"Intentional Learning, Unscripted Challenges: Knowledge and Imagination for an Interdependent World," held January 23-26, 2008, in Washington, D.C. Learn more at aacu.org/meetings/annualmeeting
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Moral Development in College (Theirs and Ours) Elizabeth Kiss, president of Agnes Scott College and co-editor of Debating Moral Education. Recorded January 23, 2008. (Posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:30:00 EST)
AAC&U Public Forum: Scientific Literacy and the Beautiful Basics of Science Natalie Angier, Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer for The New York Times and author of The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science (2007), speaks about scientific literacy. Recorded January 23, 2008, 7:00 p.m (Posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:30:00 EST)
Teaching Race: Engaged Scholarship Beyond the Classroom Melissa Harris-Lacewell, associate professor of politics and African-American studies,at Princeton University, and author of Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought. Recorded January 24, 2008. (Posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:30:00 EST)
Global Citizenship and the Humanities Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund distinguished service professor of law and ethics at the University of Chicago and author of The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India's Future. Recorded January 24, 2008. (Posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:30:00 EST)
Diversity: A Corporate Campaign Diana Akiyama, director of religious and spiritual life at Occidental College speaks at the Networking Luncheon for faculty and administrators of color. Recorded January 24, 2008. (Posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:30:00 EST)
It Takes a Curriculum: Preparing Students for Research and Creative Work David Hodge, president of Miami University. Recorded January 24, 2008. (Posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:30:00 EST)
A New Agenda for American Higher Education: Shaping a Life of Mind for Practice William Sullivan, senior scholar, and Matthew Rosin, consulting scholar, both at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Daisy Floyd, dean and professor of law at Mercer University School of Law, and Gary Downey, alumni distinguished professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Recorded January 24, 2008. (Posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:30:00 EST)
Engaging Science: Bringing Creativity to the Undergraduate Classroom Peter J. Bruns, vice president for grants and special programs at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI); Claudia M. Neuhauser, HHMI professor and head distinguished McKnight university professor in the department of ecology, evolution, and behavior at University of Minnesota; Utpal Banerjee, HHMI professor and chair of the molecular, cell, and developmental biology department at UCLA; and Jo Handelsman, HHMI professor of bacteriology and plant pathology at University of Wisconsin Madison. Recorded January 25, 2008. (Posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:30:00 EST)
ACAD Luncheon: Promoting Interdisciplinarity? Aligning Faculty Rewards with Curricular and Institutional Realities Cathy Trower, director and research associate at the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education. Recorded January 25, 2008. (Posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:30:00 EST)
Cultivating the Spirit: College and the Search for Meaning Alexander W. Astin, senior scholar and founding director, and Helen S. Astin, professor emerita and senior scholar, both at the Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA. Recorded January 25, 2008. (Posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:30:00 EST)
Academic Governance in the New Academy Neil Hamilton, professor of law at University of Saint Thomas, and Peter Ewell, vice president at the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems. Recorded January 25, 2008. (Posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:30:00 EST)
Reframing the Quality and Accountability Challenge: Employers, Educators, and the Quest for Meaningful Evidence Carol Geary Schneider, president of AAC&U, moderates speakers Wayne Johnson, vice president for University Relations Worldwide at Hewlett Packard, and Robert Sternberg, dean of arts and sciences at Tufts University. Recorded January 25, 2008. (Posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:30:00 EST)
The Special Promise of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Looking to the Past and to the Future Pat Hutchings, vice president, Barbara Cambridge, consultant, and Tony Ciccone, senior scholar and director--all of the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Recorded January 25, 2008. (Posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:30:00 EST)
Intentional Learning Requires Intentional Leadership: What Will It Take to Move to the Next Level? Carol Geary Schneider, president of AAC&U, Derek Bok, president emeritus of Harvard University, George D. Kuh, chancellor's professor and director at Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research, and Azar Nafisi, visiting fellow in the Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Recorded January 25, 2008, 7:00 p.m (Posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:30:00 EST)