Preliminary Program

11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Conference Registration Open

2:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Pre-conference Workshops
(Separate registration and fee. Enrollment is limited, so please register early.)

Workshop #1

Making the Most of Your Resources
Fiscal uncertainty can have a dampening effect on curricular reform efforts. Both administrators and faculty need to be able to assess available resources-energy, commitment, ideas, and budget--in order to make sustainable and cost effective curricular improvements. This workshop will address how to cost-out alternative strategies for accomplishing goals and how to evaluate whether curricular resources are being used optimally.
Ann Ferren, Professor of Educational Studies, Radford University, and Senior Fellow, AAC&U

Workshop #2

The New American Multicultural Campus: Motivating Students, Faculty, and Student Affairs Educators Toward Liberal Learning
Understanding what motivates people to engage in educational change is key to creating consensus about the definitions and practices of liberal learning. This interactive session will use the concept of marginality and mattering to discuss motivation for change at several levels-individual, group (e.g., unit, department, student organization), campus, and inter-institutional. Particular attention will be paid to diversity and inclusion in the broader context of "mattering," as well as how campuses can demonstrate (e.g., through faculty rewards) alignment between liberal learning goals and goals of broad participation and engagement.
L. Lee Knefelkamp, Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University

Workshop #3

Dialogues Between the Campus and Community as a Catalyst for Change
This workshop will highlight the Campus-Community Dialogues held nationally in 2002-03 as part of AAC&U 's Presidents' Campaign for the Advancement of Liberal Learning (CALL). With the discussion set in the context of the latest data on public attitudes toward higher education, the group will explore constructive change inspired and informed by genuine conversation between members of the campus community and key constituents such as K-12 educators, community leaders, and employers. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on 1) their own endeavors to hold campus-community dialogues, 2) other means for engaging with communities, and 3) how these opportunities can be used to advance institutional change.
Elisabeth Zinser, President, Southern Oregon University; Debra Humphreys, Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs, AAC&U

7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Opening Plenary

Welcome from Greater Expectations Initiative
Andrea Leskes, Vice President for Education and Quality Initiatives, AAC&U

Toward an Inclusive Vision: Liberal Education in the New Century
William Plater, Acting Chancellor, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

8:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Welcome Reception and Poster Displays
Representatives from institutions and organizations will present posters illustrating innovative practices to foster better student learning.

8:00 - 8:45 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:45 - 9:45 a.m.

Plenary II

Welcome from AAC&U
Alma Clayton-Pedersen, Vice President for Education and Institutional Renewal, AAC&U

Moving Toward the New Academy: Progress in Implementing Intentional Practices and Powerful Learning
Andrea Leskes, Vice President for Education and Quality Initiatives, AAC&U, and Director, Greater Expectations Initiative

10:00 - Noon

Concurrent Sessions

Achieving Greater Expectations on Campus: Practical Steps
Four panel presentations, each followed by facilitated discussions:
- Launching conversations on campuses
- Sustaining conversations and collaborative work on campus
- Creating faculty buy-in
- Conversing with external stakeholders

Principles of Intentional Practice
Presentation, followed by panel discussion of case studies
Jean Morse, Executive Director, Middle States Commission on Higher Education

1:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Plenary III

Alignment of Learning
Presentation, 1:30-2:30 p.m., followed by facilitated discussions
David Conley, Director, Standards for Success; Jerry D. Weast, Superintendent of Schools, Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools

Topics for facilitated break-out discussions include:

• Setting expectations for levels of learning at the high school/college interface
  Jerry D. Weast, Superintendent of Schools, Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools
• Alternatives to standardized tests
  David Conley, Director, Standards for Success
• Faculty role in alignment of learning across college levels, programs, and disciplines
  Nancy Shapiro, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University System of Maryland
• State-wide alignment of general education
  Robert Shoenberg, Senior Fellow, AAC&U , and Director, Student Transfer Project

3:45 - 4:45 p.m.

Overcoming Barriers to Action
Conversations by institutional type
-Liberal arts colleges
-Community colleges
-Comprehensive masters/doctoral universities
-Research universities
-Specialized institutions

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Fostering Intentional Learning
Short presentations, followed by facilitated conversations
-Faculty development
-Adjunct faculty and Greater Expectations
-Programs for transfer students
-First-year programs
-Service learning
-Undergraduate research
-Diversity and social responsibility

6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Reception

8:00 p.m.

On Your Own...
An Evening of Theater in Washington, DC
Proof and Camelot, both at Arena Stage, 8:00 p.m. curtain time Visit www.arenastage.org for more details.

8:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Posters and Pastries
Continental breakfast served 8:00-9:00 a.m.
Representatives from institutions and organizations will present posters illustrating innovative practices to foster better student learning.

9:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Different Perspectives on Action
Panel presentation, followed by break-out sessions by institutional role
-College faculty
-Provosts and deans
-Presidents
-Students
-Student affairs personnel
-K-12 teachers and administrators
-Accreditors and other external stakeholders

Purposeful Pathways and Liberal Learning Outcomes
This session will frame and draw on the work of the Greater Expectations Forum on Twenty-first Century Liberal Arts Education Practice. The Forum is comprised of four working groups that have gathered promising practices at the secondary school and college levels leading to one of four liberal education outcomes (see topics below). The findings of the Forum-to be published in Fall 2003 as four practitioner guides-will be discussed for the first time. Presentation, followed by facilitated break-out sessions on the Forum's four learning outcomes
Carol Geary Schneider, President, AAC&U

Topics of break-out discussions:

Integrative learning
Debra Humphreys, Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs, and Ross Miller, Director of Programs, Office of Education and Quality Initiatives, AAC&U

Inquiry-based learning
Robert Shoenberg, Senior Fellow, AAC&U

Civic engagement in a diverse democracy
Caryn McTighe Musil, Vice President, and Heather Wathington, Director of Programs, Office of Diversity, Equity and Global Initiatives, AAC&U

Global learning
Barbara Hill, Senior Fellow and Director of the Forum on Twenty-first Century Liberal Arts Education Practice, AAC&U

11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Optional box lunch available for purchase. See registration form for details.

Levers for Change: Roundtable Discussions
Potential topics include:
-Diversity
-General education
-Active learning
-Civic engagement

1:00 - 2:45 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Integrating General Education, the Major, and the Co-curriculum
Presentation, followed by highlights of innovations at several colleges and universities
Jerry Gaff, Senior Scholar, AAC&U

Assessment for Improvement, Accountability, and Accreditation
Short presentations, followed by facilitated discussions

• Assessment for improvement
  Barbara Wright, Assessment Coordinator, Eastern Connecticut State University and former director, AAHE Assessment Forum
• Assessment for accountability
  Paul E. Lingenfelter, Executive Director, State Higher Education Executive Officers
• Assessment for accreditation
  John P. Nichols, NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor, Saint Joseph's College, and Director of the Project on Accreditation and Assessment, AAC&U

Funding for Better Learning
Panel presentation, followed by discussion
Daniel Fallon, Chair, Education Division, Carnegie Corporation of New York; Judith Ramaley, Assistant Director for Education and Human Resources, National Science Foundation; Fred Winter, Senior Program Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities; Leonard L. Haynes III, Director, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)

3:00 - 3:45 p.m.

Closing Plenary

Learning to Lead: Creating the Engaged College
Richard Guarasci, President, Wagner College

8:00 p.m.

On Your Own...
An Evening of Theater in Washington, DC
Proof and Camelot, both at Arena Stage, 8:00 p.m. curtain time Visit www.arenastage.org for more details.

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