68thJanuary Annual 25–28, 2012 • MeetingWashington, D.C. •

THEBalancing the Demands DEANSHIP of Mission, Democracy & Markets ACAD’s Annual Meeting program will feature sessions that academic administrators will find useful, challenging, and enriching. ACAD sessions are known for their emphasis on practice and the use of interactive methods of presentation and are open to all meeting attendees. • ACAD Pre-Conference Institute (additional fee) ACAD Pre-Conference Workshops (additional fee) Wednesday, January 25, 8:45 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 25, 2:00–5:00 p.m.

ACAD Deans’ Institute (Constitution DE) Long-Term Planning: The Mission-Defined Assessment: New this year, this full day, pre- Session Facilitators: David Integration of Finances and Using Institutional Identity to conference event is open to all Burrows, Lawrence University; Programs (Independence FG) Shape Assessment of Student academic administrators and is Karen Erickson, Southern New In this interactive workshop the Learning Outcomes and intended to provide an opportunity Hampshire University; Linda Cabe discussion includes models for Decision-Making (Constitution C) for individuals to develop their Halpern, James Madison University; projecting revenues and expenses This interactive workshop will leadership abilities in a supportive Robert Holyer, AGB Search, Inc.; over a multi-year period, methods present four principles for mission- environment. The goals of the day- Thomas Meyer, Wolfson Campus– for expanding revenues, and meth- defined assessment. It also includes long symposium are: Miami Dade College; and Kathleen ods for limiting expenses. Topics discussion how mission-defined • Advancing the leadership Murray, Macalester College. include endowment management, assessment can be a valuable tool abilities of deans and academic Roundtable Discussion tuition revenue, annual gift giving, in fostering a solid understanding administrators Facilitators: Adam Bush, College new sources of revenue, staffing and commitment to institutional • Sharing valuable information Unbound; David Brakke and models, deferred maintenance, identity by enhancing educational about the current state of the Judith Dilts, both of James Madison health care costs, and energy costs. programs and communicating deanship University; Susan Elrod, Project Thomas Axtell, Vice President for “brand” to various groups. • Providing updates on important Kaleidoscope; Jessica Kozloff, Finance and Administrative Services, Kendrick Brown, Associate Dean developments in the world of Academic Search, Inc.; Saundra and Lawrence B. Breitborde, Vice of the Faculty, and Kathleen Murray, higher education Oyewole, Trinity Washington President for Academic Affairs and Provost and Dean of the Faculty, both • Networking opportunities University; David Parris, New Dean of the College, both from Knox from Macalester College;Carolyn Leadership Alliance for Student College; David Burrows, Provost Perry, Vice President for Academic Learning and Accountability; and Dean of the Faculty, and Brian Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, and Susan Whealler Johnston, Riste, Vice President for Business and Robert Seelinger, Director of Association of Governing Boards. and Operations, both from Lawrence Assessment and Professor of Classics, University. both from Westminster College. American Conference of Academic Deans 68th Annual Meeting Thursday, January 26 Gregory M. Weight, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, Ursinus College; Debora Johnson-Ross, Associate Dean for Academic 10:30–11:45 a.m. Affairs and Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, McDaniel College; Janet Shope, Associate Dean for Faculty Responding to Academically Adrift: Panel Affairs, Goucher College;James M. Sloat, Associate Dean for Discussion of Campus Actions (Constitution CDE) Assessment and New Initiatives, Washington and Jefferson College; Many colleges and universities are responding to the call for and Susan Vowels, Associate Professor of Business Management, action presented by Professors Arum and Roksa in their book Washington College. Academically Adrift. Hear the activities and outcomes from three institutions in response to the book, share experiences and plans 4:15–5:30 p.m. from your institution, and join the dialogue to improve under- Advising and Liberal Education: Engaging the graduate education. (Constitution CDE) Peter Skoner, Associate Provost, Saint Francis University; Kerry Mission Academic advising relationships provide an often overlooked Pannell, Dean of the Faculty, DePauw University; Pedro Muíño, site for making the outcomes of liberal education tangible to Professor of Chemistry, Saint Francis University; and Gary Phillips, students. We will describe advising initiatives, including an Dean of the College, Wabash College. educational planning and advising center and a structured advis- 1:30–2:30 p.m. ing course, underway at The College of Wooster and Denison University. Each is intended to provide a more holistic and inte- Synchronous Course Delivery Between Institutions: grative advising experience, connecting students more fully and Potential Benefits and Opportunities for Two- and intentionally with the opportunities of a liberal education. Four-Year Institutions (Constitution CDE) Kim Coplin, Associate Provost, Denison University; and Heather Two and four-year institutions can benefit from each other by FitzGibbon, Dean for Faculty Development, and Henry Kreuzman, sharing resources. This session will outline curricular relationships Dean for Curriculum and Academic Engagement, both of The College between four colleges employing synchronous course delivery. of Wooster. Specific topics will include the purpose, curricular development process, financial implications, logistics, educational impact, as- sessment of the relationship, and opportunities for growth. Friday, January 27 Kristél Pfeil Kemmerer, Chair, Commercial Music, Lamar State College–Port Arthur; and Wesley A. Bulla, Dean, Mike Curb 7:00–8:30 a.m. College of Entertainment and Music Business, Belmont University. ACAD Members Breakfast and Business 2:45–4:00 p.m. Meeting (additional fee, Constitution CDE) The Benefits of Collaboration: Lessons Learned The ACAD Members Breakfast is sponsored this year by Interfolio from a Teagle Collaborative (Constitution CDE) In 2008, five liberal arts colleges (Goucher, McDaniel, Ursinus, 10:30–11:45 a.m. Washington, and Washington and Jefferson) were awarded a (Constitution CDE) grant from the Teagle Foundation to assess diversity efforts and Becoming a CAO This session is intended for faculty members, department chairs, their impact on student learning. While the participants antici- and assistant or associate deans who are considering becoming a pated learning a great deal about students’ lived experiences chief academic officer. The session will include advice from two with diversity on campus, the lessons learned about working current CAOs who have recently made this transition, a discus- with other colleges were less expected but highly rewarding. In sion of the formal preparation programs available, and advice on this session, representatives from the collaborative will discuss the search process and working with search consultants. Brief the benefits of working as a collaborative, the challenges and presentations will be followed by a discussion of participants’ successes of this particular collaborative, future action items for questions and next steps. the collaborative, and practical steps to take—and pitfalls to Robert Holyer, Senior Consultant, AGB Search; Andrea Warren avoid—for any group of institutions looking to work together. Hamos, Associate Director, ACE Fellows Program; Michael Orr, Provost, Lake Forest College; and Nayef Samhat, Provost, Kenyon College. American Conference of Academic Deans 68th Annual Meeting

