89th Meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities

Pre-Conference Symposium

Wednesday, January 22, 2003

8:30-8:50 am
Shared Futures: Learning for a World Lived in Common
Grant Cornwell, Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs, St. Lawrence University

9:00-10:15 am
Concurrent Sessions

Teaching Citizenship: Challenging the Pedagogy of Engagement
One of the cherished goals of the ancient art of liberal education was preparing for citizenship. What might that be in our time? If we want to develop in students both a sense of responsibility and a willingness to become engaged, we need first to challenge our ideas about what leads to these ends. This interactive session will explore strategies for promoting social responsibility and active social engagement in students.
J. T. Stewart, Visiting Associate Professor; Daniel Larner, Professor of Theatre; Julia Buchans, Tyrone Brown, Kat Castaldi, and Mary Jane Cuyler (students)—all at Fairhaven College, Western Washington University

From International to Global: Transforming Liberal Education
Over the last decade, “global” processes and the study of them—environmental, economic, cultural, and more—became the new buzzword. However, because international education has an established identity, a broad array of stakeholders, and a defined purpose, many institutions simply extend international efforts to include “global” rather than probe the distinction between global and international. This discussion will illuminate these distinctions as well as their transformational implications for campuses.
Georgia Duerst-Lahti, Chair, Political Science; David Burrows, Vice President for Academic Affairs; Diane Lichtenstein, Associate Dean of the College—all of Beloit College

Global Citizenship: Transforming the First Year Experience
Two years ago, a number of Elon faculty successfully developed global citizenship projects that sought to engage and inspire students by linking global awareness and personal responsibility. Participants will discuss examples from “The Global Experience,” a curricular innovation that has transformed Elon's first year experience, shifting the emphasis from skills based courses to engaged thinking courses.
Stephen Braye, Director, General Studies; Ann Cahill, Assistant Professor of Philosophy; Jennifer Tesno, Sophomore, Elementary Education; Matt Smith, Sophomore, Accounting; Alyssa Martin, Junior, Communication Major—all of Elon Univesity

10:30-11:45 am Concurrent Sessions

Global Views of Liberal Education
Panelists and participants will reflect on their experiences with liberal education as defined and practiced in China, the United Arab Emirates., India, Khazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia. How might these ways of conceptualizing liberal education help us to enrich higher education in the United States and abroad?
Margaret Downes, Professor of Literature and Interdisciplinary Humanities and Director of the Key Center for Service-Learning, The University of North Carolina, Asheville; Susan Gillespie, Director, Institute for International Liberal Education, Bard College; Stephen Zelnick, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies, Temple University, Charles Blaich, Senior Fellow, Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts, Wabash College, Lauren Wilson, Dean, Zayed University of the United Arabic Emirate

Universities as Sites of Civic Engagement in an International Setting
Out of a growing recognition of the responsibility of American universities to contribute to democratization in an international setting, the University of Denver has established the DU/University of Bologna International Center for Civic Engagement to pursue joint efforts in democratization and community problem solving. This panel will question the academy's civic responsibilities, especially vis-à-vis democracy, diversity, globalization, and justice through experimental learning.
Roberta Waldbaum, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies; C. David Lisman, Director, Center for Service Learning and Civic Engagement; Ashley Buderus, Sophomore—all of the University of Denver

Liberal Studies and Global Learning: Creating a 21st Century Campus Climate
Today's liberal education means preparing the campus community to live, work, and communicate in a global environment. Panelists will share a number of strategies, including a model for a Center for Liberal Studies and Scholarship that Shoreline Community College has used to develop of an inquiry-based, humanistic climate of teaching and learning globally for faculty, staff and students.
Norma Goldstein, Dean of Humanities; Paul Rucker, Executive Director, International Programs; and Donna Miller-Parker, Director, Essential Skills—all of Shoreline Community College

The World on Our Doorstep
How does a college with a global population (immigrants, the children of immigrants, as well as foreign students) confront the reality of "shared futures" and the challenges it poses to curricular and non-curricular activities? This session will explore some of the issues, present some of the problems and solutions, and offer participants, as well, the opportunity to share their present experiences and brainstorm shared futures.
Roberta Matthews, Provost; and Vincent Fucillo, Chair of Political Science—both of CUNY Brooklyn College

12:00-1:15 pm
Lunch
Institutional Sector Roundtable Discussions: Definitions and Priorities

1:30-2:30 pm
Keynote Address
“Citizenship Destabilized”
Saskia Sassen, Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, and Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics

Saskis Sassen is currently completing her forthcoming book Denationalization : Economy and Polity in a Global Digital Age (Princeton University Press 2003). Her most recent books are Guests and Aliens (New York: New Press 1999) and her edited book Global Networks/Linked Cities (New York and London: Routledge 2002).

2:40-3:55 pm
Concurrent Sessions

Health, HIV, and Global Learning
HIV is a global crisis and American students need to know about the global dimensions of the disease. HIV is also a cultural and political phenomenon, deeply entangled in the messy and festering interstices of US culture, and, indeed, the world's cultures. How can we frame the study of HIV as an opportunity to improve student learning about the world while simultaneously providing opportunities for institutions of higher education to make significant contributions to the general welfare and to the health of our students?
William E. Bennett, Senior Fellow, AAC&U; Richard Keeling, Senior Fellow, AAC&U; Wm. David Burns, Senior Policy Director, AAC&U; Eliza Reilly, Director of Programs, AAC&U; Karen Oates, Senior Science Fellow, AAC&U and Professor of Integrative Studies, George Mason University

Internationalizing the American Imagination
This session will address the international components of the Comparative History of Ideas Program at the University of Washington. Designed to create meaningful dialogue between communities in the United States and around the world, this program integrates engaged community learning with a critical inquiry into issues of identity formation.
James Clowes, Director, Comparative History of Ideas Program, University of Washington

4:10-4:30 pm
Closing Remarks

Nader Nazemi, Cascadia Community College, and Caryn McTighe Musil, Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Global Initiatives, AAC&U

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