Presidential Speeches and Articles

The following is a list of recent speaking engagements and articles written by SVC President Karen Gross:

september 2011

President Gross spoke at a workshop at Maple Street School in Manchester, VT, on "Demystifying College Applications, Admissions & Financial Aid: The Top Eight Myths."

august 2011

President Gross was a keynote presenter at the Financial Education Summer Training 2011 Conference in Albany, N.Y. Her talk was entiled "Making Higher Education Possible: Financing Tips and Strategies for Students and Their Families."

July 2011

President Gross responded to Boston Globe article: "Uncertainties over US aid vex students" in Boston Globe at http://articles.boston.com/2011-07-22/news/29803803_1_student-aid-pell-program-financial-aid

may 2011

Op-Ed article in Burlington Free Press on "My Turn: College payoff: Yes, it matters." Read more at
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011107070318

may 2011

President Gross responds to New York Times Question: How Good Are American Colleges? at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/22/opinion/l22college.html.

Article entitled "Saving Pell Grants in an Era of Cost-Cutting" in New England Journal of Higher Education. Read more at http://www.nebhe.org/thejournal/saving-pell-grants-in-an-era-of-cost-cutting/.

Spoke at the AAUW (American Association of University Women) meeting at Putney Inn in Putney, Vt. The topic was "The Challenges Facing Vulnerable Students and Strategies for their Collegiate Success."

December 2010

Blog in Pearson Learning Solutions entitled "Making Good on the Promise of Higher Education in Vermont - Part II & III" by Karen Gross and Albert DeCiccio. Read more at http://www.pearsoncustom.com/blog/.

november 2010

Blog in Pearson Learning Solutions entitled "Making Good on the Promise of Higher Education in Vermont - Part I" by Karen Gross and Albert DeCiccio. Read more at http://www.pearsoncustom.com/blog/2010/11/15/making-good-on-the-promise-of-higher-education-in-vermont-part-i/

august 2010

Keynote speaker on "How Women Think About and Handle Money: Leadership Implications" at Union Graduate College Conference on Women, Management and Leadership: Organizational Practices and Individual Strategies for Women - at Proctor's Theatre, Schenectady, N.Y.

JUNE 2010

Article entitled "College Tries "Mini-mesters" and More to Improve Readiness" by Karen Gross and Albert DeCiccio. Read more at http://www.nebhe.org/2010/06/04/college-tries-%e2%80%9cmini-mesters%e2%80%9d-and-more-to-improve-readiness/

may 2010

Presentation on "Micro-lending and Credit Cards: Reflecting on Parallels and Differences Across the Globe," hosted by the Windham World Affairs Council, at Marlboro College Graduate Center in Brattleboro. Read more at http://www.allbusiness.com/education-training/education-administration-university/14462527-1.html

april 2010

Moderates panel discussion on "Financial Literacy in the Public Schools" at conference on Cities as a Source of Consumer Protection, at Fordham University School of Law.

February 2010

Article entitled: "Cheers and Cautions on Credit Cards." In Insidehighered.com. Read more at http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2010/02/19/gross 

Article entitled: "Lessons from a Super Loss." In Insidehighered.com. Read more at http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2010/02/11/gross

january 2010

Topic: The Role of the President in Collegiate Athletics" at Council of Independent Colleges, Marco Island, Fla., Panel Moderator

november/december 2009

Article entitled: "Pausing, Pondering, and Partnering: Communicating in Financially Challenging Times" in Change Magazine. Read more.

november 2009

Topic: "How to Advise Families about Money" at Independent Educational Consultants Association, Fall Meeting, Charlotte, N.C.

Topic: "Teaching and Learning about Financial Issues" at Canadian Financial Aid Administrators, Edmonton, Canada

october 2009

Topic: "Consumer Financial Agency" (audio) at Bloomberg.com

Topic: "Higher Education's New Realities in this Economy" at New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE), Respondent, Plenary Session, Boston, Mass.

