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The National Conference on Higher Education will be held at the Marriott
Marquis in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 17 - 20, 2005.
Visit www.aahe.org  for more detailed information and to register.


Below are some sessions of particular interest to faculty


 Friday, March 18
 1:30 ­ 2:45 p.m.

 Risky Business: The Future of Scholarly Communication
The scholarly communication system is broken. It is critical for scholars to
share their research, but libraries cannot handle the increasing volume and
cost. The academic community can create change by advocating for public
policy changes, exploring alternative business models, and rewarding faculty
who publish in open access journals or institutional repositories. The
presenters highlight scholarly communication issues and innovative
strategies for disseminating research widely, quickly, and economically.

 Presenters: Mary Ellen K. Davis, executive director, Association of College
& Research Libraries; Ray English, director of libraries, Oberlin College;
and James G. Neal, vice president for information services and university
librarian, Columbia University

 The Academic Department: The Dinosaur Among Us?
The American institution of higher education, organized much the same as in
medieval times, may no longer be an effective model to provide the
appropriate educational support for faculty and students. Is there
justification for retaining an almost thousand year-old structure in the
face of curriculum and resource issues that confront the 21st century
American college or university? Find out in this debate on the question by
two senior academic administrators.

 Presenters: Deborah Leather, associate provost, and Rita Duarte Marinho,
dean, Towson University

 Students as Architects of their Own Learning: Seven Stories from Three
Countries
Last year's AAHE national conference hosted, with McGraw Hill - Ryerson, the
International Forum of Teacher-Scholars. At this event, seven award-winning
teachers from the UK, Canada and the U.S. decided to write narratives
focusing attention on roles students can play in shaping teaching and
learning. The presenter describes the process; share excerpts from
narratives; and comment on communalities, differences, experimentation with
each other's ideas, and plans for sharing them with wider audiences.

 Presenters: Elizabeth Barkley. Professor of music and music department
chair, Foothill College; Alex Fancy, professor of French and drama, Modern
Languages and Literatures Department, Mount Allison University, Sackville,
NB, Canada; and Margaret Johnson, lecturer in English, Open University
London, UK

 Saturday, March 19
 9:15 ­ 10:45 a.m.

 Balancing Life and Work: Has Higher Education Responded?
Sponsored by the Women's Caucus
Learn about the latest research on faculty life and work issues and
participate in breakout groups to suggest policy changes that need to be
considered by academe. The Myra Sadker award is also presented at this
session.

 Moderator: Jeanie K. Allen, chair, AAHE Women's Caucus, and visiting
assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies, Drury University
 Presenters: Lisa E. Wolf-Wendel, associate professor and coordinator of the
Master's Program in Higher Education, University of Kansas; Marc Goulden,
principal analyst in the Graduate Division, University of California; and
Carol L. Colbeck, associate professor and director of the Center for the
Study of Higher Education, The Pennsylvania State University
 Co-facilitators: Susan Bracken, assistant professor of adult and community
college education, North Carolina State University; and Diane Dean,
assistant professor for higher education administration and policy, Illinois
State University

 Saturday, March 19
 11 a.m. ­ 12:15 p.m.

 Understanding and Promoting Integrative Learning
Sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Fostering students' ability to integrate learning--across courses, over
time, between campus and community lives--is one of higher education's most
important goals and challenges. How can undergraduates develop capacities
for integrative learning that prepare them to make informed judgments in the
conduct of personal, professional, and civic life?

 Presenters: Mary Taylor Huber, senior scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching; Jacqulyn Lauer-Glebov, assistant director of
institutional research and coordinator of educational assessment, Carleton
College; Linda Rae Markert, professor and dean of education, SUNY at Oswego;
and Stephen Trainor, dean, Salve Regina University

 Saturday, March 19
4 ­ 5:15 p.m.

 Becoming Bedfellows: Accreditation and Engagement
Accreditation organizations are beginning to consider engagement as part of
the 10-year evaluation of higher education institutions. This session
features cases under differing accreditation commissions where engagement
was a thematic area of their institutional reviews although they were
differently focused and presented. Hear dual perspectives--from those
responsible for preparing for their institutional review and also those
responsible for doing the accreditation evaluation.

