Quality Assurance of Education
in the Artificial Intelligence Era

Dr. Gloria Rogers is currently serving as a senior adjunct director for professional offerings at ABET. She is also the assessment and data analyst for Indiana State University’s physician assistant program and senior scholar emerita for the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association. She has been providing workshops, webinars, seminars and institutes for the development of continuous quality improvement of educational programs and institutional effectiveness related to strategic planning for over three decades.

Gloria has been an external evaluator for major science, math, engineering and technology initiatives and has served as chair of two national advisory committees and been a member of numerous review panels for the National Science Foundation. She has served as a reviewer for the Fulbright Senior Scholars program and has been a special editor for two issues of the International Journal of Engineering Education.

Rogers has authored assessment‐related articles, given invited presentations at national and international conferences and facilitated workshops/seminars on over 80 campuses. In addition to her local and national involvement in assessment and educational reform, she has given invited presentations, consultations and workshops in 31 countries including a Fulbright Senior Scholar assignment in Lima, Peru. In 2008, she was named a fellow of the American Society of Engineering Education for her contributions to the engineering education profession.

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Dr. Belhocine is the African Union’s Commissioner for Engineering, Science, Technology, and Innovation (ESTI). He is the former Head of the Department of Internal Medicine at University Hospital Center at Zeralda. He held various positions in Algeria with the Faculty of Medicine at University Algiers 1, and the Ministry of Health, before joining the international civil service in 1997. He is the former Director of the Division of Non-Communicable Diseases at the WHO Regional Office for Africa (in Harare, then in Brazzaville). He was also WHO Representative in Nigeria and Tanzania.

Dr. Belhocine capped his career as UN System Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Tunisia from 2009 to 2013. From June 2015 to February 2016, at the request of the WHO Regional Director, he returned to duty as WHO as Representative in Guinea, playing an active role in providing technical support and expertise to the country's response to the Ebola epidemic. He is an international consultant in Public Health and Development. With the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, he was appointed as a member of the Scientific Committee for the monitoring of the pandemic, and was assigned, by the President of the Republic, with the task of monitoring epidemiological investigations around confirmed or suspected cases of Covid-19.

In October 2021, supported by his country, Algeria, Dr. Belhocine was elected to the position of Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation within the African Union.

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Dr. Diane Ullman is an International Accreditation Leader for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). She also served as Vice Chair of the NEASC Commission on International Education. Since 2006, Diane has led accreditation visiting teams in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Her experience includes appointments as a superintendent, management consultant, and leadership development consultant in a wide range of settings. As a former Superintendent of the Simsbury, Connecticut Public Schools in the USA,

Diane also served as Chief Talent Officer for the Connecticut State Department of Education, and Director of the University of Connecticut principal preparation program. As a Senior Advisor for the District Management Group, Diane led work in all regions of the United States in areas such as leadership development, human capital management, strategic planning, resource allocation, and school and district turnaround efforts.

Dr. Ullman was co-founder and Director of the Advanced Instructional Leadership Development Program for principals, a partnership with the University of Connecticut, the Queen Rania Teacher Academy, and the Jordan Ministry of Education. Diane holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Colorado, Boulder, a master’s degree from Northeastern University, and a bachelor’s degree from Regis College. She was named Connecticut Superintendent of the Year in 2012 and is a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International.

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Dr. Tariq Alsindi is a leading expert in quality assurance in higher education. He is Managing Director of EDU Concept Consultancy, Secretary General of the Arab Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ANQAHE), and Board Member of the European Council of Leading Business Schools (ECLBS).

Along his 36 years of experience in teaching, research and academic administration, Dr Alsindi served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Education and Training Quality Authority of Bahrain (BQA), and General Manager of Bahrain’s National Qualifications and Examinations Authority. He consulted on various national and international missions including UNESCO, the World Bank, and Erasmus Mundus projects. He also took part in numerous academic programs and institutional accreditation review teams for regional and international accreditation agencies.

Dr Alsindi received His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa Medal of Appreciation in 2017 for his contributions in serving the Kingdom of Bahrain. He obtained his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Wast Anglia in the UK, and is a former professor and lecturer at the University of Bahrain.

