Conference
Schedule of Activities

TENTH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOLARS
Higher Education and Democracy in Peace and War

The Washington Marriott
Washington, DC
31 May to 2 June 2002

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

Friday
31 May		  
8:00–9:30 a.m. Continental breakfast
8:30–9:30 a.m. Registration
9:30–9:45 a.m. Timothy Goeglein, Special Assistant to President George W Bush & Deputy Director of Public Liaison, The White House
Opening Remarks: Stephen H. Balch, President, National Association of Scholars (West End Ballroom)
10:00–12:15 p.m. Panel 1: Is Higher Education Compatible with Patriotism? (West End Ballroom)
Chair: Gertrude Himmelfarb, CUNY (emerita)
Panelists: Walter Berns, American Enterprise Institute
William Galston, University of Maryland
Todd Gitlin, New York University
Leslie Lenkowsky, Corporation for National & Community Svc
12:15–1:50 p.m.
Open time for Lunch or discretionary Workshop
Workshop: For those who sign up, there will be a workshop on federal grant opportunities in Salon D moderated by Steve Balch and addressed by officials from key federal grant-giving agencies. The speakers include:
Cassandra Courtney Deputy Director, FIPSE
Julia Bondanella Ass't NEH Chairman for Programs
Celia H. Sims Special Ass't, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, DoED
Lunch will be served to workshop attendees at a modest additional fee. To sign up, please contact Gary Brasor of the NAS at (609) 683-1437.
2:00–3:00 p.m. Keynote address by Bruce Cole, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (West End Ballroom)
3:15–5:30 p.m. Panel 2: How, and How Not, to Study Other Cultures (West End Ballroom)
Chair: Stanley Rothman, Smith College
Panelists: Hillel Fradkin, Ethics and Public Policy Center
Stanley Kurtz, The Hoover Institution
Richard Pipes, Harvard University (emeritus)
Arthur Waldron, University of Pennsylvania
5:30–7:00 p.m. Reception and Buffet (Dupont Ballroom)

 

Saturday
1 June		  
7:30–9:00 a.m. Continental breakfast
8:00–9:00 a.m. 
Business Meeting, Virginia Association of Scholars
Business Meeting, National Capital Association of Scholars
                                  
9:00–11:15 a.m. Panel 3: Academic Freedom and Political Correctness in Wartime (West End Ballroom)
Chair: Jerry Martin, American Council of Trustees and Alumni
Panelists: Daniel Pipes, Middle East Forum
Ronald Radosh, City University of New York (emeritus)
Harvey Silverglate, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
Cass Sunstein, University of Chicago
12:00–2:00 p.m. Banquet Luncheon and Awards Presentations (West End Ballroom)
Peter Shaw Memorial Award to Paul Hollander
Barry R. Gross Memorial Award to Norman Fruman and Jeremiah Reedy
Sidney Hook Memorial Award to Harvey C. Mansfield
3:00–3:50 p.m. Address delivered for Gerald Reynolds, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the United States Department of Education, by OCR litigator Daniel Sutherland (West End Ballroom)
4:00–5:30 p.m. Meetings of NAS Disciplinary Sections:
Committee on K-12 Education: What's Happening with School Reform? (Salon A&B)
Chair: Adam Scrupski, Rutgers University
Panelists: William Rice, American Academy for Liberal Education
Thomas Suh, National Council on Teacher Quality
Sheila Byrd, American Diploma Project, Achieve, Inc.
   
Winning: NAS Affiliates and FIRE (Salon G)
  Alan Charles Kors, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)
Judith Kleinfeld, Alaska Association of Scholars
Daniel Shapiro, West Virginia Association of Scholars
   
History: A conversation with Richard Pipes about his current work on Russian intellectual history (Salon F)
Mod.: Sheldon Avery, Harford Community College, Historical Society
   
The Social Sciences and the Unity of Truth after September 11 (Sponsored by the Maryland, National Capital, and Virginia Associations of Scholars) (Salon H)
Chair: Michael I. Krauss, George Mason University School of Law
Presenter Matthew J. Franck, Radford University
   
Culture Wars: Multiculturalism since September 11 (Georgetown II)
Chair: Evelyn Avery, Towson University
Panelists Candace de Russy, Trustee, SUNY
Ronald Radosh, CUNY (emeritus)
   
Political Correctness in the Social Sciences (Sponsored by the Behavioral & Social Sciences [BASS] disciplinary section) (Thomas Salon)
Mod. Robert Lerner, Lerner & Nagai Quantitative Consulting
Presenter Richard Redding, Villanova University School of Law
   
Western Civilization at the University of Chicago (Logan Salon)
Mod. Amy Kass, University of Chicago
   
5:30–7:00 p.m. Reception: Women's Freedom Network (WFN) (Salon E)
Reception: American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) (Salon C)
Reception: Maryland, National Capital, and Virginia Associations of Scholars (Georgetown I)
Reception: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) (Salon D)


Sunday
2 June 		 
7:45–9:15 a.m. Continental breakfast
8:00–9:00 a.m. Membership Meeting
9:15–11:30 a.m. Panel 4: After Relativism, What? (West End Ballroom D&E)
Chair:

Carol Iannone, National Association of Scholars
Panelists: Amitai Etzioni, George Washington University
Michael Novak, American Enterprise Institute
Diana Schaub, Loyola College of Maryland
Barry Smith, State University of New York at Buffalo

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