THE CHRONICLE
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP FORUM

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Computer programmers, lawyers, and business people have often led the way in the Information Age, but the future belongs to a different kind of person with a different mode of thinking. Higher-education institutions should be educating students in new ways to encourage six increasingly important abilities -- as well as hiring faculty members and administrators with those abilities. Come hear what your institution must do to ensure that it flourishes in a rapidly transforming world.

Speaker: Daniel H. Pink, best-selling author of A Whole New Mind: Moving From the Information Age to the Conceptual Age and Free Agent Nation

With the number of high-school graduates expected to peak next year, colleges are bracing for a demographic shift that could severely affect their bottom lines. Fewer college applicants will be white and wealthy. Fewer will be from New England, a traditional breeding ground for private colleges in the East. A detailed look at the next generation of college students designed for institutional decision makers.

Moderator: Travis Reindl, program director, Jobs for the Future

Panelists:
Sarita E. Brown, president, Excelencia in Education
Roger Goodman, vice president and team manager, Moody's Investors Service
Dawn Geronimo Terkla, associate provost, institutional research, assessment & evaluation, Tufts University

Election 2008: Who Will Control Washington?

Panelists:
Ray Suarez, senior correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent and 2008 political editor, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Colleges and the towns where they are located are more dependent on each other than ever before. Colleges need vibrant towns to attract students; towns need the colleges as employment centers and to spark economic development. College presidents and policy makers come together to examine their needs and expectations and how each party can develop a good working relationship in order to advance each of their goals.

Moderator: Jeffrey Selingo, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Panelists:
Carol C. Coletta, president, CEOs for Cities
Luis M. Proenza, president, University of Akron
Richard Redding, director of community planning, Philadelphia City Planning Commission
Eugene Trani, president, Virginia Commonwealth University

Coffee Break

U.S. colleges understand that they must educate students about, and get them involved in, cultures and economies beyond America's borders. But internationalization is about more than just sending students on study-abroad programs. A discussion with tips on what steps colleges can take to become truly international.

Moderator: JoAnn McCarthy, former assistant provost for international affairs, University of Pennsylvania

Panelists:
Deborah M. DiCroce, president, Tidewater Community College
John K. Hudzik, vice president, global engagement and strategic projects, Michigan State University
Neil Weissman, provost, Dickinson College

A diverse cadre of college and university presidents has promised to cut campus carbon emissions to zero in an agreement modeled after a similar pact made by city mayors across the country. A discussion by both signers and non-signers of the agreement about whether making such a promise is a good idea and whether the goal is achievable.

Moderator:
Richard Monastersky, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Panelists:
David Oxtoby, president, Pomona College
Kathy Schatzberg, president, Cape Cod Community College
Mark S. Wrighton, chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis

Like higher education, the news business is under pressure to cut costs, serve new audiences, and move more quickly in an age of the 24/7 news cycle. The editor of one of this nation's most prominent newspapers will explain how he is preparing for the future and what lessons higher education can learn from his strategy.

Speaker: Bill Keller, executive editor, The New York Times

The Last Lecture: The Enduring Power of Great Teaching

In these challenging times, it is sometimes easy for college leaders to lose sight of the central mission of their institutions: teaching and learning. But last year, Randy Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, reminded everyone in higher education and around the world about what happens when you bring heart, humor, and passion to the classroom as he delivered his "last lecture" after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Jeffrey Zaslow, who helped tell Mr. Pausch's story, and co-authored with him a forthcoming book about teaching, shares Mr. Pausch's story.

Speaker: Jeffrey Zaslow, columnist, The Wall Street Journal

Concurrent Session
Deep Sustainability on College Campuses

Colleges and universities are touting their efforts to create more sustainable campuses. They are making major investments in green buildings, renewable energy, and other environmental achievements, with hopes that those programs will pay off in lower energy bills and a better public image. But do colleges have the courage to make changes that might inconvenience students or faculty members or return an investment over a longer period -- or maybe never at all? How deep does this talk about sustainability go?

Moderator: Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Panelists:
Dedee DeLongpré, director, office of sustainability, University of Florida
Stephen Klass, vice president for operations, Williams College
David Shi, president, Furman University

From the Spellings Commission to parents, colleges are under more pressure than ever to prove their value. Although traditional colleges like to criticize the for-profit University of Phoenix, it has become the largest private university in the country by delivering education and focusing on the consumer experience. Should leaders at traditional nonprofit colleges continue to ignore the Phoenix model or are there parts they can adopt?

Speaker: William J. Pepicello, president, University of Phoenix

Moderator: Goldie Blumenstyk, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Coffee Break

What are the skills needed to lead the institution of the future? An interactive discussion with a panel of experts.

Moderator: Judith Block McLaughlin, director, Higher Education Program, Harvard University

Panelists:
Jean A. Dowdall, vice president, Witt/Kieffer
Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president, University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Robert N. Shelton, president, University of Arizona