Topic: "How to Improve Financial Literacy Skills on Campus" at the College Board Forum, Education and the American Future, Panelist, New York, N.Y.

june 2009

Topic: "Money's Language in a Troubled Economy: Improving College Success for First Generation Students" at the Rural Family Economic Success (RuFES) Meeting of the Casey Family Services, New Hampshire Division in Concord.

Topic: "Law's Role in a Troubled Economy: Savior/Sinner? Or Something Else?" at Vermont Professional Responsibility Board Annual Meeting in White River Junction, Vt.

Topic: "Credit Counseling" at INSOL Quadrennial Meeting, Vancouver, Canada

MAY 2009

Article entitled "Lessons Learned, Now That It's Over...." In Insidehighered.com dated May 26. Read more at http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/05/26/gross

Talk on May 5 at Burr & Burton Academy in Manchester on "What You and Your College-bound Student Should Know About Finances."

april 2009

Guest Teaching: "Consumer Bankruptcy" at University of Maine School of Law

Article entitled "Creating a Retention Quilt: Southern Vermont College reports on results from the trenches" in The New England Journal of Higher Education, written by President Karen Gross, Provost Al DeCiccio and Dean of Students Anne Hopkins Gross. read more

MARCH 2009

Article entitled "What Was I Thinking?" in Insidehighered.com dated March 16. read more or http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/03/16/gross

FEBRUARY 2009

Keynote address entitled "Speaking Money's Language" at Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development, Philadelphia, Pa.

Topic: "Women, the Current Economy and the Language of Money" at Rivier College, Nashua, N.H.

JANUARY 2009

Article entitled "A President Reenters the Classroom. Why?" in Insidehighered.com dated January 23. read more or http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/01/23/gross

Article written by Karen Gross and Anne Myrka titled "'Roving' Interdisciplinary Professors" in The Chronicle of Higher Education dated January 23.

Article entitled "A late-in-life friendship" in Manchester Journal dated January 16. read more

Article entitled "We Miss You in the Academy" in Change. http://www.changemag.org/January-February%202009/full-miss-you.html

DECEMBER 2008

Article entitled "Is an undergraduate education the next endangered species?" in December issue of Vermont Business Magazine.

November 2008

Talk on November 18 at Unitarian Universalist Meeting House in Bennington on "Women, Money and the Challenges of Hard Times."

Common $ense 4th Annual Personal Finance Conference for Teachers and Parents, Wednesday, November 12, at Sheraton Hotel, South Burlington, Vt.

OCTOBER 2008

Talk at University College London on "The Election and Why the Candidates Are Paying Attention to Bankruptcy." It was a talk about Senator Barack Obama's use of bankruptcy law as a vehicle for achieving social change - actually interesting to non-lawyers as it deals with healthcare, aging, natural disasters, the war, home mortgages and predatory lending.

fall 2008

Article entitled "LA INSOLVENCIA DE LOS CONSUMIDORES EN EL DERECHO DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS," appearing in a book titled "EL FUTURO DE LA PROTECCIÓN JURÍDICA DE LOS CONSUMIDORES" (Jorge Tomillo Urbina, Director), published in 2008 by Thomson/Civitas

August 2008

Insidehighered.com - Welcoming a New Provost, in 3 Months or Less - co-written by Karen Gross and Provost Al Deciccio

Southern Vermont College - Orientation Presentation to Incoming Students
The Dust is Flying

  • Read a transcript of The Dust is Flying 

summer 2008 

  • The New England Journal of Higher Education
    When Less Is More: The Role of Small (Really Small) Colleges In Today's Educational Marketplace

June 2008

  • Insidehighered.com - Doctor of Humane Lettuce 
  • PACAC - Pennsylvania Guidance Counselor Annual Meeting, Harrisburg, PA
    Topic: How Small Colleges Benefit Students
  • Commencement Address, The Hoosac School, Bennington, VT

