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.

Carol Geary Schneider, AAC&U president, will travel to Yeshiva University in New York on November 8, 2007, to deliver a keynote address in conjunction with the university’s faculty workshop.  This workshop will attempt to craft site-specific, tailored outcomes based on the essential learning outcomes presented in the LEAP report.

Debra Humphreys, AAC&U vice president for communications and public affairs, will deliver the keynote address to open the meeting, “Liberal Education and Wisconsin’s Promise: The Teaching, Learning, and Assessment of Liberal Education Outcomes” on November 8. This conference is cosponsored by the University of Wisconsin System, the Wisconsin Technical Colleges System and the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and is part of these organizations’ involvement in AAC&U’s LEAP Initiative.

Caryn McTighe Musil, AAC&U senior vice president for diversity, equity, and global initiatives, attended a meeting at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in Stanford, California, October 25-27. The meeting, “Toward a Vision for the 21st Century Professoriate,” examined perspectives on faculty professionalism and the feasibility of a cohesive professoriate that integrates faculty roles at diverse institutions.  Musil also attended a joint meeting of the U.S. Consortium for Higher Education, Civic Responsibility and Democracy and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, October 4-5.  The meeting was part of an ongoing collaboration examining the role of higher education in promoting democratic citizenship.

Alma Clayton-Pedersen, AAC&U vice president for education and institutional renewal, facilitated sessions with senior administrators, faculty, and students during a daylong visit to Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 24. The workshop was titled "Helping Underserved Students Succeed.” On October 26, Clayton-Pedersen facilitated a session on underrepresented faculty at the 14th Annual Institute on Teaching and Learning, sponsored by the Compact for Faculty Diversity, in Arlington, Virginia.