Summer 2009 - The Council of Independent Colleges

conferences
Three panelists in the closing plenary session will discuss
“Recruitment, Retention, and the New Economy: What
Happened What Now”
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The keynote address, “When the Budget Sinks
Can Student Learning Still Rise,” will be
delivered by W. Robert Connor, president of
the Teagle Foundation. Connor was Andrew
Fleming West Professor of Classics at Princeton
University and chair of the department.
When he became president and director of the
National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina, he also was professor of classics at Duke University.
Other plenary speakers include:
Sandy Baum, senior policy analyst at the
College Board, will explore “The Economy
and the Future of Private Colleges and
Universities.” She is coauthor of Trends
in Student Aid, Trends in College Pricing,
and Education Pays: The Benefits of Higher
Education for Individuals and Society for the
College Board. Her knowledge of private colleges and universities
is grounded in her work as professor of economics at Skidmore
College.
Azar Nafisi will address the topic of “The
Liberal Arts and Democracy.” Nafisi authored
the national bestsellers Reading Lolita in
Tehran: A Memoir in Books and Things I’ve
Been Silent About: Memories. Nafisi is also
executive director of Cultural Conversations
at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns
Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies
in Washington, DC. She is currently working on a book entitled
Republic of the Imagination about the power of literature to
liberate minds and peoples.
Catherine R. Cook is co-founder of Miller/Cook &
Associates, Inc., a firm offering independent colleges and
universities an integrated approach to enrollment management.
John Lawlor is the founder and principal of The Lawlor
Group (TLG), a market research, brand management, and
marketing communications firm that works almost exclusively
with private education clients.
Michaelita Quinn is president of Executive Management
Services, Inc., a consulting group that provides services in
enrollment management and student affairs to private colleges
and universities including assessments, coaching, interim
management, searches, and consulting.
A number of workshops will be offered during the CAO
Institute. “Budget Fundamentals for the CAO” will be led by
Mark Matson, vice president for academic affairs and dean
of Milligan College (TN) and Joanne Passaro, provost and
vice president for academic affairs, Carroll University (WI).
“Financial Forecasting” will be led by Michael Townsley, special
assistant for finance to the president and professor of business
at Becker College (MA). Azar Nafisi will lead a seminar on
“The Future of the Liberal Arts Curriculum.” David Townsend,
director of Wye Programs, Aspen Institute, and tutor at St. John’s
College (MD), will address classical and contemporary texts
that have bearing on issues of leadership in the CIC/Aspen/Wye
Seminar on Leadership.
The Workshop for CAOs in their Third or Fourth Year of
Service will be led by Robert L. Entzminger, provost, Hendrix
College (AR); Bryon L. Grigsby, senior vice president and vice
president for academic affairs, Shenandoah University (VA);
Adrienne Israel, vice president for academic affairs and academic
dean, Guilford College (NC); Judith Muyskens, provost,
Nebraska Wesleyan University; Stephanie Quinn, executive vice
president and dean, Rockford College (IL); and Mark Sargent,
provost, Gordon College (MA). And, as always, new chief
academic officers are encouraged to participate in the day-long
New CAO Workshop as well as the mentor program led by
experienced colleagues.
Registration materials are available on the CIC website at
www.cic.edu/CAOInstitute.
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