General Sessions

• Notes from a Watchful Periphery: Presidents and Trustees in the Age of Learning
  Presenter: Richard Skinner   Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
  Virtually all of the initiative and much of the impetus for e-learning originated with faculty. But some of the changes wrought by e-learning raise questions that touch on institutional policies usually acknowledged as at least a shared domain of presidents
  

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• Opening Session: Making Good on the Promises
  Presenter: Christine Farris   Spelman College
  Christine Farris, a professor at Spelman College and Martin Luther King's only sister, will address the theme "Making Good on the Promises
  

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• Friday Focus Session: Around the World: Technology Transforms Conventional Conceptions and Uses of Time
  Moderator: David Longanecker   Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
  Presenter: Peter Smith   Kaplan Higher Education
  Technology transforms conventional conceptions and uses of time, space, and responsibility in higher education. The global arena can be the place where new models are finally developed and tested to ensure access and quality for marginalized populations.
  

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• E-Learning and the Common Good
  Moderator: Steven Crow   
  Presenter: Kay Gilcher   U.S. Department of Education
  Presenter: Belle Wheelan   Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
  Presenter: Marshall Hill   Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
  Presenter: Alan Mabe   University of North Carolina System Office
  The National Commission on the Future of Higher Education embraced integration of technology as a means for greater productivity, stronger quality, and useful innovation. It also called for greater accountability in higher education. This panel focuses
  

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