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221 Witherspoon St, 2nd fl
Princeton, NJ 08542-3215
Email: nasonweb@nas.org
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Twelfth General Conference of the
National Association of Scholars
NAS Contact: Wanda Pratt (609)
683-7878
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Friday
17 Nov |
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| 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. |
Continental breakfast (foyer,
Salon III) |
| 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. |
Registration (foyer, Salon III)
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| 9:30 - 9:45 a.m. |
Opening Remarks: Stephen H. Balch,
President, National Association of Scholars (Salon III)
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| 9:45 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. |
Panel
1: Building from Within: Higher Education Reform through Program
Creation (Salon III)
| Chair: |
Michael Krauss, George Mason University
School of Law |
| Panelists: |
Bruce M. Gans, Wright College |
| Michael Gillespie, Duke University's Gerst
Program |
| Gary L Hull, Duke University's Values &
Ethics Program |
| E.Christian Kopff, University of Colorado's
Center for Western Civilization |
| John Tomasi, Brown University's Political Theory
Project |
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| 12:15 - 1:45 p.m. |
Lunch Break
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| 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. |
Keynote address by Hank Brown,
president, University of Colorado at Boulder (Salon III)
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| 3:15 - 5:30 p.m. |
Panel 2:
Governing Boards: Raising Consciousness (Salon
III)
| Chair: |
Anne Neal, ACTA |
| Panelists: |
Candace de Russy, SUNY Trustee |
| Tom Lucero, University
of Colorado, Regent |
| Adm. Mike Ratliff USN (Ret.)
Intercollegiate Studies Institute. |
| Todd Zywicki, Dartmouth College,
Trustee |
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| 5:45 - 7:15 p.m. |
Reception and Buffet (Salons I
& II) |
Saturday
18 Nov |
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| 7:30 - 9:15 a.m. |
Deluxe breakfast buffet
and address (Salon IV) |
| 8:30 - 9:15 |
Address by John Fund of the Wall
Street Journal followed by questions from the audience.
(We ask that attendees arrive by about 8:00, so as to be
in place before Mr. Fund begins speaking.) (Salon IV)
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| 9:30 - 11:15 a.m. |
Panel 3: The Power of Philanthropy
(Salon III)
| Chair: |
Jim Piereson, Manhatten
Inst. (formerly with Olin Foundation) |
| Panelists: |
Frederic Fransen, Philanthropy
Roundtable |
| Thomas Lindsay, National
Endowment for the Humanities |
| A. Keith Whitaker, Boston
College |
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| 11:30 - 2:00 p.m. |
Banquet Luncheon and Awards Presentations (Salon
IV - VII)
| Peter Shaw Memorial Award to Donald
A Downs, Univesity of Wisconsin
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| Barry R. Gross Memorial Award
to Candace de Russy, Trustee, SUNY
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| Sidney Hook Memorial Award to
Robert P George, director, Princeton's James Madison
Program
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| 2:15 - 4:15 p.m. |
Panel 4: Courts
of Law and Courts of Public Opinion (Salon
III)
| Chair |
Alan Charles Kors,
University of Pennsylvania |
| Panelists |
Jennifer Gratz, Michigan
Civil Rights Initiative |
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Terence J. Pell, Center
for Individual Rights |
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Gerald A. Reynolds, Chairman,
U.S. Civil Rights Commission |
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Harvey Silverglate, Fdtn
for Individual Rights in Education |
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| 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. |
Meetings of NAS
Disciplinary Sections and Special Topics Sections:
(Room TBA)
| MAS/NAS K-12 Sections Present Implications
of State Standards in Mathematics and Science for College
and Beyond -- (Salon VI) |
| Chair |
Sandra Stotsky, Nat'l
Mathematics Advisory Panel |
| Paul Gross,
University of Virginia |
| Wilfried Schmid,
Harvard University |
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| MULTICULTURALISM - Divided Selves:
Feminist Impact on Jewish American Women's Heritage
-- (Salon V) |
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Evelyn
Avery, Towson University, |
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| WHY A CORE? - The Importance
of Shared Intellectual Endeavor (Longfellow Room) |
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James Bernard Murphy,
Dartmouth College (cf. AQ
essay)
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| NAS LAW SECTION - Diversity
Requirements Imposed by the American Bar Association
as Law-School Accreditor - (Coolidge Room) |
| Chair |
George Dent, Case
Western-Reserve University |
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Gail Heriot, University
of San Diego School of Law |
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Terence J. Pell, Center for
Individual Rights |
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| 6:00 - 7:00
p.m. |
Reception: American Council of Trustees and
Alumni (ACTA) - (Salons I & II) |
| Reception: Foundation for Individual
Rights in Education (FIRE) - (Salon III) |
Sunday
19 Nov |
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| 7:30 - 9:00 a.m. |
Continental breakfast (Salon
IV) |
| 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. |
NAS Membership Meeting (Salon
III) |
| 9:00 - 11:15 a.m. |
Panel 5: Legislative
Influence (Salon III)
| Chair: |
Glenn Ricketts, NAS Public Affairs director
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| Panelists: |
Robert David "KC" Johnson,
professor of history, Brooklyn College, and director,
CUNY's Free Institutions Program. |
| Shawn Mitchell, Colorado State Senate |
| Barry Smith, University of Buffalo |
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| 11:15 a.m. |
Conclusion of NAS's 12th National Conference |
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