First official newsletter released in October 1980. Editor: Linda P. Frank, Kansas State University, who also serves as the de facto Executive Director December newsletter reports 244 member institutions Median salary for deans is reported at $45,000, with a range of $32,000-65,000 1975 New Secretary-Treasurer named, Stanley Paulson of Penn State University A stand-alone Workshop for Deans is held in conjunction with AAC (American Association of Colleges) and ACAD (American Conference of Academic Deans) CCAS + AAC + ACAD 1980 45,000 15 Lois B. DeFLEUR WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY I served as Dean of the College Of Liberal Arts from 1981-86. I had been a member of the faculty for a number of years before being asked to be Dean and had no prior adminis- trative experience. My fellow deans represented the scientific and agricultural fields (and were all males) so it was difficult advocating for the liberal arts and finding an administrative mentor. CCAS provided advice and support. During my tenure, I not only strengthened programs within the college but also initiated several multidisciplinary programs across colleges. Also, there were very few women and minorities on the faculty so I developed an incentive program to increase these numbers and broaden the educational experi- ences of our students. 1985-1986 Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences NEWSLETTER Volume 24, Number 6 November-December 2003 Mary Hancock-Niemic, Editor Highlights from the 2003 CCAS Annual Meeting in Orlando The Annual Meeting held in Orlando this year, provided an opportunity for our members to mingle and network while enjoying the great Florida weather. The evening receptions and the Thursday luncheon were held pool side to take advantage of the beautiful surroundings at the Hilton at the Walt Disney World Resort. There were 28 case study groups, numerous workshops, and committee meetings giving all who attended a chance to exchange ideas, gain new insights to educational concerns, and participate in CCAS activities. In addition, it provided an opportunity to meet old friends and make new ones. This year we did something different. We took pictures of the members in various activities and meetings. We would like to thank Andy Niemic, husband of editor Mary Hancock-Niemic, for his time and talent taking over 240 pictures of the Annual Meeting. We hope to put all the photos online for our members to view in the near future. Please check the CCAS web site from time to time for notification of when the photos will be available. http://www.ccas.net In addition pictures of the membership, for the first time we have photos of the newly elected Board of Directors. On page 3, we are pleased to introduce you to the 2003-2004 CCAS Board. You may want to clip this page and keep it with your Membership Directory. For those of you who were unable to attend, we are reproducing the Thursday luncheon keynote address by Lee Edwards, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Her topic, Education and its Discontent, is particularly relevant as education faces more scrutiny. Continued on page 4 EDUCATION & ITS DISCONTENTS I chose to title this talk “Education and Its Discontents,” not because – you’ll be happy to know – I wanted to make any Freudian points – or jokes – but because, unfortunately, it is a title that is good for all seasons. It may well be, as Socrates declared, that the unexamined life is not worth living. And yet, in every wind and weather, discontent and education live in close proximity. Education, indeed, seems designed to foster at least a local discontent rather than an easy satisfaction with things as they are. Things as they are, in turn, are often discontent with education’s discontent. On the other hand, maybe it would be better to allude to E.M. Forster rather than to Freud and simply call this talk “Two Cheers for Education,” as he raised Two Cheers for Democracy. I have a friend who said, on hearing that I’d be standing here before you, that at whatever costs I should be funny. Unfortunately, like Polonius, I can only promise that I shall be brief. Inside this Issue... Highlights from the 2003 CCAS Annual Meeting in Orlando. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 New Hires Survey Online and Available on CD. . . . . 2 2003-2004 CCAS Officers & Board Members. . . . . . 3 Changing of the Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2004 CCAS Meeting and Seminar Schedule . . . . . . 5 Presidential Address to CCAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Deans Communicating and Networking Electronically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 AAUP’s Special Committee Report Now Available . . 14 How to Submit Advertisements for the CCAS Newsletter and Web Site. . . . . . . . . . 15 A Breakdown of the CCAS Membership . . . . . . . . . . 19 Job Announcements The Citadel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 East Stroudsburg University at Pennsylvania . . 15 University of Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 University of North Carolina at Greensboro . . . . 18 CCAS Registration Desk (left to right): Mary Hancock-Niemic, Andy Niemic, and Sheila Dean (Temp).