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Housed on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Higher Education Collaborative is an interdepartmental, cross-disciplinary affiliation of individuals with teaching, scholarly research and other professional interests in higher learning in the United States and around the globe.

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Higher Education Collaborative Seminar Series  

Dr. Stanley Ikenberry

"The Presidency: Then and Now"

Regent Professor and President Emeritus
Education Policy, Organization and Leadership

Stan Ikenberry served as the University of Illinois president from 1979 to 1995, returning to the Illinois presidency in 2010. In this Higher Education Collaborative Seminar, he will reflect on the presidential leadership role, its challenges and satisfactions and changes in the presidency over that 30 year period. Dr. Ikenberry will discuss the practical dimensions of leading a university as well as the implications for presidents and boards. To access the article, "The Changing Demands of Presidential Leadership" in the November/December 2010 issue of Trusteeship, please click here.

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Faculty Fellows

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Seminar Series (click for seminar details)

• Kern Alexander
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• James Anderson
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• Steven Aragon
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• Debra Bragg
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• Nicholas Burbules
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• Timothy Cain
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• Stanley Ikenberry
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• Matthew Kraatz
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• Stan Levy
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• Jane Loeb
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• Fazal Rizvi
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• William Trent
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Watch for announcements about other Higher Education Collaborative Events.
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Dr. Marcia Baxter Magolda -- Distinguished Professor, Educational Leadership and Student                                                                      Affairs in Higher Education, Miami University of Ohio                                                                                                                             "Authoring Your Life: Portraits, Possibilities, and Partnerships" 

March 17, 2011 

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Dr. Nanna Friche -- Adjunct/Assistant Professor Institut for Uddannelse, Aalborg University
“Evaluation and Assessment Practices in Vocational Colleges – A Danish Case Study”
October 20, 2010

Judy Erwin -- Executive Director, Illinois Board of Higher Education
"Illinois’ Public Agenda for Higher Education"
Jan 30, 2009
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Michael Bastedo -- Assistant Professor of Higher Education, University of Michigan
"Cascading in Higher Education: Examining the Longitudinal Evidence on Institutional Stratification"
Feb 13, 2009
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Christopher Koch -- Superintendent, Illinois State Board of Education, and Linda Tomlinson,
Assistant Superintendent, Illinois State Board of Education
"Important P-20 Developments in Illinois: Longitudinal Data and Membership with the
American Diploma Project"
Mar 6, 2009
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Lorenzo Baber, Assistant Professor, and Debra Bragg, Professor, Higher Education,
University of Illinois
"Illinois' College and Career Readiness Act:  Ready or Not, Here They Come!"
Apr 24, 2009
                      
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Center for Global Studies, a National Research Center for the University, has a list of upcoming events on their online calendar.