Meetings
Summer Council of Presidents and Experienced Presidents Retreat
July 18-22, 2008
Join colleagues at AASCU’s annual summer retreat to explore topics related to life in the presidency. Our program theme, “The High Road” draws on our Colorado mountain setting to frame sessions addressing our obligations as leaders to build campuses of civility, sustainability and public purpose. Attendance is limited to current presidents and chancellors of member institutions, family members and guests.
Academic Affairs Summer Meeting
July 24-27, 2008
Please join us for another extraordinary Academic Affairs summer conference, a professional development event set in the historic city of Boston, Massachusetts. Our opening event Thursday afternoon will be a presentation by Derek Bok, author of Our Underachieving Colleges. Other speakers include: John Tagg, author of the widely influential article in Change magazine, “From Teaching to Learning: A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Education;” Debra Rowe, President, U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development and Co-Coordinator of the Higher Education Associations’ Sustainability Consortium, Washington D.C.; and Pamela Tate, President, The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL).
New Presidents’ Academy
July 29-August 2, 2008
The New Presidents’ Academy is a special leadership opportunity designed for new presidents and chancellors at AASCU member institutions who are serving in this capacity for the first time and who assumed their position within the past two years—since spring of 2006.
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AASCU Trip to China - Beijing
October 15-20, 2008
Each October, AASCU leads a delegation of representatives from member institutions to China to encourage the development of partnerships between AASCU and Chinese institutions, foster greater understanding of China's higher education system, and promote good will and understanding between our two countries.
Annual Meeting
November 22-25, 2008
The Annual Meeting focus is “Higher Education in the Global Marketplace.” Where and how education is delivered and experienced is changing rapidly and dramatically. One of the areas in which change is most evident is in the unfolding global education marketplace.