NAS's Ninth National 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 |
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| 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. |
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Robert P. George, McCormick Professor, Princeton
University |
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George McKenna, Political Science, CCNY |
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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 |
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Haig Bohigian, John Jay College, CUNY, Dept.
of Mathematics and Professional Staff Congress |
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Dorothy Lang, College of Staten Island, CUNY,
Dept of Management; President, CUNYAS |
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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 |
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Michael R. Meyers, Exec. Dir., New York Civil
Rights Coalition |
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Stanley Rothman, Smith College, Gamble Professor
of Government, emeritus |
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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
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| Panelists: |
Stanley Aronowitz, CUNY Graduate Center, Sociology |
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Paul Gottfried, Elizabethtown College, Humanities |
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Alvin Kernan, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation |
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Jackson Toby, Rutgers University, Sociology |
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Robert Weissberg, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign,
Political Science |
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