Tuesday April 15
7:30 am – 8:00 am
 Breakfast

8:00 am – 9:15 am
  Plenary Panel Session:
National Interests and Engagement in International Education The Known World
For many countries today, bringing foreign students and faculty to their universities and sending their students abroad are strategic elements of very fundamental national aspirations and interests. Hear how some of these nations are pursuing their aims.

Moderator
Richard A. Skinner, senior vice president, AGB

Panelists
Representative, Commonwealth of Australia
Representative, Peoples’ Republic of China
Representative, Republic of Ireland
Supachai Yavaprabhas, director, South East Asia Ministers of Education Organization Regional Institute for Higher Education & Development
Jamil Salmi, senior advisor on higher education, the World Bank

9:30 am – 10:30 am
  Roundtables
Repeated from Monday, April 14

10:45 am - Noon
 Concurrent Sessions
choose one of four
 
1 Understanding the Costs of "Doing Business As Usual" in Higher Education
All signs point to the need for presidents and trustees to make major resource allocations in what looks like a "zero-sum" decision context. Learn ways to tackle the process directly-and strategically-through an understanding of both past and current patterns of spending.
Jane Wellman, executive director, Delta Project on Postsecondary Costs
2 Building a Board and Presidential Agenda for Advancement
Presidential leadership, strong board support, and active engagement are critical for institutions that seek major, transformational giving. Questions of philanthropy are explored and best practices identified for this focused discussion.
Salvatore Polizzotto, partner, Gonser Gerber Tinker Stuhr
Br. Louis DeThomasis, president, St. Mary's University
3 Thriving Small Colleges: Little Engines That Can and Do
Deferred maintenance, tightly-restricted endowments, projected declines in high-school graduates, rising staff benefit costs-what's a liberal arts college to do? Some thrive.
James Martin, Mount Ida College
James E. Samels, the Samels Group
4 College Rankings: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly?
Rankings of colleges and universities have taken on greater prominence and importance both in the U. S. and around the world. This session will air the various sides of the debate on the use of which rankings for what purpose.
Richard Detweiler, president, Great Lakes Colleges Association
Lloyd Thacker, executive director, the Education Conservancy
James Weaver, chair of the board of trustees, Gettysburg College

Noon
 Conference Concludes
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