Sessions

<strong><em>Martin Roth</em></strong>, President, University of Charleston<br/> <strong><em>Vanessa Beasley</em></strong>, President, Trinity University (TX)

<strong><em>Mary Pat Seurkamp</strong></em>

<strong><em>Mary Pat Seurkamp</strong></em>, Senior Advisor and Director, CIC New Presidents Program, and President Emerita, Notre Dame of Maryland University

The higher education industry has adopted vocabulary from the U.S. military to describe the numerous challenges and changing environment faced by private colleges and universities: VUCA. Volatility: the speed of change is swift, immediate, explosive, and overnight. Uncertainty: we don’t know what we don’t know; best practices are yesterday’s solutions. Complexity: we test ten to 15 ideas in the hope that one or two of them will be successful. Ambiguity: clarity is elusive and there are multiple plausible interpretations of the same data. Amid these challenges, our industry continues to do transformative work. In this session, panelists will share inspiring stories about their impact on students and the communities that they serve.

Representatives of institutions that are grantees of the Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts Program, supported by the Teagle and Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, are invited to gather, meet one another, and learn about achievements and lessons learned in several projects at CIC member institutions around the country. Convener: Linda Samek, Project Director, Oregon Transfer […]