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Focus on Learning: Planning the College for the 21st Century

The Roundtable included 30 leading educators from around the country sharing their collective vision for the future of colleges. Featured topics included:

• Architectural challenges
• Building a technologically proficient staff
• Current brain research information
• Delivery of student services in an "online" environment
• Instructional delivery methods
• Maximizing implementation of the learning college theory
• Technological implications of this new learning environment

The featured presenters included:

Dr. George Boggs, President, Palomar College

Dr. Sandy D'Alemberte, President, Florida State University

Ms. Sheila Sheridan, Director of Facilities & Services, JFK School of Government, Harvard University

Mr. Vernon Smith, Faculty Chair, Foreign Language, Rio Salado Community College (AZ)

Dr. Kay McClenney, Vice President, Education Commission of the States (Colorado)

Dr. Rita Smilkstein, Humanities Division, North Seattle Community College (WASH)

Dr. William Law, President, North Harris Montgomery Community College (TX)

Dr. Henry Linck, Vice Chancellor, Learning and Student Development, Community College of Baltimore County (MD)

Dr. David Pointz, President Emeritus, Sinclair Community College (OH).

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