981.

Area of Specialization: Economics and Sociology of Education. Title of Dissertation: "Educational Crisis and Social Reproduction: The Political Economy of Schooling in Morocco."

Master in Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, USA, 1975.

Area of Specialization: Economic and Social Development.

Master in Business Administration from ESSEC (Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Sociales) Graduate School of Business Administration (AACSB, EQUIS), Cergy, France (master’s level degree in business administration from French Grande Ecole).

Relevant Tertiary Education Country Experience

• Caribbean: Barbados, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica

• East Asia and Pacific: Australia, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Hong Kong (China), Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea, Vietnam

• Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine

• Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay

• North Africa and Middle East: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen

• North America: USA – State of Arizona

• South Asia: Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

• Sub-Saharan Africa: Benin, Burkina-Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, The Gambia

• Western Europe: Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain

Recent Keynote Presentations

• University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, June 2012
• Seminar on Measuring Institutional Performance in Higher Education organized by Criterion Conferences, Melbourne, May 2012.
• Regional Conference on Higher Education Financing organized by the Macedonian Ministry of Education, Skopje, May 2012.
• United Arab Emirates University, El Ain, April 2012
• La Tadeo University, Bogota, April 2012
• International Conference on Student Loans organized by APICE, Bogota, April 2012
• Tamkang University, Taipei, April 2012
• Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, April 2012
• International Ranking Conference (IREG-6) co-organized by the HEACT, Taipei, April 2012
• International Conference on Equity in Tertiary Education organized by the National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Bucharest, March 2012
• National Conference on Higher Education Reform organized by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education, Sofia, March 2012
• International Conference on World-Class Universities and World-Class Higher Education Systems organized by Meiji University, Tokyo, March 2012
• International Conference on Private Education organized by the International Finance Corporation, Dubai, March 2012
• International Meeting of the La Salle Universities, Manila, February 2012
• International Conference on Engineering Education and Applied Sciences, San José, February 2012
• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, February 2012
• University of the South Pacific, Suva, February 2012
• Indonesian Ministry of Education, Jakarta, January 2012
• Emerging Markets Symposium, Oxford, January 2012
• Korean Council of University Education, Seoul, December 2011
• Department of Education, Employment and Workforce Development, Canberra, December 2011
• Australian National University, Canberra, December 2011
• Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, November 2011
• The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Hague, November 2011
• Beijing Normal University, Beijing, November 2011
• Fourth International World-Class Universities Conference, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, October 2011.
• Mexican Association of Student Loan Agencies, Tijuana, September 2011
• Swedish Agency for Higher Education Cooperation, Stockholm, September 2011
• University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, September 2011
• Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, September 2011
• French University Presidents Council (CPU), Paris, September 2011
• Ministry of Higher Education, Banjul, The Gambia, September 2011
• Launch of Dr. Brunner and Dr. Peña’s new book on the Conflict between Public and Private Universities in Chile, University Diego Portales, Santiago, August 2011
• Ministry of Education and University of the Maldives, Male’, June 2011
• Joint Conference on Equity in Higher Education, Australian National University, Dhurakipundit University and the World Bank, Bangkok, June 2011
• Ministry of Higher Education, Jakarta, June 2011
• World Bank Course on Tertiary Education Reform, Bali, June 2011
• First International Higher Education Conference, Turkish Higher Education Council (YOK), Istanbul, May 2011
• University of Aarhus, Denmark, May 2011
• ACA Annual Conference 2011: The excellence imperative. World-class aspirations and real-world needs. Vienna, May 2011
• DAAD Conference on Higher Education and Dvelopment, Berlin, May 2011
• UNESCO – OECD – World Bank International Workshop on Rankings. Paris, May 2011
• Second International Higher Education Conference, Saudi Ministry of Higher Education, Riyadh, April 2011
• Annual Meeting of Commonwealth Universities Vice-Chancellors, Hong Kong, April 2011
• Launch of Dr. Hazelkorn’s new book on Rankings, Dublin, March 2011
• Regional Conference on Centers of Excellence, The World Bank, Ouagadougou, March 2011
• OECD Conference on the Regional Contribution of Universities, Seville, February 2011
• Annual HEPI Lecture, London, February 2011

