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CONTACT: Tony Pals, tony@naicu.edu                                                        

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Media Advisory 

Senators Clinton and Santorum to Address 2006 NAICU Annual Meeting

Gathering of More than 400 Private College Leaders to Examine Emerging Trends and Key Issues in Higher Education  

WHAT: 2006 NAICU Annual Meeting “Transition and Tradition”

Private college and university presidents and other members of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities will meet with policymakers, leading higher education researchers and experts, and political pundits to address the future of higher education and challenges facing institutions and students today.   

WHERE:

Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill

400 New Jersey Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 202-737-1234  

WHEN: February 5-8, 2006  
 

Issues include:

Spirituality on campus ● The Secretary of Education’s Commission on Higher Education ● Trends in the college selection process ● The international role of American colleges and universities ● Higher education tax policy ● Recruiting and marketing trends 

Speakers include:

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) ● Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) ● Rep. Phil English (R-Pa.) ● New York Times Columnist David Brooks ● Newsweek Contributor Eleanor Clift ● Student Attitudes Researcher Alexander “Sandy” Astin ● Futurist Eric Peterson  

Schedule of events:

Available at http://www.naicu.edu/meetings/2006AnnMtgSched.shtml.

Check back regularly for schedule changes.  

Media registration: Form available at http://www.naicu.edu/meetings/2006MediaReg.htm, or by calling 202-739-0474.  

Please register by Friday, February 3.  Contact: Tony Pals, NAICU director of public information, tony@naicu.edu, office: 202-739-0474, cell: 202-288-9333

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A list of the full NAICU board of directors is available online.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The membership of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) ratified the election of 13 new members of its board of directors, and the appointment of new officers and executive committee members, on February 2 at the 2005 NAICU Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Chair of the NAICU Board of Directors

Douglas C. Bennett, president of Earlham College (Ind.), has been elected chair of the NAICU Board of Directors. Vice chair of the board in 2004-05, Bennett succeeds George J. Hagerty, president of Franklin Pierce College (N.H.), who remains on the board as past chair.

Bennett has been president and a professor of politics at Earlham since 1997. From 1994 to 1997, he was vice president and chief operations officer of the American Council on Learned Societies in New York City. From 1989 to 1993, he was the vice president and provost at Reed College. Growing out of his work at Reed, Bennett helped to create the Portland Area Library System (PORTALS). During 1993-94, he served as the first executive director of PORTALS. Earlier, he was a political science professor at Temple University from 1973 to 1989. Bennett has a bachelor’s degree from Haverford College, and master’s and doctoral degrees from Yale University.

Additional New Officers of the Board

David E. Shi, president of Furman University (S.C.), has been named vice chair

Patrice Werner, president of Caldwell College (N.J.), has been named secretary

Katherine H. Will, president of Gettysburg College (Pa.) has been named treasurer.

Members of the Executive Committee

Seven other board members have been named to one-year terms as members of the board's executive committee. They work with the five officers to spearhead the development and implementation of NAICU's goals and priorities.

Daniel A. DiBiasio, President, Wilmington College (Ohio)
Chair, Student Aid Committee

Toni Larson, Executive Director, Independent Higher Education of Colorado
Chair, National Association of Independent College and University State Executives

Thomas R. Morris, President, Emory & Henry College (Va.)
Chair, Tax Policy Committee

Debra M. Murphy, President, Nichols College (Mass.)
Chair, Accountability Committee

Jon C. Strauss, President, Harvey Mudd College (Calif.)
Chair, Policy Analysis and Public Relations Committee

New NAICU Board Members

Eight new members were elected to three-year terms on the NAICU board, representing the association's national regions:

Debra M. Murphy, President, Nichols College (Mass.)
Region I (Conn., Maine, Mass., N.H., R.I., Vt.)

Thomas H. Powell, President, Mount Saint Mary’s University (Md.)
Region II (Del., D.C., Md., N.J., N.Y.)

James T. Harris III, President, Widener University (Pa.)
Region III (Ky., Ohio, Pa., W.Va.)

