College Learning for the New Global Century

An Invitational LEAP Forum

11:30am – 5:00pm
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Westin Providence
One West Exchange Street
Providence, Rhode Island

About the Program

College Learning for the New Global Century will be a one-day forum for presidents, provosts, other academic leaders and faculty members from institutions across New England to discuss charting a new course for student achievement in college.  The forum will focus on the learning Americans need for global interdependence and an innovation-fueled economy. 

Participants

Campus representatives, presidents, and chief academic officers from all of AAC&U’s member institutions in New England are invited to participate, as well as the liaisons from LEAP Campus Action Network schools in New England.  For more information, please contact Christina Bell (cbell@aacu.org).

Registration

Registration is free to invited participants.  Please register online before October 31, 2008.

Preliminary Schedule

11:30-12:30pm        Welcoming Remarks and Luncheon

Jack Wilson, President, University of Massachusetts System and Member, LEAP National Leadership Council

12:45-1:00pm          Welcome and Overview Remarks

Liberal Education and America’s Promise

Carol Geary Schneider, President, Association of American Colleges & Universities

1:00-2:00pm            Presentation and Discussion

Liberal Education and a Changing Economy:  What Employers Seek—and Why

Terry Rhodes, Vice President, Office of Quality, Curriculum, and Assessment, AAC&U
Deb Traskell, Executive Vice President, State Farm Insurance Companies

2:05-3:15pm           Presentation and Discussion

Making Liberal Education a Campus and Community Priority

Selma Botman, President, University of Southern Maine Katherine Bergeron, Dean of the College, Brown University
Peter McWalters, Commissioner, Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Mary Grant, President, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

3:15-3:45pm           Poster Session on Curriculum and Assessment

Connecting Liberal Education and Assessment with Real-World Challenges: Examples from Two- and Four-Year Institutions in New England

Assessment 2.0
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Rhode Island Department of Education

The Arts & Sciences at Work in the World
Eastern Connecticut University
Middlesex Community College
Wheaton College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Moving Essential Literacies to the Center of the Curriculum
Babson College
Brown University
Keene State College
University of Southern Maine

3:45-4:45pm            Roundtable Discussions

Making the Aims and Essential Outcomes of Liberal Education a Shared Priority 

…On campus through leadership from senior academic leaders and faculty
Andrew Grosovsky, Dean, College of Science & Mathematics, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Emile Netzhammer, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Keene State College
Jill Reich, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, Bates College

...In practices and new markers for underserved student success
Alma Clayton-Pedersen, Vice President, Office of Education and Institutional Renewal, AAC&U

...In assessment of student learning
Peter McWalters, Commissioner, Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Terry Rhodes, Vice President, Office of Quality, Curriculum, and Assessment, AAC&U

…Through accreditation
Barbara Brittingham, Director, Commission on Institutions and Higher Education New England Association of Schools and Colleges

...In school/college alignments, assessments, and school reform
Susan Albertine, Senior Director, LEAP State Initiatives, AAC&U

4:45-5:00pm           Closing Remarks, Reflections, and Next Steps

Network for Academic Renewal Conference

The College Learning for the New Global Century forum immediately precedes AAC&U’s Network for Academic Renewal conference, Engaging Science, Advancing Learning, which begins at 7:00pm on Thursday, November 6.  Please note that registration for these two events is separate.