Conference
Schedule of Activities

NINTH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOLARS
Taking Measure: Higher Education at the Turn of the Century

The Roosevelt Hotel
New York, New York
12-14 January 2001

NAS Contact: Gary C. Brasor (609) 683-1437

Friday
12 January		  
8:00–9:30 a.m Continental breakfast (Ballroom Foyer)
8:30–9:30 a.m. Registration
9:30–9:45 a.m. Opening Remarks: Stephen H. Balch, President, National Association of Scholars (Grand Ballroom)
10:00–12:15 a.m. Panel 1: Education and Our Civic Culture (Grand Ballroom)
Chair: Bradford P. Wilson, Executive Director, NAS
Panelists: James G. Basker, Columbia U. and Gilder Lehrman Inst.
  Robert P. George, McCormick Professor, Princeton University
  George McKenna, Political Science, CCNY
  Wilson Carey McWilliams, Political Science, Rutgers U.
12:15–2:00 p.m. Lunch break
2:00–3:00 p.m. Keynote address by Herman Badillo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, City University of New York (Terrace Room). Dorothy Lang, President, CUNY Association of Scholars, will introduce the keynote speaker. Awards will be presented to Mr. Badillo and to Benno Schmidt, Jr., following the address.
3:30–5:45 p.m. Panel 2: Academic Reform and the Future of the City University of New York (Terrace Room)
Chair: James Traub, New York Times Magazine
Panelists: Lenore Beaky, LaGuardia Comm College, CUNY, English
  Haig Bohigian, John Jay College, CUNY, Dept. of Mathematics and Professional Staff Congress
  Dorothy Lang, College of Staten Island, CUNY, Dept of Management; President, CUNYAS
  Louise Mirrer, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, CUNY
6:00–7:30 p.m. Reception and Buffet (Palm Room)

 

Saturday
13 January		  
7:30–9:00 a.m. Continental breakfast (Ballroom Foyer)
9:00–9:45 a.m. 
Introduction: Candace de Russy, Trustee, State University of New York (Grand Ballroom)
Address:  Ward Connerly, Regent, University of California
                                       
9: 45–11:45 a.m. Panel 3: In the Twilight of Racial Preferences: Diversity and Affirmative Action in Student Admissions (Grand Ballroom)
Chair: Jay Bergman, Central Connecticut State University, History
Panelists: Gail L. Heriot, University of San Diego School of Law
  Michael R. Meyers, Exec. Dir., New York Civil Rights Coalition
  Stanley Rothman, Smith College, Gamble Professor of Government, emeritus
  Thomas E. Wood, Exec. Dir., California Ass'n of Scholars
12:00–2:00 p.m. Banquet Luncheon and Awards Presentation (Terrace Room)
Sidney Hook Memorial Award to Eugene Genovese
Barry R. Gross Memorial Award to Alan Charles Kors 
Peter Shaw Memorial Award to Robert Conquest. Professor Conquest's acceptance speech delivered by Herbert London.
2:15–4:30 p.m. Panel 4: Schools of Education (Grand Ballroom)
Chair Sandra Stotsky, Harvard Grad School of Education, Research Associate
Panelists: Leon Botstein, President,
Bard College
  Chester E. Finn, President, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
  David M. Steiner, Associate Professor, Boston University School of Education
4:45–6:15 p.m. Meetings of NAS Disciplinary Sections: Committee on K-12 Education, Teaching the Great Books, History, Behavioral and Social Sciences, and Culture Wars
6:00–7:30 p.m. Reception: Women's Freedom Network (Plaza Suite)
Reception: American Council of Trustees and Alumni (Promenade Suite)


Sunday
14 January		  
7:30–9:00 a.m. Continental breakfast (Ballroom Foyer)
8:00–9:00 a.m. Membership Meeting (Grand Ballroom)
9:00–11:15 a.m. Panel 5: Pleasing the Customer: Academic Consequences of the Consumer-Driven University (Grand Ballroom)
Chair:

Carol Iannone, Vice President, National Association of Scholars
Panelists: Stanley Aronowitz, CUNY Graduate Center, Sociology
  Paul Gottfried, Elizabethtown College, Humanities
  Alvin Kernan, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
  Jackson Toby, Rutgers University, Sociology
  Robert Weissberg, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, Political Science

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