Annual Report 2003-2004 - The Council of Independent Colleges

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M A K I N G T H E C A S E F O RELMHURST COLLEGE, ILBusiness Executives— John W. Bachmann, Edward Jones(MO); Peter C. Browning, Nucor Corporation and QueensUniversity (NC); Murray Dashe, Cost Plus World Market(CA); Marlin Miller, Arrow International, Inc. (PA); JeffreyE. Payne, Cigital (VA); Arthur Rasmussen, HouseholdInternational (NY); Marvin Suomi, Kajima Corporation(NJ); William Travis, McGladrey & Pullen (MN); Peggy L.Young, NOVA Research (MD); and Paul Young, NOVAResearch (MD).Educating Low-Income Students: Access and Success—With a grant from the Lumina Foundation for Education, CICcompleted a book of essays by college and university presidentsabout the ways their institutions are successfully educatinglow-income students. The presidents of 15 institutions,chosen from 47 who expressed interest, prepared essaysdescribing institutional efforts to promote access to and successin college for individuals from low-income families. Theessays explore such topics as preparing prospective students forthe challenges of college, outreach to increase awareness ofcollege opportunities, student financial aid strategies, studentadvising and support systems, instructional support, andincentives for completion of educational programs. The book,Powerful Partnerships: Independent Colleges Share High-impactStrategies for Low-income Students’ Success, was published inOctober 2004 as part of the New Agenda Series by theLumina Foundation for Education.John Noonan, president emeritus of Bloomfield College(NJ), and CIC staff edited the volume. Authors includeDorothy Blaney, Cedar Crest College (PA); Jacqueline Doud,Mount St. Mary’s College (CA); Lorna Edmundson, WilsonCollege (PA); Betty Landman, then president of ArcadiaUniversity (PA); Andrea Lee, IHM, College of St. Catherine(MN); Michael Lomax, then president of Dillard University(LA); George Martin, St. Edward’s University (TX); DouglasNorth, Alaska Pacific University; Gregory Prince, HampshireCollege (MA); Kathleen Ross, SNJM, Heritage University(WA); Richard Santagati, Merrimack College (MA); MaryPat Seurkamp, College of Notre Dame of Maryland; LarryShinn, Berea College (KY); Barbara Sirvis, Southern VermontCollege; and Henry Tisdale, Claflin University (SC).Serving on the editorial advisory committee were LarryEarvin, president, Huston-Tillotson College (TX); LeeFritschler, professor, School of Public Policy, George MasonUniversity (VA); Jamie Merisotis, president, Institute forHigher Education Policy; John Noonan, president emeritus,Bloomfield College (NJ); and Matthew Quinn, executivedirector, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.Survey of Historic Architecture and Design on theIndependent College and University Campus—Thisproject, funded by a grant from the Getty Grant Program todocument American campus architectural heritage, has beenunderway at CIC for the past two years. The survey was completedby 362 institutions in fall 2003, representing a return ofmore than 50 percent of the original list of schools that wereinvited to participate. More than 1,900 places of historicalsignificance on private college and university campuses havebeen identified, and 3,600 images relating to sites of architectural,landscape, and planning interest and significance havebeen collected.Project staff have begun to evaluate the survey data. Theyare developing a database that will ultimately be turned into aweb-based image archive tool and gallery.6C OUNCIL OF I NDEPENDENT C OLLEGES
I N D E P E N D E N T H I G H E R E D U C A T I O NThe website will make these collected data widely availableand provide an interpretive framework. CIC is alsoplanning a publication series which will be organizedgeographically.Barbara Christen, CIC senior advisor and an architecturalhistorian formerly affiliated with the National Gallery ofArt, is heading the project. The project’s advisory committeeconsists of Thomas C. Celli, A.I.A., president, Celli-FlynnBrennan Turkall Architects and Planners; Russell V. Keune,F.A.I.A., former director, international relations, AmericanInstitute of Architects; Randall Mason, professor, GraduateProgram in Historic Preservation, University ofPennsylvania; Therese O’Malley, associate dean, Center forAdvanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art;Damie Stillman, professor emeritus, University of Delaware;and John Strassburger, president, Ursinus College (PA).MAKING THE CASE TO THE MEDIAWorking with the Media—CIC continued to co-sponsor anannual event for public relations directors. The CIC workshop,“Helping Your Faculty Gain More Media Attention,”preceded a two-day conference held in June 2004 inPhiladelphia, on “How Colleges and Universities CanObtain National (and Regional) Publicity.”Communications Resources—Three issues of“Communications Resources,” designed to help presidentsand PR officers communicate their own institutions’ stories,were produced and distributed in 2003-2004. The periodicmailing contains practical, relevant material and tools—talking points, data, how-to pieces, backgrounders, and lettersto the editor and op-ed pieces from member presidentsthat make the case for independent higher education.ENHANCING DECISION-MAKINGIn addition to the importance of data in Making the Case,CIC has also been encouraging the use of data to enhanceinstitutional decision-making.Data and Decision Workshops—CIC continues to co-sponsor,with the Association for Institutional Research (AIR),workshops on the use of comparative data in institutionaldecision-making. Grant funds are available to support oneworkshop per year for the next two years. Three workshopshave been held in prior years. The most recent one held inSeptember 2004 in Charlotte, NC focused on the role ofstrategic assessment in institutional management.Participants included teams from Albertson College (ID),American College of Greece, Benedictine College (KS),Cabrini College (PA), College of Mount St. Joseph (OH),College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University (MN),Converse College (SC), Dean College (MA), Dordt College(IA), Elmira College (NY), Flagler College (FL), FriendsUniversity (KS), Gannon University (PA), Lees-McRaeCollege (NC), Lynchburg College (VA), Marietta College(OH), Mount Aloysius College (PA), Pacific LutheranUniversity (WA), Paul Smith’s College (NY), Roger WilliamsUniversity (RI), Saint Leo University (FL), Siena College(NY), Sterling College (KS), Wesleyan College (GA), andWilmington College (OH).Key Indicators Tool—CIC created a Key Indicators Tool thatprovides comparative information in the areas of enrollmentand retention, faculty, and finance. Each CIC member presidentreceived an individualized report in June 2004, designedto help the institution to benchmark itself against similarinstitutions.DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY, PA2003-2004 ANNUAL R EPORT 7
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