American Conference of Academic Deans
62nd Annual Meeting

ARTICULATING THE VALUE AND MANAGING THE CULTURE OF LIBERAL EDUCATION

ACAD’s Annual Meeting focuses attention on the apparent disconnect between two views of liberal education. One view, held by many in the academy, holds that liberal education is the most powerful and appropriate form of education to prepare students to function in the 21st century.

A second view, often attributed to U.S. society in general, holds that liberal education is out of touch with contemporary realities, an unaffordable luxury, or simply impractical. ACAD seeks to examine this disconnect and focus on the role of academic deans in making the value of liberal education more evident and salient by both articulating the value and managing the culture of liberal education.

ACAD Luncheon
Friday, January 27, 11:45 a.m.

Valuing our Values: Taking Liberal Education to the Next Level
W. Robert Connor, President of the Teagle Foundation.

ACAD Workshops
Wednesday, January 25, 2:00-5:00 p.m.

- The Entrepreneurial Dean

- Deans and Dean’s Assistants: Enhancing a Strategic Partnership

ACAD SESSIONS

- Science Education in the 21st Century: Are We Preparing our Students?

- Integrating Liberal Arts Skills in the General Curriculum: An Approach for Smaller Institutions

- Liberal Education: The Dean’s Leadership Role

- Can Value-Added Assessment Improve Liberal Arts Education?

- How, Then, Shall We Live? Let the Liberal Arts Speak

- Realizing and Enhancing Our Paideia: The Development, Implementation, and Initial Assessment of a New Program to Enhance Liberal Education

- Articulating the Meaning(s) of Liberal Education

- Knowledge in the Service of Society: Connecting Liberal Education, Research, and Civic Engagement

- ACAD’s Open Mic Session

For more information about the ACAD meeting, see www.acad-edu.org

If you have questions, please e-mail us at meetings@aacu.org