Schedule of Programs

Colloquy Agenda & Transcripts
(transcripts updated periodically throughout the colloquy)

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Thursday, February 13, 1997

"[T]he changes in American life in the last generation have outstripped the educational principles, philosophy, and practices of the college."

John Dewey, 1931 Curriculum Conference, Rollins College

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Lobby, Mills Memorial Hall Registration & Hospitality

5:30 p.m.
Galloway Room, Mills Memorial Hall Buffet Reception

7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Bush Science Center
Welcome
The Honorable Bill Frederick, Chairman, Rollins College Board of Trustees

Introduction to the Colloquy

Conveners: Rita Bornstein, President, Rollins College and

Bob Orrill, Executive Director, Office of Academic Affairs, The College Board

Keynoting the Colloquy

"Reimagining Liberal Education"
Presenter: Louis Menand, Professor of English, City University of New York

Friday, February 14, 1997

"I do not think that any thorough-going modification of college curriculum would be possible without a modification of the methods of instruction."

John Dewey, 1931 Rollins Conference

8:30 a.m.
Auditorium Lobby, Bush Science Center Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Auditorium, Bush Science Center
Pragmatic Liberal Education
"Naming Pragmatic Liberal Education"
Presenter: Bruce Kimball, Professor, Warner Graduate School of Education, University of Rochester

Commentary: Thomas Ehrlich,
President Emeritus, Indiana University
"Dewey-vs-Hutchins: The Next Round"

Moderator: Bob Orrill, Executive Director, Office of Academic Affairs, The College Board

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Rogers Room, Keene Hall
Plenary Discussion

Moderators:

Bob Orrill, Executive Director, Office of Academic Affairs, The College Board

Hoyt L. Edge, Professor of Philosophy, Rollins College

12:00 noon - 1:15 p.m.
Rose Skillman Hall Lunch & conversation

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Auditorium, Bush Science Center
Liberal Education and Transformations in Knowledge

Presenters:

Stanley Katz, President, American Council of Learned Societies

Liberal Education After the Disciplines"

Elizabeth Minnich, Professor of Philosophy & Women's Studies, Union Institute

"Progressive Education, Pragmatism, and Feminism"

Charles Anderson, Professor Emeritus of Political Science &
Integrated Studies, University of Wisconsin at Madison

"Pragmatic Idealism and the Aims of Liberal Education"

Moderator: Phyllis Franklin, Executive Director, The Modern
Language Association of America

3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Bush Science Center Discussion

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
President's House Presidential Buffet Reception
Host: Rita Bornstein, President, Rollins College

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Rose Skillman Hall
Buffet Reception for Academic Administrators & Faculty

Hosts:

Charles M. Edmondson, Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost, Rollins College

Stephen R. Briggs, Dean of the Faculty, Rollins College

7:30 p.m.
Annie Russell Theatre
"Democracy and Education Revisited"
Presenter: Alexander Astin, Allan Murray Cartter Professor of Higher

Education & Work, Director, Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA

Moderator: Nicholas Farnham, Director, The Educational Leadership

Program of The Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation

Saturday, February 15, 1997

"We must provide for students to have an actual part in dealing with modern problems [and] to get the feel of the fur on the tail of the world."

Goodwin Watson, 1931 Rollins Conference

8:30 a.m.
Auditorium Lobby, Bush Science Center Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Auditorium, Bush Science Center "Professing the Liberal Arts"
Teaching, Learning, and Liberal Education

Presenter: Lee Shulman, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education,

Stanford University; President-Elect, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Moderator: Russell Edgerton, President, American Association for Higher Education; Director-Elect, Education Program, The Pew Charitable Trusts

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Rogers Room, Keene Hall Plenary Discussion
"Liberal Education in the 21st Century: Are We Asking the Right Questions?"
Moderators: Jane Jervis, President, The Evergreen State College & Barbara Leigh Smith, Academic Vice-President & Provost, The Evergreen State College, and Chair, American Association for Higher Education

12:00 noon - 1:15 p.m.
Rose Skillman Hall Lunch with "Interest" Tables

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Auditorium, Bush Science Center
Science, Technology, and Liberal Education

Presenters:

Ernst Mayr, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Emeritus, Harvard University

"Biology, Changing Concepts, and Liberal Education"
Peter Lyman, University Librarian, University of California at Berkeley

"Liberal Education in Cyberia"
Moderator: Paula Brownlee, President, Association of American Colleges & Universities

3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Rogers Room, Keene Hall
Perspectives on Curricular Change:
A Conversation with Presidents

Panel:
Donald Harward, Bates College
Richard Hersh, Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Richard Kneedler, Franklin & Marshall College
Kathryn Mohrman, Colorado College
Richard Morrill, University of Richmond
Moderator: Rita Bornstein, President, Rollins College

4:30 p.m. EXPLORE PARK AVENUE
Dinner on your own

7:30 p.m.
Annie Russell Theatre
"Diversity, Democracy, and Liberal Education"
Presenter: Troy Duster, Director, Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of California at Berkeley

Moderator: Edward C. Royce, Associate Professor of Sociology, Rollins College

Sunday, February 16, 1997

"All education is experimental, whether we call it that or not. We are experimenting with very precious and valuable material in the lives of these young people."

