2015 AASCU Annual Meeting
 
Event Description

Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015 -Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015

JW Marriott • Austin, Texas

AASCU’s Annual Meeting provides the opportunity for presidents and chancellors to examine critical national issues and the leadership required to help our students succeed and our institutions thrive. Exploring timely topics, AASCU’s Annual Meeting is your definitive resource to address the issues facing your campus, provide leadership to meet those challenges, and learn what is working on campuses across the nation.

About the Conference

Invitation from the Chair of AASCU’s Board of Directors

The New American Mosaic: Opportunities for AllKeith Motley

 

The U.S. Census Bureau predicts that by 2042, “racial minority” groups will make up the majority of the U.S. population, a trend that has profound implications for colleges and universities. Changing demographics are not limited to race, ethnicity, native language, religion and culture. Increasing numbers of applicants to our colleges and universities are full-fledged adults with adult-level experience and responsibilities. Increasing numbers need higher levels of financial support. And increasing numbers take for granted sophisticated communication technologies that, outside of fiction, were unimaginable less than a generation ago.

How can we in public higher education use our unique position—and our valuable strengths—to take the lead on guiding our nation into a healthy and prosperous future? What new paradigms and approaches will help us to best seize this opportunity?

If these concerns are central to your institutional mission and the success of the students you serve, join this national conversation, connect with world-renowned speakers, and lend your voice to this important dialogue.

 J. Keith Motley, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Boston Chair, AASCU 2015 Board of Directors


Program Highlights

Freeman Hrabowski

Inclusive Excellence
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Ronald Brownstein

The New America Initiative
Ron Brownstein, Political Director, Atlantic Media Company, Editorial Director and Columnist, National Journal, and Senior Political and Election Analyst for CNN

General Session: Innovative Strategies for Student Success
Ronald M. Berkman, President, Cleveland State University
General Session: Innovative Strategies for Student Success
Mark B. Rosenberg, President, Florida International University
The Honorable Joseph Garcia

The Honorable Joseph Garcia, Lieutenant Governor of Colorado

Peter Blair Henry

Turnaround—Third World Lessons for First World Growth
Peter Blair Henry, Dean of New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Presentation of 2015 Distinguished Alumnus Award
Kathy Best, Editor, Seattle Times and graduate, University of Illinois at Springfield
 
President-to-Presidents Lecture
Donald Betz, President, University of Central Oklahoma