SAGE 2011 National Annual Fall Conference and Higher Education Summit
Student Advocates for Graduate Education
Annual Public Higher Education Summit &
Fall Conference 2011
At The University of California, Berkeley:
This year the U.C. Berkeley Graduate Assembly is hosting the Summit in conjunction with a national conference for Student Advocates for Graduate Education (SAGE). The SAGE Conference will bring together graduate student leaders from the most competitive and influential public institutions in the country. SAGE is a newly formed organization focused on 1) sharing information on student and university governance and 2) working together to affect improvements to higher education policy at a national level. The SAGE Conference will focus on effective lobbying strategies and outreach to policymakers, both state and national.
We would like to use this Summit as an opportunity for students to provide feasible policy alternatives to the higher education issues being addressed in Sacramento and DC. We want student voices heard in the ongoing debate about ways to efficiency use funding in order to ensure the prestige of our public institutions are not negatively impacted.
We welcome your participation to learn about and contribute to this important discussion.
The Higher Education Summit is open to the public, the SAGE conference is limited to SAGE members and their constituents.
Public Higher Education Summit (Click to Register)
December 2, 2011, 2-5pm @ UC Berkeley (Free and Open to the Public)
Sutardja Dai Auditorium
Welcome address by UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau
Confirmed panelists and moderators include: UC Regent, Bonnie Reiss; Former Deputy Undersecretary of Education, Robert Shireman; UC Davis Graduate Dean and Member of the Commission on the Future of Graduate Education in the US, Jeffrey Gibeling; UC Berkeley Graduate Dean, Andrew Szeri; and Senior Vice President and General Council of TechNet, Jim Hawley.
A Reception will follow from 5-7pm at University House for elected student representatives, panelists, policymakers and higher education leaders (by invitation only).
Topic 1. Jobs: The Role of the Public University and the State -What role do public universities play in the economy and what state policies impacting public universities encourage or hinder economic growth (jobs)? What concrete changes can be made to turn around our current trajectory?
Topic 2. The Federalization of the State University - Do we need dedicated federal funds to save Public Higher Education (see article)? How would it work, what are the pros and cons, and how would it affect the nature of the public education system?
SAGE 2011 Annual Fall Conference (Click to Register)
December 1-4, 2011 @ UC Berkeley (SAGE Members Only)
A detailed agenda for the 2011 Fall SAGE conference may be found at www.sagecoalition.org/FallSummit2011 (Link not yet active).
Tentative Agenda:
Thursday, December 1
7:00 pm - 10:00pm Cocktail Welcome Reception
10:00 pm - 12:00pm Executive Board Meeting
Friday, December 2
9:30 am - 12:00 pm SAGE Welcome & Business Session 1
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Pre-summit Tea (tentative)
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Summit (open to public)
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Chancellor's Reception (by invitation only) and group photo
8:00 pm - 12:00 am Group Outing / Dinner
Saturday, December 3
9:00 am - 10:00 am Breakfast
10:00 am - 12:00 pm SAGE Business Session 2
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm SAGE Business Session 3
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Campus Tour
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm SAGE Business Session 4
7:30 pm - 12:00 am Group Dinner (or dinner on your own) and outing
Sunday, December 4
9:30 am - 10:30 am Coffee and SAGE Business Session 5
10:30 am - 11:00 am Break/Get brunch
11:00 am - 12:00 pm SAGE Closing Session
1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Group activity for those that stay later (optional)