Lectures, Seminars, and Consultations


April 11 2012
"Why Literature?"
The University of Southern Indiana

August 18 2011
"Transforming Liberal Education"
The University of Great Falls, Montana
April 5, 2011 
"Perfect Storm: How an imminent crisis in higher education can strengthen liberal education" 
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 

March 21, 2011 
"What Happened to the Future?"  
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan

 November 7, 2010
Arthur and Mary Platsis Symposium in honor of H. Don Cameron:
 "Great Expectations: The Expected and the Unexpected in Thucydides and in Liberal Education"
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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October 8, 2010
Lecture in honor of Jerry Clack: "We Must Call the Classics Before a Jury of the Shipwrecked"
Classical Association of the Atlantic States, Newark, New Jersey
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June 4, 2010
Remarks at a conference on the systematic improvement of student learning
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

May 4, 2010
Jasper Jacob Stahl Lecture in the Humanities: "Valuing the Liberal Arts in Perilous Times"
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
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February 19, 2010
Keynote Address: "Being Systematic about Student Learning"
National Forum on the Future of Liberal Education, New York, New York

February 2-3, 2010
Public Lecture: "Learning and the Liberal Arts: Susan Goes to College - But Then What?"
Consultations with faculty committees on assessment and humanities center planning.
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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November 7, 2009
Keynote Address: "When the Budget Sinks, Can Student Learning Still Rise?"
Council of Independent Colleges Chief Academic Officers Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Interviews and Miscellaneous Events

February 24, 2010
Interview with Learning Matters: "Liberal Arts? In this Job Market?"
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November 19, 2009
Event: Colloquium on Liberal Education in honor of W. Robert Connor
The Teagle Foundation, New York, New York
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October 16, 2009
Interview with Inside Higher Ed: "The 'How do you know?' Questions"
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