ANAC Welcomes New Members Hampton University and Elon College; Prepares for Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute at Ithaca College, June 14-17

Hampton University and Elon College recently accepted ANAC membership invitations, following a formal vote of ANAC institutional members in February. Founded in 1868 in historic Hampton, Virginia, during Reconstruction, Hampton University has evolved as one of the nation's pre-eminent historically black institutions and today serves nearly 6,000 students in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs, seven of which are professionally accredited. Founded in 1889, as a four-year, coeducational institution by the Christian Church, now the United Church of Christ, Elon College was named for the Hebrew word for "oak," chosen for the massive tree which graced its campus site. Elon has grown to four thousand students, enrolled in liberal arts and professional undergraduate programs and three graduate programs. The addition of these two new members brings ANAC's membership to twenty-one institutions. Hampton and Elon are the first new members since the University of Dayton was invited to membership in 1998. ("ANAC Welcomes New Members" continues below.)

Articles In This Issue:

• It's Commencement Time Again!
• Also In The Offing for May
• Re-envisioning the Ph.D. Conference in Seattle, April 13-15
• ANAC Faculty Work Project Report to Present Comprehensive Approach
• New WASC Accreditation Standards Emphasize Capacity and Effectiveness
• AACU/ANAC Conference Demonstrates National Models of Effective Practice
• Hewlett Project Focuses on Institutional Impact and Outcomes Assessment
• News from ANAC Campuses
• SVHE New Teacher Workshop at Colorado College, July 30-August 3; Provides ANAC Member Opportunity for Professional Development of New Faculty
• ANAC Calendar of Coming Events

Registrations are requested by May 19, for participation in ANAC's annual Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute being held at Ithaca College, June 14-17. (See registration form attached to Bulletin). This year's Institute will serve as a national conference on faculty work and registration is open across the spectrum of higher education. The theme, "Renewing the Faculty-Institutional Compact in Faculty Work," emphasizes the mutuality of faculty-institutional relationships and a search for more effective collaboration. The draft report from ANAC's Faculty Work Project, supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts, will be distributed to Institute registrants early in June and the Institute will feature other faculty work projects from a variety of public and private institutional settings. ANAC members will send institutional teams who will use the Institute as a framework to develop plans to address campus faculty work issues. Confirmed speakers and panelists include Mary Burgin (AAUP), Tom Longin (AGB), Ric Wiebl (AACU), John Hammang (AASCU), Jon Wergin (Virginia Commonwealth University), Marrilla Svinicki (University of Texas Center for Teaching), A. J. Weiser (Oregon State University), James Slevin (MLA and Georgetown University), Ed Biglin (Saint Mary's College of California), Charles Glassick (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and AAHE), Kathy Trower (Harvard University Graduate School of Education), and Christine Lacata (Rochester Institute of Technology and AAHE). Participants will consider diverse perspectives as the Institute synthesizes what has been learned about faculty work and what next steps should be in renewing the faculty-institutional compact.

Institute check-in will begin at 2:00 pm on June 14, with the opening session of the Institute to follow at 4:00 pm. Institute adjournment will be at 2:30 pm on Saturday, June 17. Those returning home on Sunday, June 18, will be able to hold their rooms through Saturday evening. Options are being developed for those who wish to enjoy the Ithaca area Saturday afternoon and evening.

In the news—Can you imagine a $10 million gift for student scholarships? That's what Rollins College alum, George Cornell (class of 1935), did through an extraordinary gesture in memory of his late wife, Harriet Cornell. ANAC collaborated with AACU in a stimulating conference on the integration of liberal and professional studies that was held at Pacific Lutheran University, April 6-8, attracting approximately 125 participants. Emphasizing improved practice, the Conference featured sixteen case studies from all types of institutions; panels representing professional accrediting associations, business and industry employers, and liberal arts and professional school deans; and sparkling keynote remarks from Berkeley historian Sheldon Rothblatt and President Faith Gabelnick of Pacific University. PLU provost Paul Menzel and PLU staff members were tireless in providing hospitable surroundings. Tacoma also provided the setting for meetings of ANAC's Faculty Work and Hewlett projects.

ANAC chief student affairs officers met for the first time on March 19, at Butler University (splendidly hosted by Butler CSAO Levester Johnson), in connection with the annual NASPA conference. In addition to comparing problems, policies, and best practices, the CSAO's discussed a possible project that would develop ways to extend a quality of student services at the graduate and professional levels comparable to those provided residential undergraduates. Student affairs leaders from the nine ANAC institutions who participated in the meeting would also strengthen learning connections between academic and student affairs in ways analogous to ANAC's efforts to integrate liberal and professional studies through the Hewlett project.

It's Commencement Time Again!

A sampling of commencements and graduation speakers at ANAC members reveals the following:

May 7 – Mercer University; Speaker: Richard Riley, US Secretary of Education
May 13 – Ithaca College; Speaker: Henry Winkler ("The Fonz")
May 13 – Belmont University; Speaker: new President Robert C. Fisher
May 13 - Butler University; Speaker: retiring President Geoffrey Bannister
May 14 – University of Hartford; Speaker: Francisco Guillermo Flores Perez, President of El Salvador (1979 Hartford graduate)
May 14 – The Sage Colleges; Speaker: Michael G. Dolence (Sage graduate and author of Transforming Higher Education: A Vision for Learning in the 21st Century)
May 21 – Quinnipiac College; Speaker: Mark Shields (moderator of CNN's "The Capital Gang")
May 27 – University of Redlands, Speaker: Antonio Oyarzabel, Spain's Ambassador to The United States (His son is among the graduates.)

Also, In the offing for May

Plans are nearly in place for a January 2001 launching of the ANAC Study Abroad Program (ANACSA), to be coordinated by Donna Cheshire, Director of International Programs and Services, at the University of the Pacific. ANAC international education and study abroad directors will meet in San Diego on May 31, in connection with the annual conference of NAFSA: Association of International Educators. After considerable fine-tuning, Year II institutional data entry in the ANAC Data Exchange will begin the week of May 8. ANAC is also converting its mailing list in May to an electronic directory accessible at the ANAC web site (http://www.anac.org). The ANAC Online Directory will allow users easy access to mailing list addresses and an ability quickly to assemble ANAC peer name and address lists, e.g., presidents, institutional representatives, CFO's, etc. Finally, ANAC has entered into a media relations project with Morrison & Tyson Communications of Walpole, New Hampshire, a strategic marketing initiative designed to assist members to gain the full potential of the New American College institutional model and to increase national awareness of the contributions of the comprehensive sector of American higher education.