Observance of ACE's 50th Year - to Begin at October Meeting - Annual Meeting Oct. 11-13 Theme

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A June 9, 1967 announcement from the American Council on Education outlines how the organization’s year-long observance of its 50th anniversary will begin with the Annual Meeting in Washington, with dates Oct. 11-13. The meeting theme—"Whose Goals for American Higher Education?"—is tied to changing aims across five higher-education constituencies and competing visions for governance priorities. Keynotes, major addresses, and eight commissioned background papers are listed, along with an update that graduate research assistants may be exempted from minimum wage and overtime under federal labor law.

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Observance of ACE's 50th Year To Begin at October Meeting

Graduate Research Assistants Exempted From Minimum Wage

Volume XVI,Number 21 # Observance of ACE's50th Year To BeginAt October Meeting Higher EducationandNational Affairs American Council on Education·1785 Massachusetts Avenue,N.W.,Washington,D.C.20036 June 9,1967 A year's observance of the 50th anniversary of the AmericanCouncil on Education will begin next October when theCouncil's Annual Meeting convenes in Washington,PresidentLogan Wilson announced this week.The theme of the 50th # Annual Meeting,Oct.11-13,is I'Whose Goals for American Higher Education?' The question posed by the theme for the Annual Meeting,President Wilson said,"recog-nizes that the aims and roles of each of the five main constituencies of higher education—students,faculty,administrators,trustees,and persons from public life—change as thefunctions of higher education shift and expand.The problem involves not merely competingvisions of true purpose,but also competing preferences as to priorities,means,and formsof governance by which aspirations are considered,articulated,and legislated." Keynote addresses will be given by Sir John Wolfenden,chairman of the UniversityGrants Committee,London,and Samuel B.Gould,chancellor of the State University of NewYork.Other major addresses will be given by Richard H.Sullivan,president of the Asso-ciation of American Colleges,and McGeorge Bundy,president of the Ford Foundation. Eight background papers have been commissioned and will be distributed to Council mem-bers and registrants in September.The first paper presents historical background,currentissues,and questions.The final paper presents an overview of the university by the notedcolumnist and observer,Walter Lippmann.The other six will serve as position papers forpanel sessions during the Annual Meeting.The eight papers and authors:I"Whose Goals forAmerican Higher Education?,"Calvin B.T.Lee,staff associate of the Council;"Teachingand Learning:The Basic Function."Philip R.Werdell,editor of Moderator;"The ResearchFunction and the Advancement of Knowledge,"Lyle M.Spencer,president of Science Re-search Associates,Inc.,and trustee of the University of Chicago,Roosevelt University,andLawrence University;"Public Service and Higher Education:Compatibility or Conflict?,"John W.Macy,Jr.,chairman of the U.S.Civil Service Commission;"The Academic Com-munity:Who Decides What?,"David Fellman,Vilas Professor of political science,Univer-sity of Wisconsin;"The University as Critic:Objective or Partisan?,"Kenneth Keniston,professor of psychology,Yale Medical School;"Institutional Coherence and Priorities,"W.Allen Wallis,president of the University of Rochester;and 'The University and the HumanCondition,"Walter Lippmann. Serving as director of the anniversary observance is Charles G.Dobbins,ACE executivesecretary and assistant to the president.The 12 existing organizations among the original 14founders of the Council in 1918 will be honored at this year's Annual Meeting,Dobbins said. ## Graduate ResearchAssistants ExemptedFrom Minimum Wage He identified the 12 as the American Association for the Advancement of Science,AmericanAssociation of Colleges for Teacher Education (formerly the National Council of NormalSchool Presidents and Principals),American Association of School Administrators(for-merly the Department of Superintendence),American Association of University Professors,American Society for Engineering Education (formerly the Society for the Promotion ofEngineering Education),Association of American Colleges,Association of American MedicalColleges,Association of American Universities,Association of Urban Universities,NationalAssociation of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (formerly the Association ofAmerican Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations),the National Catholic EducationalAssociation (formerly the Catholic Education Association),and the National Education Asso-ciation of the United States (formerly the National Education Association).No longer inexistence are the National Association o

FAQs

When will ACE’s 50th anniversary observance begin and where will it convene?

It will begin next October in Washington when the Council’s Annual Meeting convenes.

What is the theme of the ACE Annual Meeting held Oct. 11-13?

The theme is "Whose Goals for American Higher Education?"

Why are some graduate research assistants exempted from minimum wage and overtime provisions?

The Department of Labor concludes there is no application of those provisions when a graduate student performs original, professional-level research primarily to meet requirements for an advanced degree, even if research is under grants and contracts.

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