2008 Annual Meeting
INTENTIONAL LEARNING, UNSCRIPTED CHALLENGES
Knowledge and Imagination for an Interdependent World
Forum for Presidents and Foundation Officers
Taking the Lead on What Matters in College
Forum Chair:
President Christopher C. Dahl, State University of New York at Geneseo
Thursday, January 24, 2008
9:00 – 10:30 p.m.
Invitational Reception for Presidents and Foundation Officers
Hosted by the President and Board of Directors of AAC&U
Friday, January 25, 2008
7:30 – 9:15 a.m.
Breakfast Discussion
Multiple Aims, Meaningful Lenses:
Mobilizing New Educational Leadership for Assessment and Accountability
- W. Robert Connor, President, The Teagle Foundation
- Judith Eaton, President, Council for Higher Education Accreditation
This opening breakfast will debate an emerging effort to locate educational responsibility where it appropriately belongs—with colleges and universities themselves. With the national accountability discussions briefly on “pause,” the time is right for the higher education community itself to take the lead both on educational aims that matter and on assessment practices that will enrich rather than narrow student learning. But are we ready to shape the agenda?
We’ll also look at new findings from employers on the most informative ways to document student achievement. Last year, AAC&U released survey results showing that employers want more and better liberal learning from students, not less. Do these preferences apply to their views on assessment?
9:30 – 11:15 a.m.
Presentation and Discussion Session
Re-framing the Assessment Challenge:
An Opportunity for Liberal Education?
Lee Shulman, President, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Principles and Practices for the Next Generation of Assessment
Robert Sternberg, Dean of Arts & Sciences and Professor of Psychology, Tufts University
Expanding our Vision in the Search for Good Assessments
Respondent: Rosemary DePaolo, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Proponents of accountability frequently assume that good tests exist for everything the public wants to know about higher learning. Yet, just the opposite is true. This session will explore the new frontiers in efforts to assess the benefits of a strong liberal education. And participants will explore ways to make the case for more ambitious aims in terms that policy makers and the public can accept.
11:30 – 1:15 p.m.
Presidents’ Luncheon
What We Intend, and What Students Experience:
New Findings on Campus Culture and the Development of Personal and Social Responsibility
- Eric Dey, Associate Professor, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, University of Michigan
- Robert Corrigan, President, San Francisco State University
- M. Lee Pelton, President, Willamette University
AAC&U members have been strong proponents of students’ civic, ethical, and intercultural learning as central goals of college. Do students, faculty, and staff share these goals? And what do they say about the effects of campus culture on student engagement? This session is sponsored by AAC&U’s ongoing initiative: Core Commitments: Educating Students for Personal and Social Responsibility.
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Presentation and Discussion Session
Opening a New Era:
Reshaping the Debate on What Matters in College
- Anthony Carnevale, Research Professor, Center on Education and Careers, Georgetown University
- Respondent: Eduardo Padrón, President, Miami Dade College (invited)
This session explores the good news—and the bad—about the importance of liberal education in this new global era. The good news? There IS a premium on liberal education outcomes in the marketplace. The bad news? Access to these forms of learning is highly stratified—and getting worse. Professor Carnevale will explore the emerging economic evidence for the value of liberal education and discuss with presidents ways to reverse the shortfall in achievement.
2:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Panel and Discussion Session
Innovation and Student Achievement:
Why Employers are Worried – and How Educators Can Respond
- Wayne Johnson, Vice President for University Relations Worldwide, Hewlett Packard
Wayne Johnson PowerPoint
- Deborah Traskell, Executive Vice President, State Farm Insurance Companies
Two members of the LEAP National Leadership Council will discuss employers’ concerns about student achievement, and the opportunities for a more constructive partnership with higher education leaders.
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