Opening Session
“The Unfinished Business of the Learning College”
Terry O’Banion and Cynthia Wilson

Terry O’Banion is president emeritus of the League for Innovation in the Community College and director of the Community College Leadership Program at Walden University. He created the Learning College concept and is author of the groundbreaking book, A Learning College for the 21st Century.

Cynthia Wilson is Vice President, Learning and Research, at the League for Innovation in the Community College and director of the League’s Learning College Summit. She directed the Learning College Project and, with Terry O’Banion, is editor of the new book, Focus on Learning: A Learning College Reader.

Topics for the 2010 Learning College Summit

• Crafting a Culture of Learning: Working, Growing, and Learning Together (Organizational Culture)
• Answering the How-Do-We-Know Question (Quality, Inquiry, and Accountability)
• Defining, Achieving, Assessing, and Documenting Learning in All Areas of the College (Learning Outcomes and Assessment)
• Engaging Students from Recruitment, Enrollment, and Course Work through Career Placement, Transfer, and Lifelong Learning (Student Engagement)
• Designing and Creating Environments for Learning (Learning Environments)