 Presenters: Lorilee Sandmann, associate professor of adult education and
co-director of the Clearinghouse and National Review Board for the
Scholarship of Engagement, University of Georgia; Edward Jones, associate
vice president of academic affairs and dean of extended services, University
of Southern Indiana; and Julie Williams, associate vice president for
research and outreach scholarship, University of New Hampshire

 Vote Early, Vote Often: Combining Quantitative Reasoning and Civic
Engagement
Vote Early, Vote Often: The Mathematics of Democracy invites investigation
into mathematical, ethical, and social questions of our electoral process.
It addresses issues of voting, electronic privacy and polling. As a SENCER
course, it employs rigorous interdisciplinary approaches to teaching basic
mathematics and strengthening students' capacities to become engaged
citizens. SENCER courses and programs have shown great promise in improving
general education for the student who has expressed little interest or
inclination to study mathematics.

 Presenter: Mariah Birgen, associate professor of mathematics, computer
science, and physics, Wartburg College

 Sunday, March 20
9:30 ­ 10:45 a.m. 

Enhancing Faculty Work and Careers as a Strategic Institutional Choice
Faculty work, the nature of faculty appointments, and faculty career
satisfaction are critical strategic issues for higher education
administrators who face the increasingly challenging task of attracting and
retaining excellent faculty members. Examine the notion of meaningfulness in
faculty work as an issue of strategic concern for colleges and universities.
Consider key intrinsic and extrinsic elements that are important to current
and potential faculty members.

 Presenters: Ann Austin, professor of educational administration, Michigan
State University; and Judith M. Gappa, professor of educational studies,
Purdue University

 Forums

Friday, March 18
 9:30 ­ 11:30 a.m.

 The Future of the Academy: International Perspectives
 Sponsored by Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications
 Moderator: Sally Johnstone, executive director, WCET
 Panelists: Svava Bjarnason, executive director, The Observatory on
Borderless Higher Education, London, UK; Amii Omara Otunnu, UNESCO Professor
of Human Rights, University of Connecticut; and Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic,
section chief, Division of Higher Education, UNESCO, Paris

 Student Success and Institutional Effectiveness: What Students, Parents,
Employers, and Policymakers Want to Know
 Sponsored by the University of Phoenix
 Moderator: Margaret Daniels Tyler, executive director, Gates Millennium
Scholars Program, and member of the AAHE Board of Directors
 Panelists: Patrick M. Callan, president, National Center for Public Policy
and Higher Education; Craig Swenson, provost, University of Phoenix; and
Peter Smith, president, California State University, Monterey Bay, and
director-designate of education programs, UNESCO

 Planning for a Common Future: Colleges, Universities, Communities
 Sponsored by the New England Research Center on Higher Education
 Moderator: Dwight Giles, executive director, New England Research Center on
Higher Education 
 Panelists: Omar Blaik, senior vice president, University of Pennsylvania;
Patricia Breivik, dean of the university library, San Jose State University
and member of the AAHE Board of Directors; and Gail Mellow, president,
LaGuardia Community College
 The winner of the Ernest A. Lynton Award will be announced and recognized
at this session.

 Saturday, March 19
 2:15 ­ 3:45 p.m.

The Future of the Academy: Coping With Changing Demographics and
Privatization 
 Moderator: Judith A. Ramaley, visiting senior scientist, National Science
Foundation, and member of the AAHE Board of Directors
 Speaker: Graham Spanier, president, Pennsylvania State University

 Special Session

 Saturday, March 19
 7 ­ 9:30 p.m.

Declining by Degrees 
 John Merrow, the host and executive producer of The Merrow Report and
president of Learning Matters will preview clips from his latest
documentary, which is scheduled to be shown on PBS this spring. This
provocative documentary is an inside look at American higher education from
admission to graduation. Merrow will invite the audience to discuss the
disparities he found between the public perceptions of higher education and
the realities he found.