Long-time Colleague and Friend Alice Brown

Nice to see long-time colleague and friend Alice Brown in the audience for my comments and panel discussion at the Association of Collaborative Leadership Conference at Norfolk Waterside Marriott. For 25 years, Alice was the President of the Appalachian College Association—a 35 college/university collaborative that I was actively involved in during my presidencies at Lincoln Memorial University and Bethany College. I was speaking to ACL on the value of partnerships that extend the "reach" of colleges and universities through various forms of outreach to like-minded organizations. The mission of ACL is to support this kind of sharing of services, personnel and other resources among higher education institutions.