Sessions

Schedule individual appointments with selected experts. Individual consultants’ schedules vary. Please sign up in advance by clicking the Sign up for Consultations link in the organization’s Sponsor page in the Guidebook event app.

<em>(by invitation only)</em>

Speak with industry-leading experts in a casual and collegial atmosphere face-to-face or via Guidebook. Representatives from sponsoring organizations at the Contributor level and above are available for conversations at their organizations’ display tables in Grand Ballroom Foyer.

Breakfast will be provided for all Institute participants.

Ecumenical Worship Service<br>Convener: John S. Vassar, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

CIC greatly values its partnerships with sponsoring companies and organizations that serve small and mid-sized independent colleges and universities. As an expression of gratitude for their generous support, all sponsors of the Institute are invited to gather for celebration and conversation. Drinks and dessert will be available.

Join us for this traditional completion of Shabbat and a welcome to the week ahead. All are welcome.

Immediately following the keynote address, greet old friends and meet new colleagues at this combination reception and dinner.

Independent higher education has been a powerful agent for changing lives, developing talent, supporting communities, and educating leaders for democratic societies. In its original and historical formulation, it was designed to produce an educated aristocratic class of citizens who sought the rewards of an enlightened mind and leadership in their communities. Since then, the sector has undergone vast changes to be more inclusive of people of all classes and aspirations. Yet, as storied as the sector is, it faces challenges of growing cynicism, exhaustion induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, and intractable financial difficulties that are forcing some institutions to close or find new ways of collaborating with each other.