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Ready--or not?

Publication: Liberal Education
Publication Date: 22-JUN-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Ready--or not?(PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE)(Association of American Colleges and Universities annual meeting)(Viewpoint essay)

Article Excerpt
Early in 2008, when we chose the theme for AAC&U's 2009 annual meeting, we could hardly have predicted the dramatic change in the landscape for higher education that would emerge within a few turbulent months. "Ready or Not: Global Challenges, College Learning, and America's Promise" has proven all too apt a framing for the ongoing turbulence that began about a year ago. By the time the meeting took place in January, the economy had careened, upending the financial models for public and private higher education and forcing both our nation and our communities into an era of hard and often heart-rending choices.

As we move forward in this new and uncharted terrain, we will need to make consequential choices about our institutions, our shared commitment to higher learning, and our own lives--choices that will shape the future of our democracy for decades to come. In this difficult season, we will need all the collective wisdom, judgment, and courage we can muster: to think through our long-term situation, to...

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