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conferences2013 Presidents Institute Speakers and SessionsFocus on Independent Colleges Serving the Common GoodCIC’s 2013 Presidents Institute—which will take place inPalm Harbor, Florida, January 4–7—will feature a widearray of speakers, workshops, and other activities to assist collegeand university presidents. Focusing on the theme “Catalysts forthe Common Good,” the Institute will celebrate the remarkabletrack record that independent colleges and universities holdin preparing engaged citizens and experts in fields of nationalpriority. The Institute will provide a forum for candid discussionof pressing issues, opportunities to learn from experts, and timeto network with colleagues who lead similar institutions.The largest annual conference of college presidents in thecountry, the 2013 Institute will feature four plenary sessions.In his keynote address, “Catalysts for the Common Good:Presidential Leadership and the Role of Independent Colleges,”Andrew Delbanco, Mendelson Family Chair of AmericanStudies and Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanitiesat Columbia University, will consider what is at stake forcollege presidents in their efforts to ensure that the traditionaleducational experience offered by independent colleges ispreserved for future generations. Diana Oblinger, presidentand CEO of EDUCAUSE, will discuss the implications of newdevelopments in online education for private residential collegesand universities. Claude Steele, the I. James Quillen Dean ofthe School of Education at Stanford University, will discusshow college and university presidents can lead educationalenvironments to overcome stereotypes that impede academicsuccess and social mobility. In the closing plenary sessionThe Honorable Carol Browner, distinguished formeradministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, willexplore what presidents can do to educate students for a moresustainable world.Concurrent sessions will offer stimulating and practicaladvice on numerous topics. Session topics will range fromhow to develop and expand international programs to how tostrengthen collaboration among state and regional partners andfrom engaging the board in fundraising to handling concernsabout board relations. Other sessions will share what presidentsneed to know to stay ahead of the curve in online education,explain how colleges and universities can generate more positiveattention from the national media, and discuss how institutionscan implement an integrated marketing communicationsprogram. Among the many other sessions, speakers will discusscollaborative efforts on student aid and admissions policies,fundraising strategies, aligning senior leadership rewards andretention with performance and mission, faculty tenure andretirement policies, and campus policies for handling facultymisconduct.Several afternoon workshops will provide hands-onopportunities for presidents to tackle issues in depth. LucieLapovsky, principal of Lapovsky Consulting and former presidentof Mercy College (NY), will lead the workshop “Where to SpendScarce Resources: The Case of Three Liberal Arts Colleges.”Rebecca S. Chopp, president of Swarthmore College (PA);Eugene M. Tobin, program officer for higher education andthe liberal arts colleges program at the Andrew W. MellonFoundation; and Daniel H. Weiss, president of Lafayette College(PA), will lead the workshop “Building a New Case for LiberalArts Colleges.”The interactive workshop “Steering Decisions towardSuccessful Endowment Management” will help participants charta course to achieve long-term investment objectives in a lowinterest-rateenvironment, among other issues. Ronald L. Carter,president of Johnson C. Smith University (NC); Thomas L.Hellie, president of Linfield College (OR); along with Scott W.Wise, president and CIO, and Marvin Barth, senior investmentmanager, both of Covariance Capital Management at TIAA-CREF, will lead the workshop.The fourth workshop, “Strengthening the Public Purposesof Higher Education,” will offer opportunities to explore anddiscuss broad initiatives to deepen the public purposes of highereducation. Harry Boyte, co-director of the Center for Democracyand Citizenship at Augsburg College (MN); James T. HarrisIII, president of Widener University (PA); Beverly W. Hogan,president of Tougaloo College (MS); and Paul C. Pribbenow,president of Augsburg College (MN), will provide successfulstrategies for implementing civic initiatives.to register for the Presidents Institute, or the NewPresidents Program and Presidential Spouses Program, seewww.cic.edu/2013PresidentsInstitute. •12 Independent • Fall 2012
