Leadership Issues Series 2008:
Are We Still "Democracy's Colleges"?
Complete program details including dates and times
July 28-30, 2008
ILR Conference Center
ILR School
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Monday, July 28: Access
Legislative initiatives that will determine how we are permitted or prevented from serving undocumented immigrants are making headlines across the country. How are community colleges responding to the challenges to our mission of open access?
Serving Undocumented Immigrants: Moral and Practical Issues on Campus - Robert Templin, President, Northern Virginia Community College; and Ken Atwater, President, South Mountain College, Arizona
Advocating for the DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act - Jim Hermes, Senior Legislative Associate, AACC
Returning GIs contributed to the rapid growth of community colleges after WWII, when the Truman Commission promoted "democracy's colleges." What impact are veterans of Iraq having on our campuses? What lessons can we learn from accommodating their physical and psychological disabilities?
Veterans and Democracy's Colleges - Richard DeChant, Executive Director, Veterans Services and Programs, Cuyahoga Community College
Other legislative initiatives seek to broaden access by eliminating student tuition. What are the pros and cons of "free" community college?
Fiscal Policies in Support of Access - Dana Mohler-Faria, President, Bridgewater College, and Education Advisor to Governor Deval Patrick (MA)
Tuesday, July 29: Success
Community colleges have increasingly recognized that access is an empty promise if students do not have the support they need to succeed. What does this shift in focus mean on campus?
Moving From Access to Success - Alicia Dowd, Professor, University of Southern California and author of "Community Colleges as Gateways and Gatekeepers: Moving beyond the Access 'Saga' toward Outcome Equity"
"Achieving the Dream." Strategy/Program Roundtables, Session I
These roundtables will give participants an opportunity to learn about strategies and programs that work to improve student success. Leaders will address what made them work, what new pedagogies are planned or in place, what will be measured, what cultural changes need to occur, and what administrative/structural support is necessary.
Building on Students' Strengths, Khaki Wunderlich, Tompkins Cortland Community College, NY
My Brother's Keeper, Improving the Success of African American Males, Michael Hutley, Associate Director of Admissions, Santa Fe Community College, FL
Interventions for Specific Populations in Developmental Courses, Rick Lizotte, ESL Faculty and Achieving the Dream Co-Chair, Northern Essex Community College, MA
Improving Student Achievement in Developmental and Gatekeeper Courses, John Flynn, Provost, Montgomery County Community College, PA
Learning Communities, Rachel Singer, Director of Academic Affairs, and Peter Cohen, Director of Freshmen Services and Advisement, Kingsborough Community College, NY
"Achieving the Dream." Strategy/Program Roundtables, Session II
Wednesday, July 30: Educating for Democracy
Implicitly or explicitly, many community college missions include preparing students to participate in a democratic society as active citizens. These two panels, one from a faculty perspective and one from an alumni perspective, will address how we achieve that goal.
Faculty Panel: Translating "Educating for Democracy" into Practice
What courses/co-curricular activities are in place to educate students for democracy and citizenship?
Ray Peterson, Professor, Political Science, Jefferson community College, NY. "Internships and the Center for Community Studies."
Doug Garnar, Broome Community College, NY. "The Civic Engagement Laboratory."
Alumni Panel: Translating "Educating for Democracy" into Personal Experience
What in your experience at a community college gave you your chance to achieve the "American dream" and prepared you to become a better citizen?
Paul Erikson, Monroe Community College, currently a student at Cornell
Alecia Moodie, Monroe Community College, currently a student at Cornell
Tom Paczkowski, Cayuga Community College, Professor of Business and Emerson Chair of Entrepreneurship
Mark Tryniski, Onondaga Community College, President, Community Bank, N.A.
Who should attend: Presidents, administrators, faculty and trustees.
Each program is highly interactive. Mid and senior-level administrators interested in applying new research, acquiring skills for more effective leadership and sharing best practices with colleagues from around the country should attend. Institutional teams are encouraged to attend.
Lodging: A block of rooms is reserved at the Hilton Garden Inn Ithaca. Guests can either call 607-277-8900 or 877-STAY-HGI (toll-free) and ask for the ICCD Leadership Issues Series group block, OR go online to www.ithaca.stayhgi.com and enter Group/Convention code ICCDLI. Reservations will be based upon availability.
For more information about ICCD’s LeadershipIssues programs contact Lee Riddell, Assistant Director, at 607-254-8260 or by email at iccd@cornell.edu.
Are We Still "Democracy's Colleges"? is an Advocacy program, part of ICCD's Gravitational Leadership program.
