• Historic Architecture and Design. CAOs attending the conference heard preliminary results of a survey of historic architecture and design on the nation’s independent colleges and universities. CIC, with funds provided by the Getty Grant Program of the J. Paul Getty Trust, has received surveys from more than 350 campuses. Senior Advisor and Project Director Barbara Christen discussed with the deans how other institutions are thinking about the preservation of the physical plants of their campuses, both architecture and landscape, as institutions plan for the future.
• Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows Program. Participants also heard from Hadass Sheffer, director of fellowship programs at the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, about how institutions can benefit from the Visiting Fellows Program. This program brings business, government, and nonprofit leaders to the campuses of independent colleges and universities around the country for week-long residencies, providing a window to the outside world to students and faculty, and a glimpse into current campus life for the visitors.
• Project Pericles. Two chief academic officers discussed their institutions’ involvement in Project Pericles, in which ten independent institutions have garnered the commitment of their boards to prepare students for responsible citizenship as part of their educational mission through curricular and co-curricular programs. Judith Levy, CAO at Ursinus College (PA) and Lloyd Michaels, professor of English and dean emeritus of Allegheny College (PA), shared effective campus practices to foster civic engagement. Karen Holt, executive director of Project Pericles, responded to their comments and gave an overview of the project from a national perspective.

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