CSHPE 50th Anniversary: National Conference
National Conference
“Understanding and Strengthening Higher Education’s Contributions to a Changing Society”
March 22-25, 2007
The 2007 academic year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the CSHPE, one of the first of its kind in an American university. We are commemorating our anniversary by hosting several major events, including a three-part series of Distinguished Scholar lectures, an Inaugural Event, a National Conference, and an Alumni Celebration.
The National Conference will bring together scholars, researchers, and practitioners from within and outside of higher education to address the conference theme, Understanding and Strengthening the Contributions of Higher Education to a Changing Society. The conference will begin with a keynote address on the challenges requiring higher education’s contribution to a changing society. Three specific themes will be addressed during the following two days on higher education’s contribution to societal concerns about economic development, the increasing diversity of society, and advancing knowledge. Each session will feature an address by a national speaker and a panel of respondents from the scholarly field of higher education and faculty from the University of Michigan and CSHPE. A series of breakout sessions on each theme will be led by CSHPE faculty. In the closing session, the Distinguished Scholars from our fall lecture series will synthesize the discussions and ideas from each of the three thematic sessions and examine the role for higher education’s contribution in the future.
All who are interested in the future of higher education are welcome to join us. Senior executive officers who are interested in discussing ways to reshape their institutions to meet current challenges are particularly encouraged to attend.
Conference fee - $200
UM affiliates (employees and students) - $100
For questions, please call 734-647-1976 or send an e-mail to jsutkus@umich.edu.
Schedule of Events
Thursday, March 22
3:00 – 6:00 PM Registration, Rackham Assembly Hall
6:00 – 8:00 PM Dinner and Keynote Address, Michigan League Ballroom
William G. Bowen
Senior Research Associate and President Emeritus
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Friday, March 23
8:00 – 8:45 AM Registration, Rackham Assembly Hall
Economic Development Session
8:45 – 9:00 AM Welcome and Introductions, Rackham Amphitheatre
9:00 – 9:45 AM Address, Rackham Amphitheatre
Paul Courant
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
Economics Department and
Ford School of School of Public Policy
University of Michigan
9:45 – 10:45 Panel Response to Address, Rackham Amphitheatre
Michael Bastedo
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
University of MichiganSheila Slaughter
Louise McBee Professor of Higher Education
University of GeorgiaJeffrey Smith
Professor of Economics
University of Michigan
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Small Group Discussions with Refreshments, Rackham Conference Rooms
12:15 – 1:30 PM Lunch, Michigan League Ballroom
Diverse Society Session
1:50 – 2:00 PM Announcements and Introductions, Rackham Amphitheatre
2:00 – 2:45 PM Address, Rackham Amphitheatre
William (Sandy) Darity
Research Professor of Public Policy Studies,
African and African-American Studies, and Economics
Duke University
and
Cary C. Boshamer Professor of Economics
UNC-Chapel Hill
2:45 – 3:45 PM Panel Response to Address, Rackham Amphitheatre
Silvia Pedraza
Associate Professor of Sociology
University of MichiganJames Jackson
Director, Institute for Social Research
University of MichiganDaryl Smith
Professor of Education and Psychology
Claremont Graduate University
4:00 – 5:00 PM Small Group Discussions with Refreshments, Rackham Conference Rooms
Saturday, March 24
Advancing Knowledge Session
8:45 – 9:00 AM Welcome and Introductions
9:00 – 9:45 AM Address, Rackham Amphitheatre
John Seely Brown
Former Chief Scientist and Director of the Palo Alto Research Center
Xerox Corporation
9:45 – 10:45 AM Panel Response to Address, Rackham Amphitheatre
Eric Dey
Associate Professor of Higher Education
University of MichiganJohn King
Vice Provost for Academic Information
Professor, School of Information
University of Michigan
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Small Group Discussions with Refreshments, Rackham Conference Rooms
12:00 – 2:00 PM Lunch and Conference Response by CSHPE 50th Anniversary
Distinguished Scholars, Palmer Commons
Walter Allen
Allan Murray Cartter Chair in Higher Education
University of California-Los AngelesMichael McPherson
President
The Spencer FoundationMorton Schapiro
President
Williams CollegePatricia Gumport
Professor of Education and Vice-Provost for Graduate Education
Stanford University
Secure Registration for the CSHPE 50th Anniversary National Conference, March 22-24, 2007
