Spring 2005

Special Report on the 2005 Presidents Institute
The 2005 Presidents Institute, with the theme of "The President's Portfolio: Competition, Complexity, and Change," explored board governance, finance, and institutional management, among many other issues; and featured the following major addresses.

The President's Portfolio: Competition, Complexity, and Change

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 Consensus 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

From the President's Desk
Colleges in the World

Board Update
CIC Board of Directors Welcomes New Members

Presidential Services
Presidential Contracts Service Updated
Three New President-Trustee Dialogues Being Held This Spring

Conferences
Mellon Grant to Support Additional Library Workshops
Mark Your Calendars - Foundation Conversation Date Announced
2005 Workshops for Department and Division Chairs
      Focus on Effective Personnel Practices
CIC Sponsors Second Seminar on Teaching About
      Islam and Middle Eastern Culture

Making the Case
CIC Launches Making the Case Website

Projects & Services
CIC Announces New and Extended Programs
CIC Launches New Program on Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission
CIC Receives Second Getty Grant for Historic
      Campus Architecture and Design Project
Carnegie and Teagle Grants Support CLA Consortium
Key Indicators Tool To Be Updated, CIC Announces
CIC/New York Times Partnership Activities in Full Swing

Campus Update
A Compendium of Relevant News from CIC Member Institutions
CIC Schools Rise to the Challenge to Help Tsunami-Devastated Regions

CIC News & Information
CIC Members Offered Special Opportunity
      to Host Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows
CIC New Members
Staff News and Notes
Staff Spotlight - Sheila Cooper

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