THE WIT, THE WILL ... AND THE WALLET
Supporting Educational Innovation, Shaping Our Global Futures
January 20-23, 2010
Washington, DC
FORUM FOR PRESIDENTS AND FOUNDATION LEADERS
Preliminary Program
BUILDING WISDOM AND WILL
For a Nation in Difficult Times
Thursday-Friday, January 21-22
Forum Chair:
Eduardo J. Padrón, President, Miami Dade College and Chair, AAC&U Board of Directors
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21
2:45-5:45 pm PKAL Forum
Shaping PKAL/STEM Priorities for the Next Five Years
There is widespread agreement that the U.S. has come to a fork in the road on STEM teaching and learning. We must significantly increase both the quality and the quantity of STEM learning in the U.S., as we face near-certain decline in a global community where other countries already are producing significant numbers of well-qualified and globally-literate STEM practitioners.
Embracing the importance of these challenges, AAC&U and PKAL have entered into a new partnership to work together toward far-reaching improvements in STEM teaching and learning.
This invitation-only session brings together presidents, academic and STEM reform leaders, and foundation leaders.Acknowledging both PKAL’s signal leadership for the past twenty years and the significant work that lies ahead, speakers, facilitators, and participants will examine ways to significantly accelerate both the pace and scale of reforms in STEM fields. There will be a special recognition for colleges and universities that have made the PKAL/AAC&U STEM alliance possible.
Please note: The PKAL Forum will require a separate registration (no fee). Additional information will be sent in an electronic invitation, or you may also contact Tomas Ramirez at 202-387-3760 or ramirez@aacu.org for registration information.
9:00-10:30 pm
Invitational Reception for Presidents and Foundation Officers
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22
7:00-8:45 am Breakfast Discussion
LEAP Reaches the 5-Year Mark—With New Findings on Employer Priorities for Student Learning in College
The breakfast discussion will include an overview of new data generated this fall through a LEAP-commissioned survey of business leaders, which will ask employers about the changing demands of the workplace, how well they think colleges and universities are doing in preparing students for those demands, and their assessments of various high-impact practices and new curricular trends in higher education.
Presenter: Carol Geary Schneider, President, Association of American Colleges & Universities
Discussants:
Scott Brown, Vice President, Worldwide Sales Enablement, Cisco Systems; Member, LEAP National Leadership Council
Geoff Garin, President, Hart Research Associates
9:00-10:15 am
Panel Presentation and Discussion
Probing Policy Resistance to Liberal Education: Why the Chasm? Can It Be Bridged? And Who Loses If We Miss?
This session will explore the opportunities—and risks—implicit in creating a more inclusive vision for student learning to guide progress from school to college, and especially to guide our efforts in educating students from underserved communities.
Panelists:
Paul Lingenfelter , President, State Higher Education Executive Officers
Lingenfelter PowerPoint (PDF)
Lingenfelter Presentation
(PDF)
Brian Murphy, President, DeAnza College
Michele Cahill, Vice President, National Programs, and Program Director, Urban Education, Carnegie Corporation of New York
10:30-12:00 pm Panel Presentation and Discussion
Moving the Needle on What Counts as “Accountability”: Three Proposals to Make Student Work and Accomplishment Visible and Valued
This session will include discussion of a new national effort to create “LEED-like” standards for accountability (including articulation of robust goals for student achievement, assessments keyed to the goals, and evidence that the assessments are actually used to guide improvement); the use of e-portfolios at the college level to help students take ownership of their own progress and accomplishment; and the use of performance assessments/portfolios at the high school level and the potential for linking such school efforts to e-portfolios in higher education.
Session Chair: Belle Wheelan, President, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Panelists:
Richard Morrill, President, The Teagle Foundation
Gail Mellow, President, La Guardia Community College - City University of New York
Mellow PowerPoint (PDF)
E-Portfolio at LaGuardia Community College
Peter McWalters, Interim Strategic Initiative Director, Education Workforce Development, Council of Chief State School Officers
12:15-1:00 pm Presidents' Luncheon
1:00-2:00 pm Luncheon Address and Discussion
Bridging Cultures
Jim Leach, Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities, will speak about the humanities in the twenty-first century.
Reclaiming—and Living—Essential Civic Arts
Azar Nafisi, Visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, and acclaimed author of Reading Lolita in Tehran and Things I’ve Been Silent About, will speak about the core civic mission of higher education and the qualities of mind and spirit that a liberal education needs to make central.
Azar Nafisi is appearing courtesy of the Steven Barclay Agency.
Online Registration and hotel information is available now.
Annual Meeting conference highlights and other information is also available online.
Please direct questions about the Presidents’ Forum to Bethany Zecher Sutton (sutton@aacu.org or 202-884-7401).
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