AGENDA
The Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission On Higher Education

Virginia State Universtiy
March 3, 1999
9:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.



  1. Welcome and Announcements - 9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.

    Mr. Edward L. Flippen
    Commission Chairman

  2. What the Commonwealth Should be Looking for in Faculty and Instruction as We Move into the 21st Century - 9:40 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

    The Good Professor by Major General Josiah Bunting III
    Superintendent, Virginia Military Institute

    Response and Discussion:

    BREAK - 11:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.

  3. Panel on Faculty Productivity: What Is It and How Do We Know? - 11:10 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
    Moderator - Dr. Larry J. Sabato

    What Do Faculty Do?
    Dr. Paul Cantor, Professor, University of Virginia

    Do Student Faculty Ratios Matter?
    Dr. Ann S. Ferren, Vice President for Academic Affairs
    Radford University

    The Role of Scholarship
    Dr. Pryor Hale, Professor, Piedmont Community College

    Teaching and Research - Where are the Priorities?
    Dr. Paul E. Torgersen, President, Virginia Tech

    LUNCH - 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
    Mr. Eddie Moore, President, Virginia State University

  4. Faculty Salaries - 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

    5. Where We've Been; Where We Are; How We Got Here
    Phyllis A. Palmiero, Deputy Director, Administration
    State Council of Higher Education for Virginia

    Impact on Faculty Retention and Recruitment
    Sara Redding Wilson, Director
    Department of Personnel and Training

    Useful Comparisons of Faculty Salaries
    Michael Thompson, Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy

    BREAK - 3:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.

  5. Panel Discussion of Tenure - 3:40 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
    Dr. Robert D. Holsworth - Moderator

    The Importance of Tenure
    Dr. Edward L. Ayers, Professor, University of Virginia

    Post-Tenure Review: Status and Value
    Dr. Bethany S. Oberst, Executive Director, International Education
    James Madison University

    Limitations and Alternatives
    Dr. David W. Leslie, Professor, College of William and Mary

    A Businessman's Perspective
    Sidney O. Dewberry, Dewberry & Davis

  6. Concluding Comments and Administrative Matters - 4:30 p.m.
    Mr. Edward L. Flippen

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Posted: March 19, 1999
By The Educational Policy Institute of Virginia Tech
sjanosik@vt.edu