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From the 2009 Higher Education Policy Conference
 

We are proud to offer presentations from the Higher Education Policy Conference held August 11-14 in Denver, CO

Presentations:
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tuesday 8/11

Pre-Conference Workshop: Training Teachers to Effectively Serve Areas of Greatest Need
The Urban Teacher Partnership- presented by Esther Rodriguez (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Education Commission of the States - presented by Bruce Vandal (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

Pre-Conference Workshop: How can states and institutions make better use of cross-state academic planning and programming? barriers, incentives and benefits
Academic Alliances - presented by Marshall Hill, Robert Larson, Sue Maes, Virginia Moxley and Russ Poulin (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

welcome to denver dinner
A Tipping Point? - presented by Paul Lingenfelter (Click for Speech)

WEDNESDAY 8/12

federal/State dialogue 1: new challenges to academic planning and policy
Carnegie Corporation Philanthropy - presented by Barbara Gombach (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Transfer and Transfer Technology - presented by Ken Sauer (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

federal/State dialogue 2: the federal economic stimulus package: strategies to survive the economy
Higher Expectations and Fewer Resources: Finding a Way - presented by Dennis Jones (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

federal/State dialogue 3: higher education and the state public agenda
Transforming Higher Education: The NCSL Blue Ribbon Commission - presented by Vincent Badolato (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

Luncheon "lightning round" vendor plenary
Xap Corporation (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Academy One (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

Docufide (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Noel-Levitz (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

Decision Academic (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Hezel Associates (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

Concurrent session 1: state longitudinal data systems
Strategies for Connections - presented by Hans L'Orange (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

Concurrent session 3: now that the feds have acted, what are the states doing to ensure affordability?
The Challenge to States: Preserving College Access and Affordability in a Time of Crisis - handout from Joni Finney (Click for Handout)
2020 Vision for Arizona - handout from Sandra Woodley (Click for Handout)
University System of Ohio - presented by Richard Petrick (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Highlights from Ohio's Strategic Plan for Higher Education 2008-2017 - handout from Richard Petrick (Click for Handout)

thursday 8/13

CONCURRENT DIALOGUE 1: How can states encourage use of student engagement data and related information to focus institutional effort on effective practices to foster higher levels of student success?
Assessment for Improvement and Accountability: Examples from the States - presented by John Hayek, Jillian Kinzie, George Kuh and James Moran (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

CONCURRENT DIALOGUE 4: what college learning outcomes are most needed by students, valued by employers, and central to the missions of institutions? how can states and higher education systems promote and ensure these outcomes?
Liberal Education and America's Promise: Changing the Conversation about Student Success and Institutional Accountability - presented by Debra Humphreys (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
A Growth Agenda for Wisconsin - presented by Kevin P. Reilly (Click for Link to Wisconsin Resources page containing Action Steps handouts)
Liberal Education Initiative at the Unversity of Wisconsin System - presented by Kevin P. Reilly (Click for Link to Wisconsin LEAP program web site)

LUNCHEON plenary: bologna has now arrived on these shores, too.
It's not so much when Bologna will arrive in the U.S.... but how - presented by Cliff Adelman (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

concurrent session 2: "tuning" academic disciplines: process and progress in indiana, minnesota, and utah
Tuning in Minnesota - presented by Leslie Mercer (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Tuning in Utah - presented by Phyllis 'Teddi' Safman (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Tuning in Indiana - presented by Ken Sauer (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

plenary: putting students first -- multiple voices and multiple strategies
Metropolitan State College of Denver - presented by Stephen Jordan, Myron Anderson, Judi A. Diaz Bonacquisti and Hashim Coates (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

concurrent conversation 1: state models to improve access and success for underrepresented populations
National College Access Network - presented by Kim Kiely (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

concurrent conversation 2: considering students when setting budget priorities
Making Opportunity Affordable: Cost-Effective Higher Education that Works for Students and the American Economy - handout from Brenda Albright (Click for Handout)
What is Cost-Effective Higher Education that Works for Students and the American Economy? What Does it Look Like? - handout from Brenda Albright (Click for Handout)

concurrent conversation 3: achieving the dream: tools and strategies relevant to states and sheeos
Success is what counts - presented by Frank Renz, Jan Yoshiwara, and Debra Stuart (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges - Student Achievement Initiative (Click for Handout)
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education - 2009 Enrollment Management Conference Program (Click for Handout)

friday 8/14

Plenary: the role of states in meeting national goals for higher education
Doing Our Part, 50 States and a National College Completion Agenda - presented by Jim Applegate (Click for Power-Point Presentation)