FACULTY GOVERNANCE in HIGHER EDUCATION |
UMW FACULTY GOVERNANCE CONFERENCE |
The UMW Faculty Governance Conference will be held on October 24, 2008 at the UMW College of Graduate and Professional Studies' University Hall, 121 University Boulevard, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406.
The registration fee has been waived. We do ask that you register in advance. You can chose to register on-line or the registration form can be downloaded. Both options are available from the sidebar on the left.
Our program is available through the sidebar as well.
Confirmed Speakers include:
Kenneth Andersen, Professor of Communication Emeritus, the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, has 40 years of participation in academic shared governance. That includes chairing the campus senate and University Senates Conference; member and chair of the Faculty Advisory Council to the Illinois Board of Higher Education; and a term on the National Council of the American Association of University Professors, chair of three of its committees as well as AAUP State Conference and Chapter Presidencies.
Mary Burgan, author of several books including, “What Ever Happened To The Faculty? Drift and Decision in Higher Education”; “Illness, Gender, and Writing: The Case of Katherine Mansfield”. Dr. Burgan is also a former General Secretary of the American Associate of University Professors.
Daniel LaVista is the Executive Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), the Commonwealth’s coordinating body for higher education. He has held this position since August 2004, collaborating with Council members and agency staff to make higher education policy recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly in such areas as academic and student affairs, institutional research, budgeting and finance, capital planning, and state financial aid.