Philip A. Glotzbach, President, Skidmore College and former Chair, ACAD Board of Directors
Closing Plenary at “Intellectual Leadership in the Liberal Arts,” co-sponsored by ACAD and PBK, October 25, 2003 in Charleston, SC
Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today, on the occasion of the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Conference of Academic Deans. It is both encouraging and right that your sessions here focus on the curricular agenda for this new century, as well as engaging students in society. For the students under your care will grow to leadership positions in the world, and this century will be defined by their work.
It is an understatement to say that the new century has started in a very sobering fashion. On the one hand, the last century ended with more people living under some form of democracy than ever before. The voices of civil society became richer and far more diverse, and communications brought all of us closer together. Yet, on the other hand, the same forces that have brought us together have also tended to make us aware of the issues and realities that increasingly separate us.
James L. Pence, Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies, Pacific Lutheran University and Past Chair, ACAD Board of Directors
Remarks delivered on October 14, 2001 in Washington, DC at the concluding plenary titled “Cultivating Faculty Leadership” at “Mission and Governance: Integrating a Shared Vision,” the governance conference co-sponsored by ACAD, AAUP and the Howard University Faculty Senate