2:45–4:00 p.m. 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m. Associate Deans—Managers of Innovation ACAD Keynote Luncheon: The Market (Constitution CDE) Made Me Do It (additional fee, Independence Associate Deans often serve as managers of academic inno- Ballroom A) vation—either implementing new initiatives or overseeing changes to familiar programs. This interactive session explores Don Michael Randel, President, challenges and opportunities that Associate Deans face institu- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation tionally, programmatically, and personally in their role. This is a Among the many complaints about higher education is networking and development opportunity for new and veteran that it is not sufficiently responsive to its “customers” and Associate Deans. its market. The fact is that higher education in the U.S. is James M. Sloat, Associate Dean for Assessment and New what it is because of the market or markets that it tries to Initiatives, Washington & Jefferson College;Kathleen E. Harring, serve. There is still something of a market for the tradi- Associate Dean for Institutional Assessment, Muhlenberg College; tional values. But there are other markets for things that and Adrienne Bloss, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and we might not be very proud of. Institutional Relations, Roanoke College. Don Randel is a musicologist who attended Princeton 4:15–5:30 p.m. University, where he received bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees in music. In 1968, Mr. Randel joined the ACAD Roundtable and Open-Mic Session Cornell University faculty in the department of music. He (Constitution CDE) served for 32 years as a member of Cornell’s faculty, where he was also department chair, vice-provost, and associate 5:30–7:00 p.m. dean and then dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He Reception Hosted jointly by ACAD and the Phi became provost of Cornell University in 1995. Beta Kappa Society—open to all. (Lafayette) From July 2000 until he joined the Foundation in July 2006, Mr. Randel held the position of President of the Uni- versity of Chicago. There he led efforts to strengthen the -hu Saturday, January 28 manities and the arts on campus, as well as a broad range of 9:30–10:30 a.m. interactions with the City of Chicago and a further strength- ening of the University’s programs in the physical and Learning to Speak Both Adminispeak and biomedical sciences and its relationship with the Argonne Academese: What Role Do Deans Play In Getting National Laboratory. He also led the University’s campaign Faculty Behind Larger Campus Initiatives That for $2 billion, the largest in the University’s history. Go Beyond Their Standard Job Expectations The Keynote Luncheon is sponsored this year by Interfolio and, Perhaps, Their Ideal Vision of a University? (Wilson/Roosevelt) 1:30–2:30 p.m. Academic deans must be comfortable with Adminispeak, the language spoken by decision-makers, and Academese, a lan- Embracing Academic Politics (Constitution CDE) guage that faculty find palatable, in order to champion campus Politics is unavoidable. Good politics makes an organization wide initiatives. In this interactive session, with the use of clicker smarter. Many administrators try to “cushion” politics by mini- technology, we will encourage participants to share their own mizing conflict, which only removes it from the public sphere. answers to questions we have asked ourselves at our respective By cultivating productive and transparent conflicts in clearly institutions. defined structures, deans can create the conditions for higher Paul Eisenstein, Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, Otterbein level disagreements and deeper commitments. University; and Amy Jessen-Marshall, Dean of the College and Brandon Claycomb, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, VPAA, Sweetbriar College. Edgewood College. Wednesday, January 25 Friday, January 27

