2011 Conference Agenda

• 11:00 a.m.
• 1:00 p.m.
• 3:00 p.m.

Tours All Day

1. Tour of The Claremont Colleges
2. Gold & Platinum LEED student residence halls
3. Claremont McKenna Kravis Academic Center
4. CUC Records Center and Remote Library Storage Facility
5. CUC Executive Conference Center and Corporate Headquarters

3:00–5:00 p.m.

Doubletree Hotel

6:00 p.m.

Doubletree Hotel

Opening Reception

(Hors O’doeuvres & Cocktails)

Dinner on Your Own

(groups encouraged)

Welcome:

Bob Walton, Chief Executive Officer, Claremont University Consortium

Sponsor:

Kelly Jones, Senior Vice President-Higher Education Practice Leader, Sibson Consulting — A Division of Segal

ACL Annual Conference attendees

8:00–9:00 a.m.

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9:00–9:15 a.m.

Doubletree Hotel

9:15–10:30 a.m.

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Moderator:

Mary Frances Forcier, Director, Colonial Academic Alliance

Title:

Communication Strategies for Pushing the Boundaries of Collaboration

Panelists:

Roland King, Vice President for Public Affairs, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and John McDonald, Director, Claremont Colleges Library

Description:

This session discussed the relationship of consortium brand, institutional brand, national brand and what it means to support members as well as to have your own “supra-institutional identity.” Learn more about how to organize your operations to include the communications function; how effective communications supports your consortium’s strategic plan; and the role and function of strategic communications. Moreover, the use of materials, logos, and styles will be discussed and tactics for brand reinforcement via speaking and publishing will be shared.

10:45–12:00 Noon

Doubletree Hotel

Moderator:

Claire Ramsbottom, Executive Director, Colleges of the Fenway

Title:

“Let Our Advance Worrying Become Advance Thinking and Planning” — Winston Churchill

Panelists:

Larry Dotolo, President, Virginia Tidewater Consortium; Dean Manship, Emergency Preparedness Program Manager, Claremont University Consortium; and Ann Becker, Public/College Health Nurse, University of Massachusetts

Description:

Security and Emergency Planning activities lend themselves readily to consortial activity; from swine flu to nuroviruses, from emergency notification systems to evacuation planning consortia are helping their members move ahead in the area of emergency planning. This session addressed how three different consortia are working with their members to lead the way on security and emergency management.

12:00 Noon

Doubletree Courtyard

1:30–3:00 p.m.

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Moderator:

Mark Sarver, Chief Executive Officer, EduKan

Title:

Successes and Challenges of Collaborative Academic Programs at The Claremont Colleges

Panelists:

Cecilia Conrad, Vice President and Dean of the College, Pomona College; Gregory Hess, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, Claremont McKenna College; Alan Jones, Vice President and Dean of Faculty, Pitzer College; Amy Marcus-Newhall, Vice President and Dean of Faculty, Scripps College; James Sterling, Vice President and Dean of Faculty, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences

Description:

The Claremont Colleges have an 85 year history of academic collaboration at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Academic deans from the colleges will candidly share perspectives on what makes for successful collaborations and on what has proven to be less than successful, and why. Ample time will be allowed for Q & A.

3:15–4:45 p.m.

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Moderator:

Mary Frances Forcier, Director, Colonial Academic Alliance

Title:

Collaboration: Overcoming Challenges and Redesigning for Success

Presenter:

Adrianna Kezar, Associate Professor for Higher Education, University of Southern California

Description:

Current challenges in higher education create the climate for rethinking the manner in which we achieve the core purposes of our work. The documented benefits of collaboration provide a path and impetus to forge “strategic alliances and partnerships that enhance institutional capacity to meet the demands of the new environment” (Kezar, 2006). This plenary session promoted conversation about the opportunities and barriers for collaboration to augment our effectiveness and success.

6:00 p.m.

