The Presidents Institute returns to the newly-renovated Marco Island Marriott in Marco Island, Florida, January 4–7, 2008. The program, based on the theme of “Revaluing Higher Education,” is designed to help leaders of independent colleges and universities understand and respond to new societal expectations, student preferences, and demands for accountability. Many presidents find that these issues can challenge the institutional values that anchor their leadership. Presidents will benefit from sessions that sharpen the questions they face, formulate meaningful processes for exploring choices, and learn from the experiences of fellow presidents and other experts.

Additional sessions and speakers have been scheduled for the CAO/CFO Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 3–6, and the Strategic Budgeting Workshop has reached maximum enrollment.

The keynote speaker at CIC’s 2007 Foundation Conversation on October 9 in New York City will be Gene Tempel of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. The theme of the meeting is “Foundations Debate Their Own Future: The Impact on Higher Education of Changing Assumptions about How Philanthropy Works.”