Nancy L. Zimpher, SUNY chancellor emeritus,
senior fellow at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, and faculty
member at the University at Albany (NY), will keynote the Robert H.
Atwell Plenary at ACE2018, ACE’s 100th Annual Meeting.
ACE will celebrate 100 years of leadership and advocacy at ACE2018. Register now for the meeting, scheduled for March 10-13, 2018, in Washington, DC.
Zimpher will deliver the Atwell address—named
by the ACE Board of Directors for the former ACE president who served
from 1984 to 1996—on Sunday, March 11, from 5-6 pm.
From 2009 to 2017, Zimpher served as the 12th chancellor
of The State University of New York (SUNY), the nation’s largest
comprehensive system of public higher education. In Dr. Zimpher’s eight
years at the helm of SUNY, she developed and led a diverse set of
initiatives that transformed the vast institution from a loose
constellation of 64 campuses into a focused, cohesive whole. Through the
disciplined cultivation of the university’s “systemness” under
Zimpher’s vision and leadership, SUNY implemented groundbreaking new
policies that expand college access and affordability, improve
completion, promote diversity, ensure equity, and support world-class
teaching, research, and innovation.
Prior to SUNY, she served as president of the
University of Cincinnati, chancellor of the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and executive dean of the Professional Colleges and
dean of the College of Education at The Ohio State University.
Zimpher’s professional practice at the Rockefeller Institute of Government
remains focused on creating policy that revolutionizes teacher
education and builds seamless education pipelines in underserved
communities.
Last year’s Atwell address was delivered by University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan, who discussed campus free speech.
The Atwell Plenary focuses on the theme of
higher education leadership, generously sponsored by Fidelity
Investments. Other ACE2018 plenaries and concurrent sessions also will
explore a variety of important higher education issues, such as advocacy
and public policy, higher education governance, innovation, equity, and
student access, success and learning.
ACE2018
is the most country’s distinguished higher education event, convening
nearly 2,000 leaders from deans to presidents and chancellors. It will
enable institutional leaders to generate fresh perspectives for
practical solutions, network with top leaders across all higher
education sectors, and bring data-driven insights back to campus.
Visit the ACE2018 website for additional information and to register. Join the conversation on Twitter at #ACE2018DC.