8:45 a.m.–4:30 p.m. ACAD Deans’ Institute 7:00–8:30 a.m. ACAD Members Business Breakfast 2:00–5:00 p.m. ACAD Workshop: Long-Term Planning: (Constitution CDE) The Integration of Finances and Programs 10:30–11:45 a.m. Becoming a CAO 2:00–5:00 p.m. ACAD Workshop: Mission-Defined 11:45 a.m. ACAD Keynote Luncheon (Independence Assessment: Using Institutional Identity Ballroom A) to Shape Assessment of Student Learning 1:30–2:30 p.m. Embracing Academic Politics Outcomes and Decision-Making 2:45–4:00 p.m. Associate Deans—Managers of Innovation Thursday, January 26 4:15–5:30 p.m. Open-Mic Session 5:30–7:00 p.m. ACAD-PBK Reception (Lafayette) 10:30–11:45 a.m. Responding to Academically Adrift: Panel Discussion of Campus Actions Saturday, January 28 1:30–2:30 p.m. Synchronous Course Delivery Between Institutions 9:30–10:30 a.m. Learning to Speak Both Adminispeak and Academese 2:45–4:00 p.m. The Benefits of Collaboration: Lessons Learned from a Teagle Collaborative 4:15–5:30 p.m. Advising and Liberal Education: Engaging the Mission 5:45–8:00 p.m. ACAD Board Meeting (McPherson Square) Meetingat a Glance

The American Conference of Academic Deans would like to welcome, and thank, Interfolio. They are the exclusive Gold-Level sponsor of both the ACAD Members Business Breakfast and ACAD Keynote Luncheon for the 2012 Annual Meeting. Please take a moment to visit them at their table during the Annual Meeting and thank them for their support of ACAD and our mission.

Interfolio’s 13-year history of supporting individuals and institutions in higher education aligns with ACAD’s mission. Visit Interfolio on the web at www.interfolio.com