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Register Today: Online President-to-President Conversations in Spring 2021
Full Day Workshops for Campus Teams Return in Fall 2021
Longstanding public concerns about the cost and value of higher education—and private colleges and universities in particular—have intensified as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, recent economic instability, and the movement for racial justice. Some of these concerns are grounded in myths and misperceptions, while many reflect the real hopes and anxieties of students and their families in uncertain times.
In response, independent colleges need to intensify their efforts to strengthen relations with the public and often their own faculty and staff members—even as they adapt their business models to advance the unchanging goals of value and affordability, equity and inclusion, career preparation and personal exploration, and academic quality. How will private colleges carry their proud tradition of superior outcomes for students into a post-pandemic future? And how will they leverage necessary changes to restore public confidence?
CIC’s
Talking about Private Colleges: Busting the Myths workshop series offers two different formats in 2021: virtual meetings for presidents only in spring and full day, on-campus workshops for campus teams in fall (public health conditions permitting). The spring meetings are an opportunity for presidents to explore how public perceptions, questions, and myths about higher education have changed in the past year—and which longstanding myths still need busting through informal exchanges with members of the community. The fall workshops bring together campus teams presidents, senior administrators, faculty members, and trustees to discuss two essential questions: How do we build a future in which private colleges continue to outperform other forms of higher education on key measures of importance to the public? And how do we rebuild the trust of students, families, employers, civic and opinion leaders, and others who rely on the excellence of private colleges in their communities?
Talking about Private Colleges is offered free of charge to CIC member institutions, thanks to the generous support of the Henry Luce Foundation, EAB, Sage Scholars Inc., and Sodexo.
Dates and Locations IN 2021
- Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. EDT—virtual meeting for presidents only
- Thursday, April 29, 2021, 2:00–4:00 p.m. EDT—virtual meeting for presidents only
- Tuesday, September 22, 2021—in-person workshop for campus teams at York College of Pennsylvania (York, PA), conditions permitting
- Thursday, October 21, 2021—in-person workshop for campus teams at William Jewell College (Liberty, MO), conditions permitting
Register now for the spring 2021 meetings. Registration for fall 2021 workshops will begin this summer.