Schedule

All conference sessions will be held in the Williams Center for the Arts

Monday, April 9

The Changing Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities
7:30-9 p.m.

  • Daniel H. Weiss, President, Lafayette College
  • Eugene M. Tobin, Program Officer for Higher Education and the Liberal Arts Colleges Program, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Reception, 9 p.m., Williams Center Lobby

Tuesday, April 10

Economics and Affordability
9-10:30 a.m.

  • Catharine Bond Hill, President, Vassar College
  • Jill Tiefenthaler, President, Colorado College
  • Suzanne P. Welsh, Vice President for Finance and Treasurer, Swarthmore College

Technology and Mission
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

  • Adam F. Falk, President, Williams College
  • Kevin M. Guthrie, President, ITHAKA
  • Daniel R. Porterfield, President, Franklin & Marshall College

Lunch, 12:30-1:45 p.m., Bergethon Dining Room, Marquis Hall

Changing Boundaries
2-3:30 p.m.

  • Carol Tecla Christ, President, Smith College
  • Jane Dammen McAuliffe, President, Bryn Mawr College
  • Brian Rosenberg. President, Macalester College

Governance
3:45-5 p.m.

  • Susan Frost, Principal, Susan Frost Consulting
  • Shelly Weiss Storbeck, Managing Partner, Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates LLC

Dinner, 6:30-7:45 p.m., Bergethon Dining Room, Marquis Hall

Keynote Address
8-9:30 p.m.

  • William G. Bowen, President Emeritus, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Princeton University

Reception, 9:30 p.m., Williams Center Lobby

Wednesday, April 11

Distinctively American? Creating a New Narrative
for Residential Liberal Arts Colleges
8:30-9:30 a.m.

  • Rebecca S. Chopp, President, Swarthmore College

Changes in Knowledge: Teaching, Learning, and Research
9:30-10:45 a.m.

  • Wendy L. Hill, Provost and Dean of the Faculty, Lafayette College
  • Philip E. Lewis, Vice President, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
  • David W. Oxtoby, President, Pomona College

The Small Residential College
11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

  • Ronald A. Crutcher, President, Wheaton College
  • John M. McCardell Jr., Vice-Chancellor and President, Sewanee: University of the South

Concluding Remarks
12:15-12:30 p.m.

  • Rebecca S. Chopp, President, Swarthmore College
  • Daniel H. Weiss, President, Lafayette College