John Dewey, 1931 Rollins Conference

8:30 a.m.
Auditorium Lobby, Bush Science Center Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Auditorium, Bush Science Center
The Role of Pragmatism in Redefining Liberal Education

Presenters:

Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Professor of History & Education, Director, Center for the Study of American Culture & Education, NYU

"A Pragmatic Vision of Liberal Education: From Discipline-
Based to Problem-Centered Learning"
James Kloppenberg, Professor of History, Brandeis University

"Cosmopolitan Pragmatism: Deliberative Democracy and
Higher Education"

Moderator: Stanley Katz, President, American Council of Learned Societies

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Rogers Room, Keene Hall
The Changing Context for Liberal Education: A Conversation with Foundation & Association Leaders

Panel:

Paula Brownlee, President, Association of American Colleges & Universities

Russell Edgerton, President, American Association for Higher Education; Director-Elect, Education Program, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Lee Shulman, President-Elect, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

David Warren, President, National Association of Independent Colleges & Universities

Moderator: Donald Stewart, President, The College Board

12:00 noon
Rose Skillman Hall
Lunch & Summation

"The Colloquy as Harbinger of Liberal Education in the 21st Century"

Presenter: L. Lee Knefelkamp, Professor of Higher Education, Teachers College

Moderator and presenter: Carol Schneider, Executive Vice President, Association of American Colleges & Universities

1:30 p.m. Adjournment

Transportation to Orlando International Airport will be provided following adjournment of the Colloquy.

"I believe this Conference represent[s] a point of departure, a divergence from conventional outlook that will not be ignored."

Arthur Morgan, President, Antioch College, 1931 Rollins Conference

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Lobby, Mills Memorial Hall		Registration & Hospitality

5:30 p.m. Galloway Room, Mills Memorial Hall		Buffet Reception

7:30 p.m. Auditorium, Bush Science Center		Welcome The Honorable Bill Frederick, Chairman, Rollins College Board of Trustees Introduction to the Colloquy Conveners: Rita Bornstein, President, Rollins College and Bob Orrill, Executive Director, Office of Academic Affairs, The College Board Keynoting the Colloquy "Reimagining Liberal Education" Presenter: Louis Menand, Professor of English, City University of New York

8:30 a.m. Auditorium Lobby, Bush Science Center		Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Auditorium, Bush Science Center		Pragmatic Liberal Education "Naming Pragmatic Liberal Education" Presenter: Bruce Kimball, Professor, Warner Graduate School of Education, University of Rochester Commentary: Thomas Ehrlich, President Emeritus, Indiana University "Dewey-vs-Hutchins: The Next Round" Moderator: Bob Orrill, Executive Director, Office of Academic Affairs, The College Board

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.		Break

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 noon Rogers Room, Keene Hall		Plenary Discussion Moderators: Bob Orrill, Executive Director, Office of Academic Affairs, The College Board Hoyt L. Edge, Professor of Philosophy, Rollins College

12:00 noon - 1:15 p.m. Rose Skillman Hall		Lunch & conversation

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Auditorium, Bush Science Center		Liberal Education and Transformations in Knowledge Presenters: Stanley Katz, President, American Council of Learned Societies Liberal Education After the Disciplines" Elizabeth Minnich, Professor of Philosophy & Women's Studies, Union Institute "Progressive Education, Pragmatism, and Feminism" Charles Anderson, Professor Emeritus of Political Science & Integrated Studies, University of Wisconsin at Madison "Pragmatic Idealism and the Aims of Liberal Education" Moderator: Phyllis Franklin, Executive Director, The Modern Language Association of America

3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.		Break

3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Auditorium, Bush Science Center		Discussion

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. President's House		Presidential Buffet Reception Host: Rita Bornstein, President, Rollins College

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Rose Skillman Hall		Buffet Reception for Academic Administrators & Faculty Hosts: Charles M. Edmondson, Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost, Rollins College Stephen R. Briggs, Dean of the Faculty, Rollins College

7:30 p.m. Annie Russell Theatre		"Democracy and Education Revisited" Presenter: Alexander Astin, Allan Murray Cartter Professor of Higher Education & Work, Director, Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA Moderator: Nicholas Farnham, Director, The Educational Leadership Program of The Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation

8:30 a.m. Auditorium Lobby, Bush Science Center		Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Auditorium, Bush Science Center		The Role of Pragmatism in Redefining Liberal Education Presenters: Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Professor of History & Education, Director, Center for the Study of American Culture & Education, NYU "A Pragmatic Vision of Liberal Education: From Discipline- Based to Problem-Centered Learning" James Kloppenberg, Professor of History, Brandeis University "Cosmopolitan Pragmatism: Deliberative Democracy and Higher Education" Moderator: Stanley Katz, President, American Council of Learned Societies

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.		Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Rogers Room, Keene Hall		The Changing Context for Liberal Education: A Conversation with Foundation & Association Leaders Panel: Paula Brownlee, President, Association of American Colleges & Universities Russell Edgerton, President, American Association for Higher Education; Director-Elect, Education Program, The Pew Charitable Trusts Lee Shulman, President-Elect, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching David Warren, President, National Association of Independent Colleges & Universities Moderator: Donald Stewart, President, The College Board

12:00 noon Rose Skillman Hall		Lunch & Summation "The Colloquy as Harbinger of Liberal Education in the 21st Century" Presenter: L. Lee Knefelkamp, Professor of Higher Education, Teachers College Moderator and presenter: Carol Schneider, Executive Vice President, Association of American Colleges & Universities

1:30 p.m.		Adjournment