American Association of State Colleges and Universities

Delivering America’s Promise

Student Success

and the

Stewardship of Place Academic Affairs Winter Meeting February 5–7, 2015 New Orleans, Louisiana

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.  *  Ile de France Foyer Registration 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.  * Royal The Registry Consultations Please sign up for consultations at The Registry exhibit table in the Ile de France Foyer. 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.  *  Rex Room, 8th floor BAPA Program 8 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Breakfast and Welcome Presenter: Thomas R. Kepple, Jr. , President, American Academic Leadership Institute and President Emeritus, Juniata College (Pa.) 8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. The Joy of Being a Provost Presenter: George L. Mehaffy, Vice President, Academic Leadership and Change, AASCU 9:45 a.m. – 10 a.m. Break 10 a.m. – Noon Movement Management—Improving Human Resources Presenter: John Hille, Interim Vice President for Enrollment, Albion College (Mich.) Noon – 1:25 p.m. Lunch with Regional Groups 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Risk Management in Higher Education Harvey Kesselman, Provost and Executive Vice President, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey 8 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.  *  St. Jerome  (by invitation) Pre-conference Session and Working Lunch: Collaborative Regional Education (CORE) University Partnership Jacksonville State University (Ala.) will host the CORE incubator universities chosen to expand CORE’s PK-20 model throughout the United States through JSU’s Investing in Innovation (i3) grant from the U.S. Department of Education. This grant is focused on preparing 8th–12th grade students from primarily rural and high need schools for college and career through emphasis on new technologies and methodologies in the classroom. The first pre-conference will focus on partnership building and planning for collaboration across the CORE partnership. Facilitators: Alicia Simmons, Vice President for Research, Planning and Collaboration; Rebecca Turner, Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs; Vinson Houston, Vice President for Information Technology; and John Rosier, Director of Institutional Research and Assessment, Jacksonville State University (Ala.) 2 / 2015 AASCU Academic Affairs Winter Meeting   n    n    n    n    n

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.  * Orleans  (by invitation) Pre-conference Meeting: AASCU First Year Initiative Planning Lunch Facilitator: George L. Mehaffy, Vice President, Academic Leadership and Change, AASCU 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.  *  St. Claude Pre-conference Meeting: Provosts and Civic Engagement This pre-conference session will focus on the work of AASCU’s American Democracy Project (ADP) – our national civic learning and democratic engagement initiative. ADP was created by a group of AASCU provosts in 2003 to prepare AASCU students to be informed, engaged citizens in our democracy. Session participants will be provided with information and updates about current ADP efforts. Participants will also be asked to contribute to a brainstorming session on new strategic directions for ADP as part of a larger strategic planning vision. After more than a decade of successful programming and growth, it’s time to consider future directions for our collective civic work. We’ll ask: What elements of civic and community engagement are you currently addressing on your campus? How might ADP best support your efforts? What ADP programming is most beneficial to you and your campus? What current topics/issues would you most like to see ADP play a leadership role in tackling? What types of professional development for faculty and staff would be most useful? Facilitators: Jennifer M. Domagal-Goldman, National Manager of AASCU’s American Democracy Project and Barbara Holland, Senior Scholar, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.  * Frontenac  (RSVP Requested) Pre-conference: Workshop for New Provosts Facilitators: Jane M. Gates, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Western Connecticut State University; Ellen Junn, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, California State University Dominguez Hills and Bill Eddleman, Provost, Southeast Missouri State University 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.  *  Ile de France Ballroom Opening Plenary Opening Remarks: George L. Mehaffy, Vice President, Academic Leadership and Change, AASCU Welcome: Muriel A. Howard, President AASCU Introduction: Glen Hahn Cope, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of MissouriSt. Louis Improving College Readiness by Building an Educational Pipeline Colleges and universities all seek to attract more students at increased levels college readiness, but most institutions cannot achieve this by simply becoming more selective. While many argue this problem is one of K-12 performance, outside the realm of a post-secondary institution, Medgar Evers College (N.Y.) views the problem as one of resource distribution wherein a strong college can leverage its resources faculty, facilities, programs and community standing to make great impacts to its schools, the community and the students they generate. Reaching into the K-12 schools in the surrounding area can build a college-going culture that both empowers students and strengthens the schools they attend. Presenter: Rudy Crew, President, City University of New York, Medgar Evers College 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.  *  Maurepas Prefunction Foyer Opening Reception 6 p.m. Dinner on Your Own See restaurant sign-up sheets   n    n    n    n    n     2015 AASCU Academic Affairs Winter Meeting / 3

