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Presidents of CIC member institutions are invited once again to meet with foundation officers on March 19, 2002 as part of the Council's Annual Conversation Between Foundation Officers and College and University Presidents. This meeting, originally scheduled for September 19, 2001, had the highest registration of both presidents and foundation officers since these meetings began in 1987. This year's meeting was postponed due to the September 11 terrorist attack on New York City. As before, the theme for the March meeting will be "K-12 Institutions: The Liberal Arts College's Role and Responsibilities." It will be held at TIAA-CREF's Conference Center/ Wharton Auditorium in New York City. The meeting is designed to provide an occasion for senior-level foundation officers to convey their concerns about the future of independent higher education to college and university presidents from across the nation, and for college and university presidents to learn directly about and to inform a foundation's long-range planning. Remarkably, all but one of the previously scheduled presenters will participate in the rescheduled meeting. Featured speakers include Daniel Fallon, chair of the education division for the Carnegie Corporation of New York, who oversees the Corporation's grantmaking efforts to improve educational achievement from preschool through the postsecondary level; Arthur Levine, president of Teachers College, Columbia University; and Frank Murray, president of the Teacher Education Accreditation Council. Information about the rescheduled meeting was mailed to CIC member presidents in early October. Another mailing in mid-January will include registration forms and hotel details. Independent |