ConFerencesPhilanthropy Leaders Urge Presidents to Think in New Ways about SupportNearly 100 presidents who participated in CIC’s annualConversation between Foundation Officers and Collegeand University Presidents in New York City on October 9learned why the National Endowment for the Humanities(NEH) chooses to fund some programs and not others and howpresidents and faculty members can become involved in NEH.They heard about new National Science Foundation (NSF)programs for research and development, leadership development,and scholarship programs. They also heard from severalfoundation representatives about the ways in which foundationshave become more strategic in their grant making, the type ofquestions foundation officials ask to determine whether to fund aproposal, and how institutions can best approach foundations.The meeting, held again at the TIAA-CREF WhartonAuditorium in New York City, included five sessions thataddressed the theme, “Sources of Support for IndependentColleges and Universities.” Following opening remarks by EdVan Dolsen, executive vice president and president of retirementand individual financial services at TIAA-CREF, participantsheard from Michael Gilligan, president of the Henry LuceFoundation and member of the CIC Board of Directors; MicheleCahill, vice president of the national program and director ofurban education for the Carnegie Corporation of New York;Douglas Wood, program officer in higher education for the FordFoundation; Barbara Olds, senior advisor and division directorfor research, evaluation, and communication in the education andhuman resources directorate at the National Science Foundation;William Craig Rice, director of the division of educationprograms for the National Endowment for the Humanities;Adam Meyerson, president of the Philanthropy Roundtable;Stephanie Bell-Rose, TIAA-CREF managing director and headof the TIAA-CREF Institute; and Dan E. Davidson, president ofAmerican Councils for International Education.Gilligan set the context for the meeting with a wide-rangingcommentary on national higher education issues. He toldparticipants that despite much negative press coverage of highereducation and its cost, “today’s conversation is a reminder thatwe’re not in this alone. We [foundations and presidents] areengaged in a common effort that can lead to greater success forinstitutions and students.”The Luce Foundation supports independent highereducation and liberal arts colleges because there is a “match ofmission” between those institutions and Luce, Gilligan said.“Luce has three core interests: to bring important ideas to thecenter of American life; strengthen international understanding;and foster innovation and leadership in academic, policy,religious, and art communities.” He explained that Luce caresabout “the transformation of individual lives and their impacton society” and providing “resources to help prepare the nextgeneration of higher education leaders.”Michele Cahill of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Douglas Woodof the Ford Foundation discussed private foundation sources of support.Both organizations are focused on improving the college completion rates ofunderserved students, they said.Gilligan noted that due to recent financial setbacks, “we’vehad to think about where every dollar is spent, and so Luce hasfocused a triangular lens on scale, innovation, and impact.” Thefoundation has found that it achieves the most impact fromfunds awarded to liberal arts colleges, he said. Luce has providedfunding to liberal arts colleges for initiatives in the environment,Asian studies, women in STEM disciplines, and undergraduateresearch.Although Luce is rarely able to respond to funding requestsfrom individual colleges, Gilligan emphasized that institutionsin a consortium that is tackling an issue of importance to Luceare more likely to receive funding. He suggested that collegeofficials present an initiative of specific interest to Luce, and, ifthey do receive funding, they should realize that “new money isnot sustainable and the funding does not signify the beginningof a long-term relationship.” Instead, campus officials should “tryto think of foundation funds as venture and leverage funds” (thatis, they should use their funding from Luce as leverage with otherdonors).Michele Cahill agreed that foundation funding should bethought of as venture and leverage funds. “The challenge is howto design initiatives that can be scaled to improve innovation andproductivity in higher education.” The Carnegie Corporationfocuses on national programs that address two goals: improvingpathways of opportunity for low-income, minority, andimmigrant students through high school graduation and degreecompletion in college; and strengthening democracy througheducation for disconnected youth and pathways to citizenshipfor immigrants. Carnegie favors innovative program designs thatuse people, time, money, and technology differently in highereducation, Cahill said, because the organization sees innovationas necessary to achieve its goals.(continued on page 14)Independent • Fall 2012 13
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