SHARED FUTURES / DIFFICULT CHOICES
Reclaiming a Democratic Vision for College Learning,
Global Engagement, and Success

FORUM FOR PRESIDENTS AND FOUNDATION LEADERS

Academically Adroit:
Presidential Leadership and Strategy in the New Accountability Landscape

Thursday, January 26 – Friday, January 27, 2012
Washington, DC / Grand Hyatt Hotel

Forum Chair: 
Helen Giles-Gee, President, Keene State College and Chair, AAC&U Board of Directors

You are invited to read this background paper, provided by Richard Morrill, which frames some of the issues that the forum will address.

Preliminary Program

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26

4:30-4:40 pm    Welcome and Framing Remarks

The President as Educator in the Age of the New Normal

Helen Giles-Gee, President, Keene State College
Richard Morrill, President, The Teagle Foundation

4:40-5:30 pm    Plenary Panel

Reframing Accountability:  Making Student Learning a Driver for our Cost, Completion, and Innovation Challenges

Panelists:
Stan Ikenberry, Regent Professor and President Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Co-Principal Investigator, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
Robert Sternberg, Provost and Senior Vice President, Oklahoma State University
Robert Templin, President, Northern Virginia Community College
Jane Wellman, Executive Director, The Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity, and Accountability; Executive Director, National Association of System Heads

5:30-6:30 pm    Roundtable Discussions

Educating Stakeholders, Influencing Faculty:  What Presidents Can Do Now

Roundtable Leaders:
Bobby Fong, President, Ursinus College; Mildred Garcia, President, California State University-Dominguez Hills; Tori Haring-Smith, President, Washington and Jefferson College; Gail Mellow, President, CUNY-La Guardia Community College; David Oxtoby, President, Pomona College; Edward Ray, President, Oregon State University; Richard Wells, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

6:30-8:30 pm    Invitational Reception for Presidents and Foundation Leaders

FRIDAY, JANUARY 27

7:00-8:30 am    Presidents’ Breakfast Panel and Discussion 

Does Higher Education Need a Shared “Degree Qualifications Profile”? Does Accreditation?

Moderator: Helen Giles-Gee, President, Keene State College

Panelists:
Peter Ewell, Vice President, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
Sylvia Manning, President, Higher Learning Commission
Dewayne Matthews, Vice President, Policy and Strategy, Lumina Foundation for Education

8:45-10:15 am    Panel and Discussion

Numbers and Narratives:  Creating a Culture of Inquiry, Civic Responsibility, and Demonstrated Achievement

Moderator: Helen Giles-Gee, President, Keene State College

Panelists:
Charles Bantz, President, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Grant Cornwell, President, The College of Wooster
Sylvia Hurtado, Professor and Director, Higher Education Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles

10:30-12:00 pm    Panel and Discussion

Working with Boards, Policy Leaders, and Stakeholders:  Toward Better Frames for Reporting Student Accomplishment

Moderator: Carol Geary Schneider, President, AAC&U

Panelists:
Richard Freeland, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (invited)
David Paris, Executive Director, New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability; Professor of Government, Hamilton College
Patricia Crosson, Senior Advisor for Academic Policy, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education; Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts Amherst

12:15-1:00 pm   Presidents’ Luncheon

1:00-2:00 pm     Address and Discussion

Campus Commitments and Policy Priorities:  Bringing a President’s Insights to the Department of Education

Sister Rosemarie Nassif, Senior Consultant, U.S. Department of Education and President Emerita, Holy Names University (California)

Online Registration and hotel information is available now.

Annual Meeting Highlighted Sessions can be found here.

Please direct questions about the Presidents’ Forum to Bethany Zecher Sutton (sutton@aacu.org or 202-884-7401).