Sessions

Join us for refreshments and networking.

Drawing on the science of happiness, this session will offer advice to presidents for attending to their own wellbeing while encouraging cultures of resilience on their campuses. The plenary will be followed by interactive sessions that delve deeper into the topic of individual and institutional resilience.

Presidents have opportunities to schedule individual appointments with selected experts. Individual consultants’ schedules vary.

Seven meetings will be held during this time.

All current and former Presidential Renewal Program participants, including spouses and partners, are invited to attend.

Breakfast is provided for all Institute participants.

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

Following the keynote address, a combination reception and buffet dinner will provide registered Institute participants with an inviting setting to greet old friends and meet new ones.

CIC institutions are part of a diverse US higher education ecosystem confronting a dramatic renegotiation of the academic social contract. The academic social contract is an implicit agreement in which private colleges and universities provide myriad services to society in exchange for public subsidy, autonomy, and prestige. In this session, experts in the history and sociology of education will discuss the origin and evolution of the academic social contract; summarize the political, economic, and competitive dynamics that have eroded the contract from its zenith during the twentieth-century Cold War; and challenge independent colleges and universities to take proactive leadership in addressing the most pressing civic challenges of our time.