H. Douglas Lee, President, Stetson University (Fla.)
Region IV (Fla., Ga., N.C., S.C., Va.)

James E. Bultman, President, Hope College (Mich.)
Region V (Ill., Ind., Mich., Wis.)

Loren P. Gresham, President, Southern Nazarene University (Okla.)
Region VI (Ala., Ark., La., Miss., Okla., Tenn., Texas)

Robert A. Oden, Jr., President, Carleton College (Minn.)
Region VII (Iowa, Kan., Minn., Mo., Neb., N.D., S.D.)

Jay A. Barber, Jr., President, Warner Pacific College (Ore.)
Region VIII (Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Hawaii, Idaho, Mont., N.M., Nev., Ore., Utah, Wash., Wyo.)

Four presidents have been named to three-year terms as at-large members of the board:

Victor J. Boschini, Jr., Chancellor, Texas Christian University

R. Judson Carlberg, President, Gordon College (Mass.)

Marianne E. Inman, President, Central Methodist University (Mo.)

Ronald K. Machtley, President, Bryant University (R.I.)

One individual joins four other ex officio members of the board, and begins a three-year term:

Deborah L. Hyatt, Director of Government Relations, University of Chicago

NAICU serves as the unified national voice of independent higher education. Since 1976, the association has represented private colleges and universities on policy issues with the federal government, such as those affecting student aid, taxation, and government regulation. NAICU members enroll 85 percent of all students attending private institutions. With nearly 1,000 member institutions and associations, NAICU reflects the diversity of private, nonprofit higher education in the United States. They include traditional liberal arts colleges, major research universities, comprehensive universities, church- and faith-related institutions, historically black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions, single-sex colleges, art institutions, two-year colleges, and schools of law, medicine, engineering, business, and other professions.

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 28—Thomas H. Kean, president of Drew University and former governor of New Jersey, has been selected by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) to receive its 2005 Award for Advocacy of Independent Higher Education. The award will be presented at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, January 31, at the NAICU annual meeting. The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill.

The NAICU Advocacy Award was established in 1993 to recognize individuals who have championed the cause of independent nonprofit higher education. Whether in government, business, or philanthropy, the recipient of this award has provided leadership, established resources, or enacted policy at the national or state level to significantly assist private colleges and universities in serving their students and communities.

Kean is the first person to have received both the Advocacy Award and NAICU’s other major recognition, the Paley Award. He was selected as the Paley Award recipient in 1989, in recognition of his achievements as New Jersey’s governor.

"The influence of Tom Kean on higher education, the nation, and the world has been multi-faceted and far-reaching," said NAICU President David L. Warren. "As president of Drew University since 1990, he has—with a deft personal touch, astute political skills, and visionary leadership—shaped the university into one of the nation’s leading small liberal arts universities by stressing the primacy of teaching, the creative use of technology in the liberal arts, and the importance of international education."

Kean’s commitment to issues beyond campus and around the world is reflected in his activities while serving as president of Drew. Most notably, he served as chairman of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the "9/11 Commission"). He also headed the American delegation to the U.N. Conference on Youth in Thailand, and served as vice chairman of the American delegation to the World Conference on Women in Beijing. Within the U.S., he served as a member of the President’s Initiative on Race, and on the National Endowment for Democracy.

Kean served two terms as governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990, winning his second term by the largest margin in state history. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a master’s degree from Columbia University Teachers College.

He and his wife, the former Deborah Bye, have twin sons, Tom and Reed, and a daughter, Alexandra. The Keans live in Bedminster, N.J.

NAICU serves as the unified national voice of independent higher education. With nearly 1,000 member institutions and associations nationwide, NAICU reflects the diversity of private, nonprofit higher education in the United States. NAICU members enroll 85 percent of all students attending private institutions. They include traditional liberal arts colleges, major research universities, church- and faith-related institutions, historically black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions, single-sex colleges, arts institutions, two-year colleges, and schools of law, medicine, engineering, business, and other professions.