This conference is a forum for faculty in higher education to share effective strategies to improve and assess student learning. The long-term goal of the conference is to create networks of individuals and institutions that promote ongoing collaboration to improve student learning. The conference will include paper presentations, round tables, panels and sessions on a range of topics including:
The proposals will be peer-reviewed and presented papers will be
eligible
for publication in the conference e-proceedings.
The e-Proceedings for the 2003 conference
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Alan E. Guskin is Co-Director & Senior Scholar, Project on the Future of Higher
Education. He is a Distinguished University Professor and University President Emeritus,
Antioch University. Dr. Guskin will discuss ways to enhance effective teaching in a time
of restricted resources. He is a social psychologist who has devoted 22 years to leading
universities and has written frequently on the role of leadership, power, conflict and
change in educational organizations, especially universities. Most recently, he has
published three articles in CHANGE magazine and a number elsewhere on the restructuring of
colleges and universities that have been widely cited.
Rebecca Moore Howard is an Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at
Syracuse University and the former writing program administrator at Syracuse, Texas
Christian, and Colgate Universities. Her teaching and scholarly work focus on issues of
plagiarism and authorship; composition pedagogy; and writing across the curriculum. She
is author of Standing in the Shadow of Giants: Plagiarists, Authors, Collaborators (1999)
and coauthor of The Bedford Guide to Teaching Writing in the Disciplines (1995). Her
coedited book, Coming of Age: The Advanced Writing Curriculum (2000), won the 2000-2001
WPA Book Award.
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