February 2007

FSU INSTITUTE ON COLLEGE STUDENT VALUES TO FOCUS ON UNIVERSITIES' ROLE

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Students, scholars and administrators will discuss whether higher education institutions are doing enough to influence student conduct when they meet at Florida State University's 17th Annual Institute on College Student Values Feb. 8-10 at the Turnbull Conference Center.

This year's theme is "College Student Conduct: Is Higher Education Doing Enough to Teach, Model and Monitor Student Ethical Behavior on Campus?" It will focus on how colleges and universities can assist students in the development of value-based decision making. The conference will feature speakers, workshops, roundtable discussions, exhibits, a resource library and special presentations by top researchers and scholars.

"We will emphasize programs that show an integrated approach to the cognitive, emotional, moral and spiritual development of students," said FSU Vice President for Student Affairs Mary Coburn, who said she expects more than 150 people from more than 85 colleges and universities to attend the institute.

The featured speakers are Elizabeth Kiss, president of Agnes Scott College, on Feb. 8; Sylvia Hurtado, director of the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles, and Larry Roper, vice provost for student affairs and professor of ethnic studies at Oregon State University, on Feb. 9; and Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs at Duke University, on Feb. 10. Arthur W. Chickering, author of the best selling book "Education and Identity," is the special guest.

The institute will kick off at 6 p.m. Feb. 8 with a dinner and presentation by Kiss. Sessions will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Feb. 9 and 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 10. The institute is co-sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs and the Hardee Center for Leadership and Ethics in Higher Education at FSU.

For more information and the complete program schedule, visit www.studentvalues.fsu.edu.
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