89th Meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities

The Courage to Question:
Liberal Education in the 21st Century

January 22-25, 2003
Seattle, Washington

AAC&U is very pleased that our 2003 Annual Meeting, which was held January 22-25 in Seattle, Washington, drew more than 1,100 registrants - our largest audience in ten years.

We extend our sincere appreciation to those who presented their work at the Annual Meeting and contributed to a very well received program of events. And we thank those of you who attended the meeting and generated an atmosphere of collegiality, collaboration, and spirited challenge.

We hope to see you all next year at AAC&U's 2004 Annual Meeting, which is scheduled for January 21-24, 2004, in Washington, DC.

Conference Highlights

Pre-Conference Symposium
Shared Futures: Diversity, Inequality, and the Challenge of Global Citizenship

Opening Evening Event: Community Forum
Critical Patriotism: Liberal Education, Citizenship and the Public Good

Opening Plenary Session
The Challenge of Liberal Education: Past, Present, and Future
Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

ACAD Keynote Luncheon
The Peril and the Promise: American Higher Education and the Goals of Global Development
Mamphela Aletta Ramphele, The World Bank

Closing Plenary Session
Rethinking American History in the Post 9/11 World
Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University.

Tapes of Sessions Available:
Tapes of sessions presented at AAC&U's 2003 Annual Meeting are available for purchase from the Audio Visual Education Network, Inc. (AVEN). Please contact AVEN directly if you would like to purchase a tape or CD: http://www.aven.com/index.cfm or 206-440-7989.

If you have questions, please e-mail us at meetings@aacu.org.