Bruce Arick, Butler University, (l) and Carl Sgrecci, Ithaca College, expected relief from the winter snows of '01 at ANAC's CFO conference at University of Redlands, but hadn't counted on the summit of the Palm Springs tram ride.

Anker Press to Publish Faculty Work Project Report; Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute to Focus on Report Implementation

The Associated New American Colleges have entered into an agreement with Anker Press, a major publisher of higher education works on faculty and professional development topics, for fall 2001 publication of A New Academic Compact: Revisioning the Relationship between Faculty and Their Institutions. Arguing that information society pressures on higher education values and structures require stronger reciprocity between colleges and universities and their critical human resource-the faculty-this volume is the product of ANAC's five-year Faculty Work Project. Anker Press' advance publication announcement is part of this issue of the Bulletin. (Story continued below.)

Articles In This Issue:

In the Headlines:

• Anker Press To Publish ANAC Faculty Work Project Report
• Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute 2001 at Ithaca College
• ANAC Presidents, Institutional Representatives, and CFO's Gather in Busy Winter Round of Meetings

ANAC Projects and Activities:

• Hewlett Project Holds Successful Conference with AACU on January 17
• ANAC Faculty Work Project Meets and Presents at AAHE Faculty Roles and Rewards Conference, February 1-4
• ANAC President Media Sessions at The Chronicle of Higher Education and USA Today
• ANAC Institutional Representatives Retreat, March 16-17
• ANACSA Initial Programs Offered during Summer 2001

ANAC Members in the News:

• Drake University to Eliminate Foreign Language Department
• PLU Campus Suffers Minimal Damage Near Earthquake Epicenter
• Belmont University Student Named USA Today Academic All-American
• Elon College Symposium a Postscript on 2000 Election
• University of Hartford Students Build Habitat for Humanity Home
• Susquehanna University Wins Architecture and Publications Awards
• Sage Colleges Physics Professor Works to Preserve US Constitution and Declaration of Independence

Commentary and Woodrow Wilson Foundation News:

• James R. Appleton Responds to Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh's Lament on Silence of College Presidents on Public Issues
• Woodrow Wilson Foundation Announces Pew-funded Responsive Ph.D. Initiative

ANAC Upcoming Events Calendar:

• ANAC Members Invited to Sponsor New Faculty Participation in SVHE New Teachers Workshop, July 22-26, 2001
• Save the Dates: June 13-14 - ANAC 2005 Planning Meeting June 14-16 - 2001 Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute
• Call for Presentation Proposals: Association for Integrative Studies Conference, October 4-7, 2001 (Proposal Deadline: March 30, 2001)

Anker Press to Publish Faculty Work Project Report (cont.)

Supported with two grants from The Pew Charitable Trusts, the project initially completed during 1997-98 a comprehensive assessment of faculty perceptions in conjunction with The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's 1997 National Survey of Faculty. The assessment phase was followed by a 1999-2000 think tank of faculty and academic administrators from nineteen ANAC members that resulted in the volume's analysis and recommendations. The work focuses particularly on the roles of faculty professional development, institutional governance and service, and workload differentiation in a context of faculty and academic unit accountability and rewards. The goal-to achieve optimal alignment between faculty and institutional policies and practices in order to best serve the institutional mission, e.g., student learning and developmental well-being at ANAC colleges and universities.

The ANAC Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute 2001 will be held June 14-16 at Ithaca College. The thematic focus will be on development of institutional strategies to address campus faculty work issues, taking advantage of the Institute's program which is being organized around A New Academic Compact. ANAC members are asked to register by May 1, as institutional teams and to submit a problem statement by May 15, in order to prepare for effective team deliberations using the resources of the Institute. The Institute program is designed particularly to assist department chairs to play effective roles in strengthening the partnership between faculty, departments, and the larger institution. The full Institution announcement and registration form are included with this issue of the Bulletin.

Become exposed to the delightful natural setting of Ithaca College at ANAC's Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute 2001.