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.  *  Ile de France Foyer Registration 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.  *  Royal Room The Registry for College and University Presidents Consultations Please sign up for consultations at The Registry exhibit table in the Ile de France Foyer. 7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m.  *  Ile de France Ballroom Networking Breakfast 7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m.  * Maurepas Breakfast Meeting for Women Provosts Breakfast for this session is outside the Maurepas Room Facilitator: Ira Blake, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.  *  Ile de France Ballroom Plenary Session: Changing Visions of the Academy—The Community as Classroom Student success is a national imperative, often a state funding performance metric, and increasingly a measure of institutional success and viability. One critical key to student success is student engagement. But how do we best engage students in their learning? Many would argue that student engagement is created out of experiential learning in real-life settings. In this session, we’ll explore evidence of how community and civic programs produce substantial levels of student engagement which contribute to student success. We’ll describe some of the most successful programs and practices. In the AASCU concept of Stewards of Place, the classroom moves beyond the four walls of the conventional classroom to encompass the community and region; in this conception, the community is the classroom. But how do we begin to enact this broader vision of the community as classroom? Contemporary pressures for change come not only from the realm of policy but also from fundamental shifts in forms and methods of knowledge generation and dissemination that are leading us toward a new academic culture. In the future, the development of institutional capacity for change and adaptation will be an essential asset for success. In this plenary, we’ll explore major change trends and models for leading and managing change with a special focus on the growing strategic benefits of community engagement as an effective tool for building new institutional capacities for student success. Presenter: Barbara Holland, Senior Scholar, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.  * Frontenac Metaphors and Models—The Future of the Undergraduate Major What defines the majors at your institution? What model underlies the structure of the major? What range of areas do your departments think they need to offer in order to remain legitimate? Do these guidelines still work in the 21st century? How do they influence requests for faculty lines? This session explores these questions and offers some answers and responses. Its focus is the central question posed by AASCU’s Red Balloon project—how do we do more with less without sacrificing quality? Participants are asked to delve into what guides their institutions’ departments and to begin the ground work for a long range project to be explored on their home campuses and discussed at the summer conference. Presenters: Kevin Railey, Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School and Jason Grinnell, Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Humanities and Associate Professor of Philosophy, State University of New York, Buffalo State 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.  *  Rosalie/St. Claude Enhancing Student Success, Community Engagement and Financial Support through a Virtual Co-op Program The Center for Applied Informatics (CAI) was created to provide students a rich applied learning experience while meeting the economic and development needs of our community. Student and professionals have been paired to support collaborative learning through research, internships, web applications, projects with student/staff/faculty/business partners, business development opportunities, and dissemination of the practice and discipline of informatics to create long-term economic value. The CAI has found a successful formula for driving knowledge transfer between business and academia. Students engaged in the CAI have a 100 percent graduation rate and graduates have a 100 percent job placement rate. The business partners have responded by providing over $1 million annually to support this work. The success of the CAI students and the organizations engaging CAI students has drawn national attention for demonstrating how universities and business and community partners can provide applied learning experiences to enhance learning, drive regional development and create a renewable base of workforce talent. Presenter: Gail Wells, Provost Emerita and Professor, Northern Kentucky University

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions  continued 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.  * Orleans The Rise of the Informed Consumer and Student Return on Investment More than ever, postsecondary consumers are informed and empowered shoppers who will scrutinize the value of higher education. What components contribute to a student return on investment (SROI) for higher education institutions? How can your institution leverage such measures to help you stand apart from the competition and resonate with the students you intend to attract and enroll? Join us for an engaging discussion on the macro pressures of the informed consumer and federal policy as well as institutional response to these forces. At this session you will learn from your fellow attendees as well as from the results of a recent survey of several AASCU members on their views and practices associated with SROI. Session facilitators share some economic research about consumers’ reactions to having more choice and how information can impact their decisions and increase satisfaction with their final choices. Presenters: Jennifer Beyer, Director, Strategic Consulting and Brian Mikesell, Vice President, Market Engagement, Hobsons 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.  *  St. Jerome Noncognitive Factors and Student Success: Research and Institutional Perspectives As institutions of higher education have increasingly pushed—and been pushed—to focus on student retention, persistence and completion, we officially have shifted from an era of student access to one of student success. In this new paradigm of higher education, we see more institutions focusing not on who gets in and who doesn’t, but how we can help each student who enrolls. In order to achieve institutional and national goals of improved success and completion, colleges and universities require a different understanding of what determines success—one that focuses on skills and behavior rather than background and demographics. In doing so, institutions will be better suited to not only understand who is likely to succeed, but why, and most importantly how they can improve success for all students. This presentation integrates the research perspective and institutional perspectives, discussing the factors that determine success, the tools and approaches to improving success for each student, regardless of their entering knowledge, skills, behaviors or characteristics. Presenters: Victoria Monaghan, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Client Management, ETS and Ontario Wooden, Dean, University College, North Carolina Central University

