2009 Summer Seminar Highlights

"It could end up that it is better to have not had a large endowment to begin with."

—Roger Goodman, Vice President, Moody's Investors Service

"Which of our programs and activities are mission-critical, and what do they actually cost?"

—Kent John Chabotar, President, Guilford College

“It’s hard to envision any scenario where you get a vigorous job market or economic growth anytime soon.”

—Chris Farrell, Economics Correspondent for “Marketplace”

"Fish don't see water, and Gen We doesn't see tech."

—Katie Elfering, Consumer Strategist, Iconoculture

"The masses are increasingly demanding to be communicated with, entertained, and marketed to as unique and separate individuals."

—John Rash, Senior Vice President, Campbell Mithun

"You feel about a service the way you feel about the people providing it. Relationships trump all."

—Harry Beckwith, Author of Selling the Invisible

"President Obama profoundly understands higher education and has put colleges on the front burner."

—Sarah Flanagan, Vice President for Government Relations, NAICU

"Our funding model is based on the same faulty assumption the banking sector had: that there will always be people who will pay more."

—Bill Shain, President, William M. Shain Consulting

"[In their searches for chief enrollment officers,] institutions want strategic thinkers with the ability to anticipate trends and embrace change."

—Richard Cook, Lahti Search Consultants

"We're seeing a lot of [people from] the corporate world trying to get in to the higher education administration."

—Tom Williams, President, Williams & Company