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Mitch Arnold, news editor
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Greensboro, NC: Valorie McAlpin, director of North
Carolina A&T's Agricultural Communications, moderated a live national
videoconference entitled, "Changing Expectations of Faculty Roles
and Responsibilities."
The videoconference, broadcast from Clemson University, was third in a
six-part series entitled, "21st Century Land-Grant Universities: Action
on Issues."
Special guests on the videoconference's panel included Dr. Dolores
Spikes, President of the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore and Dr. Eugene
Rice, Director of the Forum on Faculty Roles and Rewards, American Association
of Higher Education.
With some 50 sites receiving the satellite broadcast, the panel discussed
such issues as redefining scholarship and connecting the academy to the
community. For more information on these issues, refer to the ADEC Web
site at http://www.adec.edu
The series is a collaborative effort sponsored by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation,
Clemson University College of Engineering and Science, ADEC Distance Learning
Consortium, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, and National
Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.
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For more information, please contact Valorie McAlpin, NC A&T Agricultural
Communications, (910) 334-7047.
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