Award Recognition and Reception
General Information
In a rapidly changing and uncertain world, higher education has the potential and obligation to prepare students as problem-solvers able to address the complex challenges of the 21st century.
Driving and Parking Directions
Yet our institutions also face internal and external challenges - they need to focus on improving access and retention, identifying and fulfilling learning outcomes, embracing and supporting diversity, and meeting their mission in the face of challenging economic times. They may even need to change the way they do things to respond to the climate around them.
What will the higher education institution of the future look like?
How will
it meet these challenges AND prepare students for
the challenging world outside of the institution?
How will
higher education keep up with the changes
in American and global society?
This conference proposes that "engaged campuses," those that are "consciously committed to reinvigorating the democratic spirit and community engagement in all aspects of campus life," (Campus Compact) stand poised to meet both sets of challenges.
Research has shown, for example, that student success and achievement of learning outcomes increase when students are highly engaged; engaged classrooms can also further student understanding of diversity and issues of social justice; engaged campuses often attract and retain students and faculty who want to make a difference; and engaged research can inform both scholarly and societal questions.
Many colleges and universities have been practicing engaged learning and scholarship and have found great promise in what it provides for students, communities, faculty, and institutions; Higher Education and the Greater Good: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century asks "what have we learned and where are we headed?" In this ever-changing global and institutional climate, what strategies and innovations are pushing the boundaries of educational and institutional practice and helping shape higher education institutions of the future?
The 2010 New England Regional Campus Compact Conference will bring together faculty, staff, administrators, students and community members from New England and beyond to engage in discussions, presentations, workshops and intensive institutes to explore the ability and capacity of higher education to address our institutions' and society's most pressing issues.
The conference will be held on April 14, 2010 and will include a keynote address, poster sessions, concurrent workshops and roundtable discussions, networking opportunities and a reception followed by Vermont statewide awards. Pre-conference institutes will be held on April 13, 2010.
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