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World
Affairs
Council
of
Charlotte
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Speaker
Series
(September
19,
2012)
Dr.
Carol
Quillen
President,
Davidson
College
US
Higher
Education
in a
Global
Economy
The
World
Affairs
Councils
of
America
released
their
network
leadership
survey
results
that
concluded
that
the Six
Top
National
Security
Issues facing
the
United
States
in
the
run-up
to
the 2012
presidential
election
are: US
Education--Competing
Globally,
US
Energy
Policy,
Afghanistan/Pakistan,
US
Economic
Competitiveness,
Middle
East,
and
China.
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If
we
are
to
have
a
world-class
education
system,
and
let's
talk
about
world
class,
our
definition
of
educational
excellence
must
go
beyond
literacy
and
numeracy
to
include
knowledge
of
the
history,
geography,
cultures
and
languages
of
others
part
of
the
world.
-
James
B.
Hunt
Jr.,
Former
Governor
of
North
Carolina
Date: Wednesday,
September
19,
2012
Venue: Westin Charlotte (601 S. College St.)
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Check-In & General Networking: 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Presentation: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Cost: $50 (WACC members) / $60 (Non-members) - Lunch included
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Biography:
Carol
E.
Quillen
is
the
president
of
Davidson
College,
a
highly
selective
independent
liberal
arts
college
for
1,900
students
located
near
Charlotte,
North
Carolina.
President
Quillen,
Davidson's
18th
president,
came
to
Davidson
from
Rice
University
in
Houston,
Texas,
where
she
served
most
recently
as
vice
president
for
international
and
interdisciplinary
initiatives.
She
was
a
member
of
the
history
faculty
at
Rice
from
1989
-
2011,
and
is
an
accomplished
teacher,
scholar
and
administrator.
After
completing
her
undergraduate
work
at
the
University
of
Chicago,
she
earned
her
Ph.D.
in
European
History
from
Princeton
University.
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