Responsibility in a Time of Crisis
An Invitational LEAP Forum on Personal and Social Responsibility
8:30-2:30pm
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Miami Dade College-Wolfson Campus
Chapman Conference Center
Miami, FL
Program | Leadership Group | Hosts
Forum Leadership Group
We are grateful to the following individuals who have agreed to take a leadership role in promoting education for personal and social responsibility as an important goal of higher education:
- The Honorable Manuel A. Diaz, Mayor, City of Miami
- Mr. Bill Diggs, President, Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce
- Dr. Lewis M. Duncan, President, Rollins College
- Mr. T. Willard Fair, Chair, Florida State Board of Education
- Dr. Judy Genshaft, President, University of South Florida
- Mr. Anders Gyllenhaal, Sr. VP & Executive Editor, The Miami Herald
- Dr. Willis N. Holcombe, Chancellor,
Florida Department of Education, Division of Community Colleges
- Mr. Barry Johnson, President & CEO,
Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
- Mr. Bill Johnson, Director, Port of Miami
- Dr. James Bernard Machen, President, University of Florida
- Mr. Arthur “AJ” Meyer, Chair, Florida Student Association
- Mr. Frank Nero, President & CEO, The Beacon Council
- Ms. Susan Pareigis, President, The Florida Council of 100
- Ms. DeeDee Rasmussen, Executive Director,
Florida Campus Compact
- Mr. Mark Richard, President, United Faculty of Miami Dade College
- Dr. Eric J. Smith, Commissioner, Florida Department of Education
- Dr. Belle S. Wheelan, President, Commission on Colleges
Hosts
This forum is co-hosted by the Association of American Colleges & Universities Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) and Core Commitments, and Miami Dade College.
Core Commitments was developed in concert with AAC&U’s LEAP Initiative, which champions a set of learning outcomes—including personal and social responsibility—that are essential for all college students in the 21st century. Core Commitments is supported by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
Participants
Business, civic, school, and community leaders from across Florida are encouraged to join us. Faculty, deans, presidents, and chief academic officers from all of AAC&U’s member institutions in Florida are invited to participate, as well as the liaisons from LEAP Campus Action Network schools and Core Commitments Leadership Consortium. For more information, please contact Michèle Leaman (leaman@aacu.org).
About the program
Responsibility in a Time of Crisis is a one-day forum designed to bring together leaders from across Florida from higher education, business, civic organizations, government, and the media to discuss strategies for cross-sector promotion of personal and social responsibility. Over the course of the day we hope to discuss, promote, and secure future action based on four guiding premises:
- Education for personal and social responsibility is indispensable for the health of our democracy and to meet the challenges of a global century.
- A shared sense of institutional, organizational, government, and corporate responsibility, especially in times of financial uncertainty and constraint, is necessary to meet ethical challenges.
- A shared agenda across sectors is necessary to promote educating students for ethical discernment and action in their private, public, and professional lives.
- Education for personal and social responsibility is an essential goal of a contemporary college education.
Program
8:00-9:00 am |
Continental Breakfast
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Building 3,
Room 3210 |
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9:00-10:30 am |
Welcome and Framing Remarks
Eduardo J. Padrón, President, Miami Dade College; Chair, Board of Directors, Association of American Colleges & Universities
Carol Geary Schneider, President, Association of American Colleges & Universities |
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Introduction of Plenary Speaker
Belle Wheelan, President, Commission on Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
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Plenary Address
Ethical and Engaged Citizens: Whose Responsibility?
Thomas Ehrlich, Senior Scholar, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Ehrlich argues that college education is not just about a set of knowledge competencies that might lead to a first job, but must also be about moral and ethical judgments needed in the work place and public life. He asserts that liberal education, a framework for learning applied across every major, is best designed to help students develop capacities to learn new subject matter, apply it to unscripted problems, and pose appropriate ethical and moral questions. Asserting that moral and civic education is everyone’s responsibility, Ehrlich calls for recognition of its importance in higher education, the world of work, and the quality of democratic societies. |
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Respondent Panel and Q&A from the Audience
Willis N. Holcombe, Chancellor, Florida Department of Education, Division of Community Colleges
Barry Johnson, President & Chief Executive Officer, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
J. Bernard Machen, President, University of Florida
Robert Meyers, Executive Director, Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust
Moderator: Caryn McTighe Musil, Director, Core Commitments and Senior Vice President for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Global Initiatives, AAC&U
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10:45 am -12:15 pm |
Leadership Planning and Discussion Groups
Participants have been assigned to one of the following groups. Groups have been deliberately mixed across sectors to enrich the conversation. In the final plenary, each group will report out, allowing ample opportunity to hear results from all three topical discussions.
Your name badge will have a colored dot that denotes your group. |
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Blue Dots |
Democracy’s Promise
Group Leader: Lewis M. Duncan, President, Rollins College
Facilitator: Joanne Bashford, Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness, Miami Dade College
Recorder: Josh Young, Director, Center for Community Involvement, Miami Dade College |
Building 3,
Room 3208
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Green Dots |
Diversity: Common Threads and Multiple Perspectives
Group Leader: Bill Diggs, President, Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce
Facilitator: Beverly Moore-Garcia, Associate Provost, Faculty Initiatives, Miami Dade College
Recorder: Marta Junco-Ivern, Dean of Academic Affairs, Miami Dade College |
Building 3,
Room 3209
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Red Dots |
Citizenship and the Workplace: The Bottom Line and the Common Good
Group Leader: Frank Nero, President & Chief Executive Officer, The Beacon Council
Facilitator: Lenore Rodicio, Chair, Department of Natural & Social Sciences, Miami Dade College
Recorder: Sandra Schultz, Professor, Biology, Health, & Wellness, Miami Dade College |
Building 6,
Room 6100
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12:30-1:30 pm |
Luncheon |
Building 3, Room 3210
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1:30-2:30 pm |
Leadership Reports
Democracy’s Promise
Lewis M. Duncan, President, Rollins College
Assisted by Joanne Bashford, Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness, MDC
Diversity: Common Threads and Multiple Perspectives
Bill Diggs, President, Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce
Assisted by Beverly Moore-Garcia, Associate Provost, Faculty Initiatives, MDC
Citizenship and the Workplace: The Bottom Line and the Common Good
Frank Nero, President & Chief Executive Officer, The Beacon Council
Assisted by Lenore Rodicio, Chair, Department of Natural & Social Sciences, InterAmerican Campus, Miami Dade College
Moderator: Norma Martin Goonen, Provost for Academic and Student Affairs, MDC |
Building 3,
Room 3210 |
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Closing Remarks
Carol Geary Schneider, President, Association of American Colleges & Universities
Eduardo J. Padrón, President, Miami Dade College |
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For more information, please call Michèle Leaman at 202-387-3760, ext. 429, or email leaman@aacu.org.
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