April 2008

  • BusinessWeek.com
    Police Those Credit Cards: Via the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights, the U.S. should regulate the industry to protect consumers from sudden rate increases such as those recently imposed by Bank of America, which more than doubled rates for certain cardholders. Pro or con?
    Pro: Fine Print Is Useless - by Karen Gross
  • Canadian Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, British Columbia, Canada
    Workshops on Money Issues Affecting Students
  • Casey Family Services Diversity Conference, New Hampshire
    Topic: How Small Colleges Benefit First Generation Students; Understanding Money's Language

March 2008

  • Small Board School Association Annual Meeting, Rectory School, Pomfret, CT
    Topic: Small Colleges and the Benefits They Offer

january 2008

What's in a name: Provost or Dean? by Karen Gross

November 2007

  • Success Magazine
    Small School Big Ideas

October 2007

  • National Community Tax Coalition's 6th Biennial Conference
    Denver, CO
    The Language of Money
  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on Career Advancement, NYC, NY
    Panel Discussion on Using a Law Degree in Academia

Fall 2007

  • The Yearbook of Consumer Law 2008
    Expanding the use of Credit Reports and Credit Scores: The need for Caution and Empiricism

September 2007

August 2007

July 2007

  • IRC Comparative Consumer Overindebtedness
    Law & Society Conference, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
    Panel - Responsible Lending
  • Inside Higher Ed

June 2007

  • Campus Compact Network Meeting, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
    A Dialogue With Presidents About Their Priorities And The Context For The Engaged Campus:A candid conversation with three college presidents from diverse institutions about the issues that are near and dear to college presidents' hearts and budgets.

April 2007

  • University of Cantabria in Santander, Spain
    Bankruptcy Laws of the U.S.

March 2007

  • University of British Columbia, Montreal, Canada
    4th Annual Review of Insolvency Law Conference
    Credit Counseling in the U.S. and Canadian Experience
  • North Adams Transcript
    Guest Column--"Top 10 principles for financial health"

February 2007

  • North Adams Transcript
    Guest Column--"Academic $ense Financial Literacy 101"
    • "Academic $ense Financial Literacy 101"
  • Bennington Banner
    Guest Column--"An expensive opportunity" 

January 2007

November 2006

  • Nottingham Trent University
    The Language of Money and Why it Matters: Lawyers and Laypersons Should Learn to Speak It
  • Lancaster University Law School
    Be Careful What You Wish For: The American Experience in Changing the Bankruptcy Law
  • Southern Vermont College
    Teaching Women to Speak Money's Language and Why It Matters
    Sponsored by the American Association of University Women and SVC.
  • Southern Vermont College Inaugural Speech
  • Campus Perspectives with Bennington College President Elizabeth Coleman
  • Vermont Student Assistance Corporation Annual Meeting
    Learning to Speak Money's Language: Techniques, Tips, and Takeaways
  • Graduate New York State Financial Aid Administrators Conference
    Graduate Symposium - Financial Literacy for Graduate Students

October 2006

  • Black Accountants Northern New Jersey Chapter
    Dissecting a Credit Card
  • Law School Senior Seminar at The University of Hull
    The Changing Nature of Legislation in the US : Bankruptcy Law as paradigm for reduced flexibility and diminished individualized justice

September 2006

  • President Gross participated in a panel in Chicago for the International Bar Association. The topic was Women Lawyers Marketing All Clients. The panel addressed how women lawyers can market themselves more effectively. She was joined on the panel by Susan Bennett, Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Culligan International Company, Northbrook, IL ; Ellisa Opstbaum Habbart, Esq., The Delaware Counsel Group, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Maria Teresa Pintos, Partner, Abeledo Gottheil Abogados S.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Stella Obiageli Ugboma, Solicitor & Consultant, Stella Ugboma & Associates, Lagos, Nigeria.

August 2006