The Year of the MOOC” New York Times, November 4, 2012
“Cheaper Than Harvard: Any IVY education online—for free” Newsweek, May 14, 2012
“College is Dead Long Live College” Time Magazine, October 29, 2012
“Class Uprising” Smithsonian, December 2012
“Higher Education: Not what is used to be” The Economist, December 1, 2012
“A world where grades will be left behind” USA Today, September 14, 2012
“Elite Colleges take to the web” Washington Post, December 10, 2012
Have you read these articles? If not, you may want to save time and register for the CAFÉ Deans and Directors Retreat, February 23-24, 2013, in Chicago to find out what the fuss is all about. And if you have read them, you must be interested in discussing what they are saying with your peers as well as listening to some experts in these areas.
If you are planning for the future, this event will help you prepare for the changes that are ahead. 20/20
Vision, a Deans and Directors Retreat, is designed to give you tools to take back and use now in your own strategic planning process.
Did you get the notice about the Grand Cru Recipe Contest for postsecondary culinary arts students? There are also 50 free samples that will be provided to the first 50 instructor respondents to the contest posting, starting February 4, 2013. Sample will include up to 12 ounces of Roth Grand Cru Original (two 6 ounce exact weight cuts). Interested instructors should write to grandcrucontest@emmirothusa.com with name, title, school/institution, shipping address (no PO Boxes), telephone number and email address. You can request these samples which will be shipped out starting February 4. More information about the contest can be found on CAFÉ’s website at http://cafemeetingplace.com/resource-center/contests/item/787-grand-cru%C2%AE-recipe-contest-for-postsecondary-culinary-arts-students.html
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER!
February 1, 2013 Hotel deadline for the Deans and Directors Retreat
February 22-24, 2013 20/20 Vision, Chicago
April 1, 2013 Instructor Scholarships and Awards Deadline
June 20-22, 2013 9th Annual CAFÉ Leadership Conference, Miami
