National Issues in Higher Education October 17, 2011 1 Anne D. Neal, President American Council of Trustees and Alumni.

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National Issues in Higher Education October 17, Anne D. Neal, President American Council of Trustees and Alumni

An Extraordinary Heritage Thomas Jefferson (UVA, William and Mary) James Madison (Hampden-Sydney) Patrick Henry (Hampden-Sydney) James Monroe (William and Mary) John Marshall (William and Mary) George C. Marshall (VMI) Annie Dillard (Hollins College) Seven Recipients Medal of Honor (VA Tech) Thirty-One Governors (William and Mary) 2

Rising Tuition and Fees 3

The View Of Employers 23.9% find graduates overall preparation “excellent.” 64.5% say “adequate.” 26.2% find their writing skills “deficient.” Linda Barrington and Jill Casner-Lotto, Are They Really Ready to Work? Employers’ Perspectives on the Basic Knowledge and Applied Skills of New Entrants to the 21st Century U.S. Workforce (The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, The Partnership for 21st Century Skills and the Society for Human Resource Management, 2006) 4

The View Of the Public John Immerwahr and Jean Johnson, Squeeze Play: How Parents and the Public Look at Higher Education Today, a report prepared by Public Agenda for The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education (Washington, DC: 2007) 5

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ACTA’S Study of the Core Curriculum, What Will They Learn? ™ 1007 Colleges and Universities: 5% Require an Introduction to Economics 20% Require Foundational Study of American History or Government 60% Have Three or Fewer General Education Requirements 7

How do VA schools do when it comes to core subjects? InstitutionCOMPLITLANGHISTECONMATHSCI Grad Rate Christopher Newport University √ √ √√ 60% College of William and Mary √ √√ 90% George Mason University √√ √√ 63% James Madison University √√ √ √√ 82% Longwood University √√√ 59% Norfolk State University √ √ 34% Old Dominion University √√√ √ 50% Radford University √ √ 57% University of Mary Washington √ √ 75% University of Virginia at Charlottesville √ √ 93% University of Virginia at Wise √√ √√ 48% Virginia Commonwealth University √ √√ 50% Virginia Military Institute √ √√ 70% Virginia Polytechnic Institute √ √√ 80% Virginia State University √√ √√ 41% 8

Perspectives on Historical Illiteracy ACTA, Losing America’s Memory (February 2000) Survey of 556 college seniors at the Top 25 National Universities and the Top 25 National Liberal Arts Colleges. Beavis and Butthead 99% Snoop Doggy Dog 98% George Washington as general at Yorktown 34% James Madison as Father of the Constitution 23% Abraham Lincoln as author of the words: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people” 22% 9 CSRA: The Center for Survey Research and Analysis at the University of Connecticut December 1999

10 Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, Academically Adrift. Limited Learning on College Campuses (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011) Faculty Research on Student Learning Two Years: 45% showed Minimal Improvement Four Years: 36% showed Minimal Improvement

NSSE 2010 and Student Learning Hours spent preparing for class (studying, reading, writing, doing homework or lab work, analyzing data, rehearsing, and other academic activities First-Year Students Seniors 1-5 Hours 14% 15% 6-10 Hours 24% 24% Hours 22% 20% Hours 18% 17% Hours 10% 10% 11

Trudeau, G.B., Doonesbury (Aug. 14, 2011) 12

How do VA schools do when it comes to graduation rates? InstitutionCOMPLITLANGHISTECONMATHSCI Grad Rate Christopher Newport University √ √ √√ 60% College of William and Mary √ √√ 90% George Mason University √√ √√ 63% James Madison University √√ √ √√ 82% Longwood University √√√ 59% Norfolk State University √ √ 34% Old Dominion University √√√ √ 50% Radford University √ √ 57% University of Mary Washington √ √ 75% University of Virginia at Charlottesville √ √ 93% University of Virginia at Wise √√ √√ 48% Virginia Commonwealth University √ √√ 50% Virginia Military Institute √ √√ 70% Virginia Polytechnic Institute √ √√ 80% Virginia State University √√ √√ 41% 13

Three Instruments for Measuring Student Learning Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA): Council on Aid to Education Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP): ACT, Inc. Proficiency Profile (former Measurement of Academic Progress and Proficiency): Education Testing Service 14

Trustees as Fiduciaries “Change in institutional strategy can only come from trustees. … Reviewing an institution’s academic strategy and deciding whether change is called for is a trustee’s most important responsibility.” Benno C. Schmidt Chair, CUNY Board of Trustees President, Yale University

Epilogue: James Madison 1822 Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty & dangerous encroachments on the public liberty. … What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty & Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual & surest support? 16

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