Executive Summaries National Challenge for Higher Education Conference An invitational conference hosted by the American Council on Education Institutional Leadership Group July 31, 2014 Washington Court Hotel Washington, DC Supported by a generous grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Institutional Leadership Program Staff Jean McLaughlin, Associate Director Nick Pettet, Associate Program Specialist Claire Van Ummersen, Senior Advisor Special Thanks Steven Taylor, Associate Director, Special Initiatives Kadeem Thorpe, Marketing Coordinator American Council on Education and Lauren Duranleau, Research Manager American Dental Education Association Table of Contents What Is the National Challenge for Higher Education? ...........................................................................................................2 Founding National Challenge for Higher Education Coalition Partners ..........................................................................2 National Challenge for Higher Education Coalition Partners ...............................................................................................3 Welcome and Introductions ..................................................................................................................................................................5 Creating Excellence Through Workplace Flexibility ................................................................................................................ 6 Meeting the Challenge ............................................................................................................................................................................7 Luncheon Roundtables ........................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Parallel Sessions ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Legal Issues ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Liberal Arts Institutions ................................................................................................................................................................15 Working Within Systems ............................................................................................................................................................ 16 Faculty Retirement ..........................................................................................................................................................................17 The Academic Workplace: Three Fundamental Principles and a Radical Proposal ..................................................20 Executive Summaries: National Challenge for Higher Education Conference 1 Founding National Challenge for Higher Education Coalition Partners These individuals agreed to serve as an advisory group for the National Challenge for Higher Education campaign; to recruit additional colleagues to the campaign; and to be ready to assist in raising awareness of this issue by speaking at one or more other appropriate meetings to advance these policies more broadly throughout academe. Mildred García, President Lynn Pasquerella, President California State University, Fullerton Mount Holyoke College (MA) Steven G. Poskanzer, President Linda P. B. Katehi, Chancellor Carleton College (MN) University of California, Davis David Maxwell, President Renu Khator, Chancellor Drake University (IA) University of Houston System President, University of Houston John J. DeGioia, President Georgetown University (DC) Freeman A. Hrabowski III, President University of Maryland, Baltimore County Lou Anna K. Simon, President Michigan State University William E. (Brit) Kirwan, Chancellor University System of Maryland What Is the National Challenge for Higher Education? The National Challenge for Higher Education is a national campaign to promote work-life balance for faculty within colleges and universities. Signing on to this campaign signals that a president or chancellor will deepen his or her commitment to promoting and advocating faculty career flexibility on campus. Presidents and chancellors who sign on to the campaign commit to providing leadership to: • Advance excellence by developing flexibility as a tool to enhance recruitment, retention, and advancement of faculty within an institution • Actively communicate the institutional importance of workplace flexibility and implement policies and practices to keep pace with societal change while advancing gender, racial, and ethnic equity • Educate and support key academic leaders (department chairs, deans, etc.) in developing and strengthening their skills for managing career flexibility • Develop workplaces in which flexibility is an integral part of the culture of the institution, where flexibility is broadly and equitably implemented and available to faculty at every phase of their career, from recruitment to retirement More information about the National Challenge, including Making the Business Case, is located at www. acenet.edu/nationalchallenge. 2 July 31, 2014 – Washington, DC National Challenge for Higher Education Coalition Partners Albright College (PA) Macalester College (MN) Auburn University (AL) Manhattanville College (NY) Bastyr University (WA) McKendree University (IL) Bellarmine University (KY) Menlo College (CA) Berkeley College (NJ) Michigan State University Bethany College (WV) Middlebury College (VT) Bowie State University (MD) Missouri University of Science and Technology Brookhaven College (TX) Mount Holyoke College (MA) California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Mount St. Mary’s University (MD) California State University North Dakota State University California State University, Bakersfield Northern Arizona University California State University, Fresno Oberlin College (OH) California State University, Fullerton Ohio Wesleyan University California State University, Monterey Bay Oregon Institute of Technology California State University, Northridge Oregon State University Carleton College (MN) Plymouth State University (NH) Central Connecticut State University Portland State University (OR) Charlotte Christian College and Theological Rhode Island School of Design Seminary (NC) Robert Morris University (PA) College of the Ouachitas (AR) Roosevelt University (IL) Coppin State University (MD) Rutgers University–Newark (NJ) Delaware State University Saint Louis University Dickinson College (PA) Salisbury University (MD) Drake University (IA) San José State University (CA) Eastern Connecticut State University Saybrook University (CA) Emerson College (MA) Skidmore College (NY) Florida Memorial University Smith College (MA) Francis Marion University (SC) Southern Connecticut State University Frostburg State University (MD) Southern Illinois University Carbondale George Mason University (VA) St. Cloud Technical and Community College (MN) Georgetown University (DC) State University of New York at Fredonia Georgia Institute of Technology State University of New York College at Cortland Gettysburg College (PA) State University of New York Downstate Medical Grinnell College (IA) Center Indiana University Susquehanna University (PA) Irvine Valley College (CA) Syracuse University (NY) James Madison University (VA) Texas Tech University Lafayette College (PA) The Catholic University of America (DC) Le Moyne College (NY) The State University of New York Lehman College (NY) The University of Virginia’s College at Wise Lindenwood University (MO) Towson University (MD) Loyola University Chicago University of Arkansas Executive Summaries: National Challenge for Higher Education Conference 3 University of Baltimore University of Maryland, Center for Environmental University of California Science University of California, Berkeley University of Maryland, College Park University of California, Davis University of Maryland, Eastern Shore University of California, Irvine University of Maryland University College University of California, Los Angeles University of Massachusetts University of California, Merced University of Miami University of California, Riverside University of Missouri–Columbia University of California, San Diego University of North Texas at Dallas University of California, San Francisco University of Northern Iowa University of California, Santa Barbara University of Rhode Island University of California, Santa Cruz University of Texas at Arlington University of Central Florida University of Washington University of Cincinnati (OH) University of Wisconsin–Stout University of Delaware University System of Maryland University of Detroit Mercy Valparaiso University (IN) University of Houston System Washington & Jefferson College (PA) University of Houston–Clear Lake Washington and Lee University (VA) University of Houston–Downtown West Hills Community College District (CA) University of Illinois West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission University of Illinois at Chicago Western Connecticut State University University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Wheaton College (IL) University of Illinois Springfield William James College (MA) University of La Verne (CA) Winthrop University (SC) University of Maryland, Baltimore Xavier University (OH) University