NEW BOARD MEMBERS - HOW CAN MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN PLANNING THE 1979 CONFERENCE?

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AAHE outlines plans for the 1979 National Conference, emphasizing member participation. The article describes a dual conference structure with general-interest sessions and theme-related in-depth coverage, supported by workshops and planning committees covering program agenda, social/community building, and career-planning services. It also announces newly elected Board members and board expansion approvals, including terms and background highlights, and notes constitutional amendments affecting re-elected board service.

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HOW CAN MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN PLANNING THE 1979 CONFERENCE?

Conference program structure

Workshops and planning committees

Board expansion and constitutional amendment

COLLEGE &UNIVERSITY Childers Kramer NEW MEMBERS ELECTED TOBOARD;BOARD EXPANSIONAPPROVED Martin A Kramer,a senior fellowat the Carnegie Council on PolicyStudies in Higher Education;Donald Mahoney Stewart Martin A Kramer joins the Boardas vice president(president-elect).Hisearly career includes a Rhodes scholar-ship at Oxford University,where hereceived his PhD in philosophy,andtwo years of teaching at the Univer-sity of Texas in Austin.In the early1960's he worked on social legislationat the Federal Bureau of the Budget,then served as deputy chief of the newCommunity Mental Health Centerprogram at the National Institute ofMental Health.Kramer joined thestaff of the Health,Education and Wel-Continuedon 2 M.Stewart,president of Spelman Col-lege;Sister Colette Mahoney,presidentof Marymount Manhattan College;and Marie Childers,a graduate assis-tant at Indiana University's Depart-ment of Higher Education,have joinedthe American Association for HigherEducation's Board of Directors. letter HOW CAN MEMBERS # PARTICIPATE IN PLANNING THE1979 CONFERENCE?Russell Edgerton Plans for the 1979 National Con-ference have been “percolating”sinceJanuary,when the AAHE Board con-sidered possible themes and ways toincrease member involvement.Dis-cussions have continued in other for-ums since,including a meeting ofAAHE members at the conference lastMarch.We now have the general out-lines of our 1979 conference in placeand would much appreciate your con-tributions. ● The conference program will havea dual structure consisting of general-interest sessions and theme-related ses-sions.The general interest sessions willfocus on current issues and new de-velopments across a broad range ofinterest areas;the theme sessions willfocus on “in depth”coverage of a ma-jor problem area. ■ The program will include a num-ber of workshops where members canshare experiences in small groups. Planning committees will be or-ganized,not only around the programagenda,but also around other impor-tant conference activities such as so-cial/community building activities andcareer-planning services. Continued on 2 NEW BOARD MEMBERS Continued from 1 fare Department's Planning Officein 1968,and from 1970 to 1977 wasdirector for higher education planning.In that position he was active in de-veloping student-aid policies and infederal efforts to evaluate the needs ofstudents and institutions.He served asa member of the first and second New-man task forces on higher education,contributing to both task-force reports.Since July of 1977,he has been a se-nior fellow of the Carnegie Council onPolicy Studies in Higher Education,where his assignments have included areview of student-aid policy,an exami-nation of the needs and prospects forrecurrent education in the UnitedStates,and an assessment of the role ofprivate initiatives in higher educationtoday. Donald M.Stewart joins the Boardfor a three-year term.His educationincludes a master's degree in politicalscience from Yale University,where hewas a Woodrow Wilson Fellow,and adoctorate in public administration fromHarvard University.Stewart workedwith the Ford Foundation from 1962 to1970,serving as a program assistant,assistant representative,and then as aprogram officer in the Foundation'sMiddle East Africa Program.From1972 to 1976,Stewart held a numberof positions at the University of Penn-sylvania.For two years he served asexecutive assistant to the president.Af-ter a year of leave under a Ford Foun-dation study award,during which timehe did research on higher educationand government relations,Stewart wasnamed director of the University'sCommunity Leadership Seminar andHigher Education Research Projectand instructor of city planning andpublic policy.In 1975 he became associ-ate dean of the Faculty of Arts andSciences;he subsequently also servedas director of the College of GeneralStudies,counselor to the provost,andresearch director for the continuingeducation program of the School ofPublic and Urba

FAQs

What is the main goal of the 1979 conference planning effort?

To invite AAHE members to contribute to the 1979 conference themes and ways to increase member involvement.

How will the 1979 conference program be organized?

It will combine general-interest sessions on current issues with theme-related sessions that provide in-depth coverage of a major problem area.

What kinds of support activities are included beyond the conference agenda itself?

Planning committees will cover program scheduling and also social/community building activities and career-planning services.

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