Chapel at Pacific Lutheran University.

Steve Good, Drury University, co-chair of ANAC Academy planning group.

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• International and ANAC Academy Planning Efforts Underway
• ANAC Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute Planned for Hampton University, June 18-21, 2003
• ANAC Data Exchange Prepares Year IV Data for Benchmarking
• ANAC Officers, 2002-03

International and ANAC Academy Planning Efforts Underway

Two ANAC member task forces have just been created, as a result of the priorities for the coming year confirmed at the June Senior Leadership Conference, to develop over the coming year comprehensive plans for ANAC international programs (including ANACSA—ANAC Study Abroad) and faculty/staff development programs (under the rubric "ANAC Academy"). The international program planning group will be co-chaired by Janet Rasmussen, director of the Wang International Center, and James Pence, provost, both of Pacific Lutheran University, coordinating campus for ANACSA and lead institution for the planning process. The ANAC Academy planning group will be co-chaired by Linda McMillin, department of history at Susquehanna University and manager of the ANAC faculty work project that led to A New Academic Compact (Anker Press, 2002); and Steve Good, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Drury University.

The international planning group will undertake broad and open-ended discussions to explore the full range of potential cooperation in international education among ANAC members, including but not limited to study abroad programs. Within this wide spectrum, and with clear alignment to the New American College model, the planning team will develop its recommendations based on the potential for 1) increased program cooperation using the ANACSA framework; 2) ambitious and high-impact programs only feasible through partnerships; and 3) cost-containment, effective financial stewardship, and fund generation.

In addition to Rasmussen and Pence, the planning team membership includes: Monte Broaded, director of international programs, Butler University; Marcia McDonald, associate provost, Belmont University; David Maxwell, president, Drake University; Bill Rich, dean of international programs, Elon University; Adrian Sherman, director of international education, Ithaca College; Paula Straile, chair, modern foreign languages, Hampton University; and Michael Thomas, associate vice president for international education, Drury University.

Drake University is the proposed administrative home for ANAC Academy. In addition to determining what support Drake and ANAC will provide to ANAC Academy, the planning group will pursue a broad and comprehensive charge with four main elements:

1. Prepare the description, purposes, activities, and structure for ANAC Academy.
   
2. Create a timeline (2003-07) for ANAC Academy development, including plans for initial programming during the 2003-05 period. Consider ANAC Academy as both physical and virtual entity offering programs in a variety of formats and venues.
   
3. Consider roles in ANAC Academy programming for individual ANAC member institutions and for collaboration with other higher education organizations, e.g., November 2002 Butler University conference with AACU; CASTL interest in a program center for Carnegie Masters institutions, AAHE Forum on Faculty Roles and Rewards, CIC Chief Academic Officers Institute.
   
4. Develop a financial plan and a funding strategy for ANAC Academy.

In addition to McMillin and Good, members of the ANAC Academy planning group include: Deb Bickford, associate provost, University of Dayton; Phil Glotzbach, vice president for academic affairs, University of Redlands; Kathleen McCourt, senior vice president for academic affairs, Quinnipiac University; Mary Ann Rishel, department of writing, Ithaca College; John Ruff, associate dean, college of arts and sciences, Valparaiso University; Alan Silva, assistant dean of liberal arts, Hamline University; Marion Terenzio, vice president for campus life, The Sage Colleges; Susan Traverso, department of history, North Central College; Ron Troyer, provost, Drake University; and Jerry Berberet, executive director, ANAC, ex officio.

Plans are for each group to meet three times during the 2002-03 academic year and to complete the planning process and develop recommendations for review by the ANAC institutional representatives and Presidents Council next summer. Each planning group will meet in conjunction with the ANAC/AACU conference, November 7-9, at Butler University, and the AACU annual meeting in Seattle, January 23-25, 2003. Much of the planning work will occur via email and telephone.

ANAC Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute Planned for Hampton University, June 18-21, 2003

A planning committee has begun work on the ANAC 2003 Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute, to be held June 18-21, at Hampton University. True to Institute history, the 2003 Institute will invite ANAC members to send institutional teams of faculty and administrators to use the Institute to initiate planning and problem-solving on institutional academic priorities. The Institute will focus on strategies for enhancing the total learning experience of students, including strengthening connections between academic and student affairs. To quote an Institute concept paper, this goal "will be pursued in the context of the changing demographic profile of our student bodies, the values entering students bring to the academy, and new dynamics in society that impact expectations of higher education and the particular challenges private comprehensive colleges and universities face."

Hampton University: 'Our Home by the Sea' for 2003 ANAC
Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute, June 18-21.

ANAC Data Exchange Prepares Year IV Data for Benchmarking

Institutional entry of Year IV data is virtually completed and the ANAC Data Exchange reporting program will be readied for member data comparison and benchmarking in early October. With minor refinements and clarifications the Exchange data template is virtually unchanged from last year to this year. Posting of IPEDS data entries for all members ahead of data entry simplified the data entry process somewhat. As in the past, members may select a subset of the entire ANAC membership for comparisons on each data item. The Exchange is open only to users at member institutions who must enter using the institutional username and password. Each member has an institutional research contact person for the Exchange who maintains the username and password on behalf of the institution.

ANAC Officers, 2002-03

Alan Harre, president of Valparaiso University, has succeeded Loren Anderson, president of Pacific Lutheran University, as chair of the ANAC Presidents Council. Members of the Presidents Council executive committee include Harre; Anderson; Hal Wilde, Council vice chair, North Central College; Leo Lambert, Elon University; and Jay Lemons, Susquehanna University.

Ron Troyer, provost of Drake University, continues as chair of the Institutional Representatives Council. Steve Good, vice president for academic affairs at Drury University, has been elected vice chair. They are joined by Elizabeth Ivey, past chair and provost emerita at University of Hartford; Phil Glotzbach, vice president of academic affairs, University of Redlands, and Jerry Greiner, provost at Hamline University, in constituting the Reps executive committee.