AAC&U News | October 2004

AAC&U officers and staff regularly travel throughout the country, and occasionally the world, to speak and consult at AAC&U member schools through seminars, institutes, and workshops as well as in more informal gatherings.AAC&U staff also regularly speak on the value of liberal education at various media and public affairs events. These meetings are an opportunity for the membership to influence the direction of AAC&U's initiatives. We look forward to seeing you the next time we are on your campus.

AAC&U President Carol Geary Schneider traveled to Racine, Wisconsin, October 6-7 for the Business Higher Education Forum/Johnson Foundation's conference on "Public Accountability for Student Learning in Higher Education"; participants at the conference discussed AAC&U's recent statement, Our Students' Best Work: A Framework for Accountability Worthy of Our Mission. Later in October, Schneider will visit and speak at Arizona State University.

AAC&U Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs Debra Humphreys delivered the keynote address at Southern Connecticut State University's Campus-Community Dialogue, "Sounding the CALL: Greater Expectations for the Learning Students Need in the Twenty-First Century," held on October 1. This event was sponsored as part of AAC&U's Presidents' Campaign for the Advancement of Liberal Learning. On October 19, she will deliver the keynote address for Enrichment Day at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC.

AAC&U Vice President for Educational and Quality Initiatives Andrea Leskes will visit Bulgaria October 8-12 to give presentations at faculty workshops and attend a meeting of the board of trustees at the American University of Bulgaria in Blagoevgrad. On October 14, she will give a presentation on general education at the American College of Thessaloniki in Greece, and on November 3 and 4, she will attend a meeting of UNESCO's section on higher education.