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Session 5: Educating the U.S. Workforce of the Next 50 Years
Panelists will discuss how we must educate and train children and youth to prepare them for 50-year careers.
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Claire L. Gaudiani
New York University
Claire L. Gaudiani is currently a Professor at The George H. Heyman, Jr. Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising at New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Prior to accepting this position, Dr. Gaudiani was a Senior Research Scholar at the Yale Law School where she worked to complete a book entitled The Greater Good: How Philanthropy Drives the American Economy and Can Save Capitalism. This book, published by New York Times-Henry Holt, with a September 10, 2003 publication date, addresses a wide audience with stories from American history, and data and survey results that illustrate the book's thesis: that Americans are not generous because we are rich, but rich because we are generous. See more about The Greater Good.
Dr. Gaudiani served for 13 years as President of Connecticut College. Under her leadership from 1988-2001, Connecticut College quintupled its endowment and rose in the influential U.S. News and World Report survey from No. 41 to the mid-20's. Applications for admission rose a total of 40 percent over the last five years. A Decade of Achievement sets forth the achievements of Connecticut College people, programs, and policies from 1988-1998, under Dr. Gaudiani's leadership.
Dr. Gaudiani served for five years as the volunteer president of the non-profit New London Development Corporation and remains on the Board of the corporation, which is dedicated to building the tax base, creating jobs and improving the quality of life for all citizens of New London. Since 1997, this corporation has worked with the City Council, the State of Connecticut, Pfizer, Inc., and many citizens and developers. Pfizer opened its new $300 million Global Research & Development Facility on June 8, 2001 adding 2,100 jobs and a dramatic change to New London's tax base. The NLDC has received an Annie E. Casey Foundation grant (among other funds) to support its Social Justice initiatives to improve early and K-8 education after-school programs, housing, and job-readiness for New London's citizens.
Dr. Gaudiani holds a Ph.D. and master's degree in French literature from Indiana University and a bachelor's degree, also in French, from Connecticut College. She has served on the boards of numerous for-profit and not-for-profit enterprises including the The Henry Luce Foundation, MBIA Inc., the Shubert Theatre, the Connecticut Center for School Change, Connecticut Legal Services Advisory Board, Public Radio International, and Citizens Bank. She is a trustee of WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute.) She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and as a fellow of the PBK Society. She was also elected to the Century Association. She has received ten honorary doctorates.
Dr. Gaudiani is the author of six books and monographs and more than 80 articles. She is a frequent speaker both nationally and internationally on topics related to education, philanthropy, ethics, and the role of colleges in civil society.
Arne Duncan
CEO
Chicago Public Schools
On June 26, 2001, Mayor Richard M. Daley named Arne Duncan Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Public Schools. Mr. Duncan was previously Deputy Chief of Staff for the Chief Executive Officer.
Arne Duncan currently serves on the Boards of the Ariel Education Initiative, Bold Chicago, Chicago Cares, The Children’s Center, the Golden Apple Foundation, the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, Jobs for America ’s Graduates, Junior Achievement, the Dean’s Advisory Board of the Kellogg School of Management, the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ Foundation, Scholarship Chicago and the South Side YMCA. He also serves on the Visiting Committee for the University of Chicago ’s School of Social Service Administration . He was a fellow in the Leadership Greater Chicago’s class of 1995, and a member of the Aspen Institute’s Henry Crown Fellowship Program, Class of 2002. In May of 2003, he received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Lake Forest College .
Arne Duncan graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1987, majoring in sociology. He was co-captain of Harvard’s basketball team and was named a first team Academic All-American. From 1987-1991, Mr. Duncan played professional basketball in Australia , where he also worked with children who were wards of the state.
Arne Duncan returned to Chicago in 1992 to direct the Ariel Education Initiative, which seeks to create outstanding educational opportunities for inner-city children on the City’s South Side. In 1998, he joined the Chicago Public Schools.
