November 11-12, 1999
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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He is a management professor by training, and is the author of one book and many articles in the area of organizational behavior. He received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Michigan State University and his Ph.D. from Purdue University. He taught at The University of Texas at San Antonio, and served as Department Chairman and Assistant Dean of the College of Business there. His organizational work has focused on organizational structure, conflict management, communication, and performance appraisal. He earned tenure as a member of the faculty at both UTSA and at Drexel.
Dr. Hawkins has served as a consultant to over 350 organizations, combining his academic and business experience. This combined set of skills was used by the Governor of Pennsylvania, when in 1983, he was asked to initiate a corporate, industrial, public, and educational partnership in Southeastern Pennsylvania to create start-up companies and develop new jobs. Hawkins was in charge of the fund raising effort to raise $18 million in corporate support for this program. This program is still thriving nearly two decades later.
Dr. Hawkins has written extensively, including three books, many articles, book chapters and monographs in the area of information resources, academic planning, and the use of technology in higher education. His most recent book, which he co-authored with Patricia Battin, is entitled "The Mirage of Continuity: Reconfiguring Academic Information Resources for the 21st Century." He has served on several Boards, including EDUCOM (Chair of the EDUCOM Board from 1989-90), CAUSE, the Coalition for Networked Information, the International Consortium for Educational Computing, and the Research Advisory Board of OCLC. Additionally, Hawkins has been a member of higher education advisory boards for Apple, IBM, NeXT, Sun and Microsoft, and has served on more than sixty advisory panels for various colleges and universities. In 1991 he was the recipient of the CAUSE ELITE Award, a lifetime achievement award for Exemplary Leadership and Information Technology Excellence. He has served actively on accreditation teams as a chair and member, as well as the standards committee for North East Association of Schools and Colleges. He has been an invited speaker at professional meetings including the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE), EDUCOM, CAUSE, the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP), the American Association of Publishers (AAP), the Association for College Research Libraries (ACRL), the National Association of College Stores (NACS), as well as meetings sponsored by vendors such as Apple and IBM.
Brian L. Hawkins
Brian L. Hawkins is currently President of EDUCAUSE, a professional association of more than 1600 colleges and universities, dedicated to transforming higher education through information technologies. This organization was formed in 1998 as a result of the consolidation of Educom and CAUSE, the two premier technology associations in higher education. Prior to accepting this position, he was Senior Vice President for Academic Planning and Administrative Affairs at Brown University. In this capacity, he had responsibility for academic planning, management of the instructional budget, campus computing, enrollment management, institutional research, summer programs, admission, financial aid, and student registration. Just prior to leaving Brown, he filled in as acting President of Brown University, along with two other senior officers of the institution. Since 1989, when the President appointed him as Special Assistant for Academic Planning, he spearheaded Brown's strategic planning process. He came to Brown in 1986 as Vice President for Computing and Information Services. He filled in as Sr. Vice President for Finance and Administration in 1989. Before coming to Brown, he was Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Drexel University. At Drexel, he was responsible for general academic planning, and was responsible for the academic program that was the first in the nation to require access to a microcomputer, and to integrate the use of technology throughout the curriculum.