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CIC PRESENTS TOP ACADEMIC AWARDS
FOR 2002

WASHINGTON, DC - The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) announced today the two winners of its annual awards for advancing academic excellence at private colleges and universities for 2002.
The awards, presented on Saturday and Sunday, November 2 and 3, at the Institute for Chief Academic Officers held at the Eldorado Hotel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, are the Council’s highest honors for exemplary academic leadership. This year’s awardees are Martha Craven Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, who received CIC's Academic Leadership Award, and Carl Caldwell, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Anderson University (IN), who received CIC's Chief Academic Officers Award.

In announcing the award, CIC President Richard Ekman noted, "Dr. Nussbaum’s distinguished career as a philosopher, teacher, writer, researcher, and international lecturer on topics such as education, justice, and women’s health has had a significant impact on higher education. Her work in defining how a liberal arts education can help students address contemporary needs and issues has enabled private colleges and universities to prepare students better to be ‘ideal world citizens.’ We are grateful for her activities and example."

Nussbaum, noted for her scholarly research and for her advocacy of the liberal arts, has been a member of the board of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Council of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She received the Brandeis Creative

Arts Award in Non-Fiction, the PEN Spielvogel-Diamondstein Award for the best collection of essays, the Ness Book Award for Cultivating Humanity, and the book award of the North American Society for Social Philosophy for Sex and Social Justice. As a faculty member, she teaches courses on ethics, feminism, theories of justice, and graduate seminars in ancient Greek philosophy.

Ekman noted that Carl Caldwell’s “tremendous contributions to independent higher education – specifically his work to identify and address key issues for private colleges and universities – has greatly helped fellow chief academic officers find solutions and address challenges on campus. His thoughtful comments and care for individuals, as well as colleges, make him a valued colleague.”

Caldwell has served as chief academic officer at three institutions (Anderson University, Franklin College, and Bridgewater College) for more than two decades. He has been a member of the CAO Task Force, a frequent speaker at CIC’s Institute for Chief Academic Officers, and a mentor to new CAOs. He began his career at Manchester College as a professor of history in 1971 and was appointed Associate Dean in 1981. He earned his bachelor's degree from Anderson University, followed by a master's from Ohio University and a doctoral degree from Indiana University.

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