• International Workshop on Higher Education Reform, The Ethiopian Ministry of Higher Education, Addis Ababa, November 2010
• International Workshop on Higher Education Reform, Malawi Ministry of Higher Education, Lilongwe, August 2010
• French Senate, Session on Rankings organized by the Education Commission, Paris, May 2010

Books

Altbach, P. and J. Salmi, eds. (2011). The Road to Academic Excellence: the Making of World-Class Research Universities. Washington DC: The World Bank. Directions in Development. Published in English and Chinese.

http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2011/09/28/000333038_20110928021346/Rendered/PDF/646680PUB0acad00Box361543B00PUBLIC0.pdf

Salmi, J. (2009). The Challenge of Establishing World-Class Universities. Washington DC: The World Bank. Directions in Development. Published in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Korean, and Turkish.

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EDUCATION/Resources/278200-1099079877269/547664-1099079956815/547670-1237305262556/WCU.pdf

Salmi, J. and A. Verspoor, eds, (1994). Revitalizing Higher Education. Oxford: Pergamon.

Salmi, J. (1993). Violence and Democratic Society: New Approaches to Human Rights. London: Zed Books.

Salmi, J. (1985). Crise de l'Enseignement et Reproduction Sociale au Maroc. Casablanca: Editions Maghrébines.

Salmi, J. (1985). Les Dividendes de la Violence: Essai sur les Droits de l'Homme dans la Société Libérale. Casablanca: Editions Maghrébines.

Salmi, J. (1979). Planification sans Développement: Evaluation de l'Expérience Marocaine de Planification. Casablanca: Editions Maghrébines.

Articles, Book Chapters and Blogs

Salmi, J (2012). "Attracting talent in a global academic world: How emerging research universities can benefit from brain circulation." The Academic Executive Brief. June 2012.

http://academicexecutives.elsevier.com/articles/attracting-talent-in-a-global-academic-world-how-emerging-research-universities-can-benefit

Salmi, J. (2012). “The 100 Under 50: From zero to hero.” Times Higher Education. 31 May 2012.

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=420088&c=1

Altbach, P. and J. Salmi (2012). “International advisors – A valuable asset or an added expense?” University World News. 15 April 2012 Issue No:217. http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20120411172913611

Altbach, P. and J. Salmi (2012). “Sage Advice”. Times Higher Education. 16 February 2012.

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=419021&c=1

Salmi, J. and R. M. Bassett (2011). “Opportunities for All? The Equity Challenge in Tertiary Education”. IAU Horizons. Volume 17 No 2, October 2011.

Salmi, J. and S. Kosaraju (2011). “If Ranking is the Disease, is Benchmarking the Cure? Evaluation in Higher Education. Volume 5, No. 1, June 2011.

Salmi, J. (2011). “The Road to Academic Excellence: Lessons of Experience”. Posted on 5 October 2011.

http://blogs.worldbank.org/education/blogs/jamil-salmi

Salmi, J. (2011). “Evolution of a World-Class University: Balancing Local Growth and Global Appeal”. Posted on 1 July 2011.

http://blogs.worldbank.org/education/evolution-of-a-world-class-university-balancing-local-growth-and-global-appeal

Salmi, J. and J. Pye (2010). “An Uphill Struggle? Equity in Higher Education for People with Disabilities. Posted on 3 December 2010.

http://blogs.worldbank.org/education/an-uphill-struggle-equity-in-higher-education-for-people-with-disabilities

Salmi, J. (2010). “Growing Pains: Ten Common Errors When Building a World-Class University”. Posted on 7 September 2010.

http://blogs.worldbank.org/education/growing-pains

Salmi, J. (2010). “Nine Common Errors When Building a World-Class University”. Posted on 22 August 2010.

C.V. Jamil Salmi

http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/the_world_view/nine_common_errors_when_building_a_new_world_class_university

Salmi, J. (2010). “Transforming Higher Education in Developing Countries: the Role of the World Bank”. International Encyclopedia of Education 3rd Edition. Edited by Eva Baker, Penelope Peterson and Barry McGaw, Elsevier 2010, pp. 590-596.

Salmi, J. (2010). “Ensuring the Successful Implementation of Financing Reforms”. Financing Higher Education in Africa. Washington DC: The World Bank.

Salmi, J. (2010). “The Challenge of Establishing World-Class Universities in Developing Countries”, in Altbach, P. Editor. Leadership for World-Class Universities: Challenges for Developing Countries. New York and London: Routledge.

