The Chronicle News Blog: New Association Seeks to Forge Bonds Among Public Universities Around the World
A newly formed association of 21 public universities in 20 countries will hold its inaugural meeting next week at the University of Montreal. The International Forum of Public Universities grew out of the 125th-anniversary celebration, in 2004, of the University of Montreal, where discussions among foreign university chiefs who had been invited to receive honorary degrees led to a subsequent conference in Belgium and the decision to establish a formal association.