Shuttle service from hotel to CUC

Entertainment:

Live Jazz at The Hip Kitty

Sponsor:

Claremont University Consortium

8:00–9:00 a.m.

Doubletree Hotel

• Tom Horgan, President, Association for Consortium Leadership
• ACL Annual Business Meeting — ACL membership
• ACL Institute — Recap
• Agenda and Minutes included in conference materials

9:00–10:15 a.m.

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Moderator:

Phil DiChiara, Managing Director, The Boston Consortium for Higher Education

Title:

Sharing Key College Information Technology Services Through a Consortium

Panelists:

Jerry Smith, Executive Director, Associated Colleges of Central Kansas; Jared Hamilton, Director, Independent College Enterprise; and Joseph Vaughn, Chief Technology Officer, Harvey Mudd College and Director of Claremont Intercollegiate Networking Effort (CINE)

Description:

The cost of the provision of information technology systems and services is a major part of most college or university’s budget. Many schools are looking for way to control or reduce costs for these critical services. This presentation examined how consortia provide shared IT services to its member colleges including core Administrative and Academic systems.

10:30 a.m.–12:00 Noon

Doubletree Hotel

Moderator:

Bob Walton, Chief Executive Officer, Claremont University Consortium

Title:

Strategic Planning and Assessment that Delivers

Panelists:

Max Stark, Organizational Consulting, Max Stark and Associates; Amber Marks, Associate Director, Committee on Institutional Cooperation; and Neal Abraham, Executive Director, Five Colleges, Incorporated

Description:

Getting a new or an established group of higher education leaders to do inter-institutional strategic planning is essential to provide direction and accountability for investment of staff and resources. However, for many strategic planning conjures up images of many, long and painful group meetings that often result in huge, cumbersome documents that end up on office shelves never to be consulted again. Is there a better way? We look at short and long versions of successful strategic planning exercises.

12:00 Noon–2:00 p.m.

Doubletree Courtyard

Report:

Free Time to Tour the Claremont Valley shops and restaurants

2:00–3:30 p.m.

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Moderator:

Neal Abraham, Executive Director, Five Colleges, Inc.

Title:

Alternative Consortial Relationships: Looking Beyond Geography

Panelists:

Alan Jones, Dean of the Faculty, Pitzer College; Jim Swartz, Dack Professor of Chemistry, Grinnell College; and Linda McCluney, Academic Dean, Joint Forces Staff College

Description:

Many consortia are built from geographical neighbors, some are within walking distance of each other and others are separated by only short driving distances. Proximity enables certain kinds of programs to flourish. This session explored consortia built to serve colleges and universities which have similar missions but which lack geographic proximity. What are the opportunities and challenges for such consortia?

Collaborations to be discussed include: Consortium for Innovative Environments in Learning, Consortium for Faculty Diversity, Consortium of Federal Degree Granting Institutions and Pew Midstates Consortium.

3:45–5:00 p.m.

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Moderator:

Susan Palmer, Executive Director, The Five Colleges of Ohio

Title:

Aligning Your Business Model: Is Your Vision of the Consortium Consistent With Your Board’s?

Panelists:

Phil DiChiara, Managing Director, The Boston Consortium and June Kevorkian, Director of Programs and Administration, The Boston Consortium; and Patricia Reich, Director of Business Services, Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges

Description:

As the years pass, and external as well as internal circumstances require you to adapt your consortial enterprise, does your Board have a realistic view of what it has become? Using the Boston Consortium as a case study, we will walk through the key components of a business model; its value proposition, its revenue streams, its key activities and partnerships, and its cost structure. As obvious as these issues appear, an occasional review clarifies the budget process, the evolving role of the Executive Director, and teases out issues that are assumed but not confirmed explicitly. This is expected to be an interactive session.

5:00–5:15 p.m.

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Moderator:

Larry Dotolo, Executive Director, Association for Consortium Leadership

5:30–6:30 p.m.

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6:30 p.m.

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Planner:

Bob Walton