ATHENA ROUNDTABLE CONFERENCEWHAT HAPPENS AT COLLEGE _DOESN’T_ STAY
AT COLLEGE:
THE CURRENT CAMPUS AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY
9:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.
_A continental breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m._
RONALD REAGAN BUILDING & INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER
The Rotunda, North Tower, 8th Floor
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
PANELS:
9:30 a.m. –11:00 a.m.
_PANEL 1: HOW COLLEGES SPEND MONEY AND WHY IT MATTERS _
Tuition is rising eight times faster than wage increases. Student debt
has surpassed credit card and auto debt. And the U.S. economy is
already feeling the effects of the tremendous cost of college and the
student loan burden. Qualified students are passing on college
because it is too expensive, and immense student debt is forcing young
adults to delay important financial decisions such as starting a
family or buying a home. The crushing cost of college has rightfully
become a central issue in the American conversation. Our panel of
higher education leaders and policymakers will cut to the core of the
college costs debate with inside knowledge of college finances,
identifying wasteful spending as well as possibilities for reform.
MODERATOR: RICK SELTZER, reporter,_ Inside Higher Ed_
PANELISTS: EUGENE HICKOK, former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department
of Education; MARK YUDOF, President Emeritus, University of
California; HEIDI GANAHL, regent, University of Colorado;
CHAP PETERSEN, State Senator, Virginia, 34th District; and ARMAND
ALACBAY, Vice President of Trustee & Government Affairs, ACTA.
11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
_PANEL 2: ROI: LIBERAL ARTS AND SUCCESS_
When colleges put liberal arts programming on the chopping block as an
unaffordable luxury, they typically cite career readiness as their
priority. But what validity is there in the perceived trade-off
between providing students with foundational knowledge and preparing
them for the workforce? Our panel will take on the popular narrative
that the liberal arts have outlived their usefulness. As
the unpredictability of the labor market increases and young people
switch jobs and careers far more frequently than their
predecessors, students with a narrowly focused, pre-professional
education find that the economy is leaving them behind. Employers
attest that graduates with the timeless skills that the liberal arts
instill are at a premium. Our nation, moreover, needs graduates
prepared to be engaged, informed citizens—the lifeblood of a free
society.
MODERATOR: KATHLEEN PARKER, columnist, _Washington Post_
PANELISTS: LOUISE MIRRER, President and CEO, New-York Historical
Society; PANO KANELOS, President, St. John’s College–Annapolis;
JOHN ALTMAN, entrepreneur and educator; JON PARRISH PEEDE, Chairman,
National Endowment for the Humanities (invited); and ALI ESKANDARIAN,
Executive Director, Fund for Academic Renewal, ACTA.
12:45 p.m. –2:00 p.m.
_LUNCH AND KEYNOTE_
Lunch will be served after the morning panels and will feature remarks
by SAMUEL ABRAMS, one of ACTA’S HEROES OF INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM, for
his courage in taking a principled stand for academic freedom while
serving as Professor of Politics at Sarah Lawrence College.
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
_COLLOQUY_
MARK YUDOF, chair of the Academic Engagement Network, President
Emeritus of the University of California, and former chancellor of
the University of Texas, and will lead a discussion on the threat
that the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement poses to
academic freedom.
MERRILL AWARD GALA DINNER
6:30 P.M.
RONALD REAGAN BUILDING & INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER
The Pavilion, 2nd Floor
The ATHENA ROUNDTABLE CULMINATES WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE PHILIP
MERRILL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO LIBERAL ARTS
EDUCATION. This year, we honor the extraordinary accomplishments of
THE HONORABLE JOSÉ A. CABRANES. As a highly-respected jurist and a
former trustee of Yale, Columbia, and Colgate universities, Judge
Cabranes has never failed to take a principled stand for liberty:
advancing academic freedom, challenging restrictive speech codes and
bias intervention training, and defending the academic tenure and due
process rights of professors. His work to republish the C. Vann
Woodward Report and exhort Yale to return to its national role of
defending the First Amendment has been one of the most powerful
defenses of academic freedom in the last decade. A United States
Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit since 1994, his commitment to upholding the law, protecting
civil rights, and promoting access to an excellent education has made
a profound and far-reaching impact on America’s colleges and
universities and, indeed, our society.
_HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS _
WASHINGTON Marriott at Metro Center Hotel
775 12th St NW
Washington, DC 20005
A special rate of $269/night is available for CONFERENCE ATTENDEES.
Click here [https://book.passkey.com/e/49876205] to book online,
or call (800) 393-2510 and reference the "ACTA Room Block." All
reservations must be made by SEPTEMBER 26.
_TRANSPORTATION_
Shuttle service to and from the conference and the dinner will
be provided at the hotel. Parking is available at the Ronald Reagan
Building.
_SPONSORSHIPS AND TICKETS_
The ANNUAL ATHENA ROUNDTABLE PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTA’s
patrons to support the organization. Contributors may sponsor tables
at the MERRILL AWARD DINNER AND RECEIVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND
BENEFITS. Please contact David Doerr at ddoerr@GoACTA.org or
call (202) 467-6787 to discuss the available options. We are
grateful for your support.
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