During the 2005 Presidents Institute, CIC Board Chair Mary Pat Seurkamp presented Thomas Emmet with the Allen P. Splete Award for Outstanding Service, sponsored by Jenzabar. Emmet, thought of as the "dean of consultants," received a standing ovation for his 50 years of service in higher education (see story).

Institute Coverage:
The United States and Globalization • The Challenge of Managing Information—For Learning, Research, and Posterity • Demography, Diversity, and What's Ahead for America's Colleges • Governance as Leadership: The New Covenant Between Boards and Presidents • Students as Workers • Attracting Media Coverage on Small Campuses • Building Consesus on Branding • Spouses Program Attracts Record Attendance • 'Revolution in the Stacks' Needed to Combat Library Use Decline, Panelists Say • Emmet and UPS Honored at Awards Banquet • 2005 Presidents Institute Photo Album • Resources

A record number of presidents (312) and spouses (186) participated in the CIC 2005 Presidents Institute, held January 4–7 in Marco Island, Florida, making it the largest annual gathering of independent college presidents in the nation.
      Keynote speakers and panelists addressed the theme of “The President’s Portfolio: Competition, Complexity, and Change.” Fred Bergsten, director of the Institute for International Economics, opened the Institute with a very well-received discussion of the impact of globalization on higher education; Kenneth Prewitt, Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs at Columbia University, delivered an informative speech on the consequences of the demographic transformation of America on colleges and universities; and Deanna Bowling Marcum, Associate Librarian of Congress, recommended ways for campus leaders to manage information resources in this era of the digital information explosion. Other speakers discussed topics such as board governance, finance, and institutional management.