Dr. Nadia Badrawi is an international expert in quality assurance and accreditation in higher education and a Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at Cairo University. Prof. Badrawi is a board member of the Advisory Council of the CHEA International Quality Group (CIQG), Trans-National Education Quality Benchmarking (TNE-QB) advisory board and the Global Pediatrics Education Consortium (GPEC). She also served two terms on the board of the International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE).

Prof. Badrawi is a founder and is currently president of the Arab Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ANQAHE). She is one of the first advocates for the culture of quality assurance in higher education at the national, regional, and international levels.

At the national level, Prof. Badrawi is a member of the Board of Trustees of Alamein International University (AIU). She is a board member of the Medical Sector Committee for Planning and Development and is chairing the reform of medical education at the undergraduate and foundation levels at the Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities. She was one of the main founders of NAQAAE. As a Professor of Pediatrics at Cairo University, Prof. Badrawi served as chairperson of the Pediatrics Department in 2006-2007.

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Professor Goski Alabi is a full professor, author, entrepreneur. and one of Africa's leading experts in quality management and leadership. She is the current President of Laweh Open University College, the first accredited open university in Accra, Ghana. Professor Goski is an academic, a consultant and an accomplished entrepreneur and author with more than 15 years of professional experience in academia, consultancy, regulation, advocacy and business.

Dr. Alabi holds a bachelor of science degree in Chemistry and a diploma in Education from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. She obtained a master of philosophy in Food Science from the University of Ghana, and a doctorate of business administration from the Swiss Management Centre. She also holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the Central University of Nicaragua.

Alabi started her academic career as a lecturer at the University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA), where she served as the founding dean of the School of Graduate Studies. In addition to her work in academic and education, Alabi is also the founder of GAB Foundation, an NGO dedicated to the cause of the vulnerable and marginalized in society. She also served as the West African representative for the African Council for Distance Education (ACDE) and the chairperson of the African Network for Internationalization of Education (ANIE).

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Dr. Michael K. J. Milligan is the Chief Executive Officer of ABET, the global accreditor of over 4,000 college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering and engineering technology.

Prior to joining ABET in 2009, Milligan was a systems director at the Aerospace Corporation, leading a team at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center developing the next generation environmental satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Milligan served over 24 years as a career U.S. Air Force officer working in operations, education, international research and development. During his USAF career, he served as an associate professor and deputy department head in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado.

Milligan earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, his M.S.E. from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, and his B.S. from Michigan State University — all in electrical engineering. He also earned an M.B.A. from Western New England College, is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) in Colorado and Maryland, and a Certified Association Executive (CAE).

Milligan is also a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, IEEE Eta Kappa Nu Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society, and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

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Dr. Douglas Blackstock, an international leader in higher education, is the current President of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA). Prior to his current role, he was the Chief Executive of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) in the UK between 2015 – 2021. During this time, he led the QAA’s contribution to the current changes to the policy, regulatory and quality landscape in England and across the UK, and QAA’s role in developing the Teaching Excellence Framework alongside other sector partners. He held executive roles with the QAA for 20 years and led the agency as it supported the higher education sector adapt to the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. He now acts as an international consultant for QAA, and provides independent consultancy related to higher education and regulation for other clients. He holds an Honorary Doctorate in Education from Robert Gordon University.

Douglas also holds non-executive director roles in education and regulation, including being a member of the Boards of the University of Law, the British University in Egypt, Qualifications Wales, Cilex Legal Regulation, South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, Stroud and Cotswold Alternative Provision School and Waldorf Learning Foundation.

Throughout his career Douglas has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to the student movement. As an officer in the National Union of Students, and Manager of three Students Unions in the 1990’s, he developed various training and support for students, empowering their engagement in quality assurance. He has a long association with Scottish student politics having been Deputy President of NUS Scotland; Convenor of West of Scotland NUS; and President of Glasgow College Students’ Association.

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Dr. Mohamed Emara is a Professor in the Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University. He now serves as President of the Egyptian Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Technical Education (ETQAN).

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