Salmi, J. (2009). “Contribución de la educación superior en el desarrollo de América latina”. Crédito Educativo: Experiencias Internacionales y Desafíos Futuros en América Latina. Lima: UNIVERSIA.

Salmi, J. (2009). "Scenarios for Financial Sustainability of Tertiary Education". Higher Education to 2030. Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. Paris: OECD, pp. 285-322.

Salmi, J. (2009). “The Challenge of Establishing World-Class Research Universities in Developing Countries”. Weber, L. E., and J. J. Duderstadt (eds.). University Research for Innovation. London: Economica.

Salmi, J. (2009). “Chasing World-Class Status.” Currents. Nov/Dec 2009, pp. 15-16.

Salmi, J. and R. M. Bassett (2009). “Rankings and League Tables: a Global Perspective.” Evaluation Results, (22) 11, pp. 17-22.

Salmi, J. (2009). “Violence, integrity and education”. Global Crime. 10:4, pp 396-415.

Salmi, J. and I. Froumin (2007). “Establishing World-Class Universities in Russia”(in Russian). Education Issues Number 3, 2007.

Salmi, J. (2007). “Autonomy from the State vs responsiveness to markets.” Higher Education Policy. Volume 20, No. 3, pp. 223-242.. Paris: International Association of Universities.

Salmi, J. and A. Saroyan. (2007). League Tables as Policy Instruments: Constructive Uses for the Benefit of Higher Education. IAU Horizons, vol. 13, no. 2-3, p. 1-3.

Salmi, J., and A. Saroyan (2007). “League Tables as Policy Instruments: Uses and Misuses.” Higher Education Management and Policy. Volume 19, No. 2. OECD, Paris.

Salmi, J. (2007). “The Growing Accountability Agenda: Progress or Mixed Blessing?”. International Higher Education. Number 50, Winter 2007.

Salmi, J., and A. M. Hauptman (2006). “Innovations in Tertiary Education Financing: A Comparative Evaluation of Allocation Mechanisms.” Washington D.C., The World Bank. Education Working Paper Series Number 4. September 2006.

Salmi, J. (2006). “Violence, Democracy and Education: An Analytical Framework”, in Roberts-Schweitzer, E. ed., Promoting Social Cohesion Through Education. Washington DC: The World Bank Institute.

Salmi, J. (2006). “Constructing Knowledge Societies: New Challenges for Education”, in Journal of Education for International Development, Volume 2, Issue 1. Available online at http://www.equip123.net/JEID/current.htm

Salmi, J. (2006). “Violence, Democracy and Education: An Analytical Framework”, in Yeakey, C.C., Richardson, J.W. and J. B. Buck (eds). Suffer the Little Children: National and International Dimensions of Child Poverty and Public Policy. Oxford: Elsevier.

Salmi, J. and A. M. Hauptman (2006). “Resource Allocation Mechanisms in Tertiary Education: a Typology and an Assessment”, in Higher Education in the World 2006: The Financing of Universities. New York, Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 60-81.

Salmi, J. (2005). “Tertiary Education and Research in 2020: A View from the Developing World.”, in Enders, J., Huisman J., and D. Westerheijden (Eds.). The Europoean Higher Education and Research Landscape 2020: Scenarios and Strategic Debates. Enschede: Center for Higher Education Policy.

Salmi, J. and A. Hauptman (2005). “Innovations in the Allocation of Public Funds”, in International Higher Education. Boston: The Boston College Center for International Higher Education, Number 41, Fall 2005, pp. 8-9.

Salmi, J. (2004). “Violence in democratic societies: towards an analytic framework”, in Hilly, P., C. Pantazis, S. Tombs and D. Gordon. Beyond Criminology: Taking Harm Seriously. London, Ann Arbor, MI and Black Point, Nova Scotia. Pluto Press and Fernwood Publishing.

Salmi, J. (2003). “Indicators for Tertiary Education Reform: a World Bank Perspective”, in A. Yonezawa and F. Kaiser (Eds.), System-Level and Strategic Indicators for Monitoring Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century. Studies on Higher Education, Bucarest, UNESCO-CEPES.

Salmi, J. (2003). “Constructing knowledge Societies: New Challenges for Tertiary Education.” Higher Education in Europe. Vol. XXVIII, No. 1. Routledge.

