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Published on: 9/29/2003
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What: American Association of Colleges and Universities President Carol Geary Schneider will be the keynote speaker and lead a campus-community dialogue on the future of American education, sponsored by SIUE Chancellor David Werner.
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Editor's Note: Carol Geary Schneider will be available for media interviews following her keynote speech.
(EDWARDSVILLE) Carol Geary Schneider, president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), will be the keynote speaker during a campus-community dialogue at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on Oct. 2 and 3.
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Since becoming president of AAC&U, Schneider has initiated a major effort to rethink the broad aims of a 21st century college education so that liberal learning becomes a framework for the entire educational experience, whatever a student's choice of major and career.This new initiative, titled "Greater Expectations: The Commitment to Quality as a Nation Goes to College," is supported by $4 million in grants from The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the U.S. Department of Education.