Opening Plenary with Kavita Ramdas: It Ain't What You Do, It's How You Do It: Global Education for Gender Justice
Thursday, January 27, 8:45-10:15 a.m.
Kavita Ramdas, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Fund for Women from 1996 through September 2010. Visiting Fellow and Scholar at the Center on Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law at The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.
(Posted on Fri, 04 02 2011 11:51:18)

Opening Night Forum with Mark C. Taylor: Globalizing Education
Wednesday, January 26, 7:00-8:15 p.m.
Mark C. Taylor is Chair of the Department of Religion at Columbia University and Professor of Humanities, emeritus at Williams College. His most recent book is Crisis on Campus: A Bold Plan for Reforming Our Colleges and Universities (Knopf, 2010).
(Posted on Thu, 10 02 2011 04:22:07)

PSEW Networking Breakfast for Women Faculty and Administrators
Thursday, January 27, 7:00-8:30 am.
Catharine R. Stimpson is University Professor and former Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science at New York University. She previously served as Director of the Fellows Program at the MacArthur Foundation and, before that, was Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Catharine Stimpson was the founding editor of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. Her public service has included the chairs of the New York State Council for the Humanities, the National Council for Research on Women, and the Ms. Magazine Board of Scholars.
(Posted on Thu, 10 02 2011 05:25:37)

Bringing New Currency to the Meaning of US Degrees: The Pros and Cons of Lumina's Proposed Degree Qualifications Profile
Thursday, January 27, 10:45 am-12:00 pm
Building on work within the US and looking to international examples, the Lumina Foundation brought together higher education experts to create a Degree Profile that makes explicit what a student with a degree should know, understand, and be able to do. This session will discuss the need for a US Degree Profile and explore what can be learned from the international experience with degree frameworks.
Holiday Hart McKiernan, Vice President, Operations and General Counsel, Lumina Foundation for Education, Inc.; Peter Ewell, Vice President, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems; Carol Geary Schneider, President, AAC&U; Carolyn Campbell, Head of International Affairs, The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
(Posted on Thu, 10 02 2011 05:38:31)

ACAD Keynote Luncheon with Mark Schapiro: New Sources of Global Power in the Era of Climate Change and Environmental Crises
Friday, January 28, 2011 11:45-1:15 p.m.
Mark Schapiro is the Senior Correspondent at the Center for Investigative Reporting. His award-winning work on international and environmental affairs has appeared in Harper's, The Nation, The Atlantic Monthly; on the PBS newsmagazine "Frontline/WORLD"; and on public radio's "Marketplace." His most recent book is Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power (Chelsea Green, 2007).
(Posted on Thu, 10 02 2011 05:43:32)

Global Positioning: Developing a Strategic Vision for U.S. Higher Education
Friday, January 28, 4:15-5:30 pm
Eduardo M. Ochoa, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education
(Posted on Thu, 10 02 2011 06:51:22)

Closing Plenary with Leo Chavez--The Immigrant Threat: Higher Education, Citizenship, and a Better Future for All
Saturday, January 29, 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Leo Chavez, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine. Author of The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation (Stanford University Press)
(Posted on Thu, 10 02 2011 07:20:33)

Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses
Friday, January 28, 4:15-5:30 pm
Richard Arum, Professor of Sociology and Education, New York University; Josipa Roksa, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia, and Fellow, National Forum on the Future of Liberal Education - authors of Academically Adrift
(Posted on Thu, 10 02 2011 08:30:10)