Salmi, J. (2003). “Student Loans in an International Perspective: The World Bank

Experience.” LCSHD Paper Series number 44, Washington DC: The World Bank.

Salmi, J. (2002). “New Challenges for Tertiary Education: the World Bank Report”, in New Frontiers in Education, Vol. XXXII, No.4, October-December 2002, New Delhi.

Salmi, J. (2002). “Higher Education at a Turning Point”, in Chapman, D.W. and A. E. Austin (eds). Higher Education in the Developing World: Changing Contexts and Institutional Responses. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press .

Salmi, J. (2001). “La Educación Superior en un Punto Decisivo.” Estudios del Hombre. Universidad de Guadalajara. Número 12, pp. 15-42. Also in Educación Global. Asociación Mexicana para la Educación Internacional. Número 5. pp. 105-122.

Salmi, J. (2001). “Educación y violencia en el contexto internacional.” Experiencias de Educación para la Paz: Intercambio y Análisis. Proceedings of the First Regional Workshop on Experiences with Peace Education. Bogotá: Department of Bolivar, Colombian Ministry of Education, World Bank.

Salmi, J. (2000). “Facing the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century.” Issue of TechKnowLogia,

http://www.TechKnowLogia.org. January/February, 2000

Salmi, J. (2000). “Equity and Quality in Private Education: the Haitian Paradox”. Compare. Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 163-178.

Salmi, J. (2000). “Violence, Democracy and Education: An Analytical Framework”, LCSHD Paper Series number 56, Washington DC: The World Bank..

Salmi, J. and G. Alcalá (1998). “Opciones para reformar el financiamiento de la educación superior”. Cuadernos del CENDES (Central University of Venezuela). Número 37.

Eisemon, T. and J. Salmi (1995). "Increasing Equity in Higher Education: Strategies and Lessons from International Experience", in Schuller, T. (ed.). The Changing University?. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Salmi, J. (1994). "Reformas en educación superior: experiencias y lecciones internacionales". Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima.

Salmi, J. (1994). "Higher education reform in developing countries: issues, options and constraints". Takala, T. (ed.). Quality of Education in the Context of Culture in Developing Countries. Tampere: University of Tampere Press.

Salmi, J. (1994). "Shaping the higher education study: the dynamics of consultation". Norrag News, number 16.

Salmi, J. (1993). "Exploring policy options for higher education reform". Inter-American Journal of University Management, number 5.

Eisemon, T. and J. Salmi (1993). "African universities and the state: prospects for reform in Senegal and Uganda". Higher Education, volume 25.

Salmi, J. (1992). "Perspectives on the Financing of Higher Education". Higher Education Policy, volume 5, number 2.

Salmi, J. (1992). "The higher education crisis in developing countries: issues, problems, constraints, and reforms". International Review of Education, volume 38, number 1.

Salmi, J. (1992). "L'Amérique malade des armes à feu", Le Monde Diplomatique, April issue.

Salmi, J. (1991). "Issues in strategic planning for vocational education: Lessons from Algeria, Egypt, and Morocco". Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, volume 28, number 3.

Salmi, J. (1991). "Education, dissent, and freedom of speech". The McGill Journal of Education, volume 26, No. 3.

Salmi, J. (1990). "Vocational Education in Algeria, Egypt and Morocco: The crisis and its lessons". Prospects, volume XX, No. 1.

Salmi, J. (1987). "New hope for unemployed youth? The vocational training reform in Morocco". Fortuijn, E. D., Hoppers, W., and Morgan, M., (eds.), Paving Pathways to Work: Comparative Perspectives on the Transition from School to Work. The Hague: Centre for the Study of Education in Developing Countries.

Salmi, J. (1986). "Le secteur minier", in Benazzou, (ed), Panorama Economique du Maroc 1969/85. Casablanca: Les Editions Maghrébines.

Salmi, J. (1985). "Educational research on the Third World or with the Third World: a view from the South", International Journal of Educational Development, Oxford, volume V, number 2.

Salmi, J. (1984). "L'ingénieur dans l'économie marocaine", El Handasah Alwatania, Rabat.

Salmi, J. (1984). "Les ingénieurs marocains aujourd'hui", Lamalif, Casablanca, February issue.

Salmi, J. (1983). "L'instruction publique au Maroc", Encyclopédie Islamique, Paris/London.