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions  continued 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.  * Maurepas Using Open Educational Resources to Impact Affordability, Student Success and Academic Innovation In 2013, Pittsburg State University (Kan.) joined the acclaimed, NGLC-funded Kaleidoscope Project with the goal of using open educational resources (OER) to reduce textbook costs and boost retention among disadvantaged students. Doubling down on OER as an academic strategy, the university is also a codevelopment partner for a Gates Foundation-funded project to create next generation courseware in introductory business and economics courses using OER. This session discusses the university’s goals, experiences and promising outcomes to date from OER-related initiatives, including thousands in cost savings for students; significantly improved withdrawal rates; stronger student success metrics and the infusion of innovation in teaching and learning. It also discusses challenges and opportunities for scaling success with OER to more students, courses and departments across the university. Presenters: Lynette Olson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs; Brenda Frieden, Director, Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology, Pittsburg State University (Kan.) and Julie Curtis, Vice President of Strategy & Communication, Lumen Learning 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.  * Frontenac How Much is that Graduate in the Window? Most universities rely on self-reported and/or “Payscale” salary data and career data on their graduates. California State University Northridge (CSUN) has assembled the real salaries, actual occupations and specific industries for over 50,000 graduates from 1992 to 2013. This discussion focuses on how this data was assembled and what the data reveals. Discuss other data that CSUN has retrieved, despite the hostile and/or indifferent attitudes about data at various levels of government. Presenter:  Harry Hellenbrand, Provost, California State University Northridge 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.  *  Rosalie/St Claude The Rewards of Retention Retention is the key to university sustainability and growth. Across the nation, post-secondary institutions are constantly endeavoring to find answers to the question of how to retain students, especially those who enter underprepared for the rigors of college. Over the course of the past five years, a credit-bearing literacy course, created to serve a key population of underprepared students has proven to positively impact student retention. Presenters share key components of this initiative, from institutional commitment required to support such an undertaking to the curricular makeup of its delivery. Documentation of its success in retaining students and positively affecting tuition income is also shared. This is a program that is feasible and it works. Presenters:  Pamela Petty, Director and Daniel Super, Co-Director, WKU Literacy Center, Western Kentucky University

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions  continued 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.  * Orleans Enhancing Place through Campus Engagement: Engage West and the University of West Georgia This session describes the multi-leveled approach to campus engagement initiated by the new president at the University of West Georgia, a project entitled Engage West. The project has as its theoretical basis the work of Quint Studer and the Studer Group, which is designed to improve quality of work and services at hospitals. Therefore, this project is one of the emerging health care to higher education analogies designed to effect greater efficiency, and if not lower the costs of higher education, at least provide a better account for them. The project is only in its first year, so this presentation describes the project, presents testimonials, and discusses the hopes and plans for the coming years. Presenter: Micheal Crafton, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, University of West Georgia 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.  *  St. Jerome Nourishing Relationships: NIU’s Communiversity Gardens Project and Student Success NIU’s “communiversity” initiatives engage students, faculty and the surrounding community in building unifying relationships with each other and cultivating an enriching environment for student success. Hear an overview of Huskie Service Scholars (HSS), a peer mentoring and community service program designed for first-generation and low income students. HSS reflects themes of stewardship through civic engagement projects, particularly a community garden project. Presenters discuss how other “communiversity” initiatives also embody these themes: a partnership with the DeKalb community on a summer youth program; development of a neighborhood enhancement effort; and the shared responsibility of sustainable food production through the NIU Communiversity Gardens project. This session closes with data derived from HSS supporting increased engagement and increased student satisfaction through “communiversity” initiatives and stewardship. Presenters:  Anne Birberick, Vice Provost; Katie Birkey, AmeriCorps Vista and Jennifer Groce, Director of Community Affairs, Northern Illinois University 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Featured Sessions 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.  * Maurepas Operationalizing Stewards of Place through Regional Engagement Effective campus-based regional engagement and research programs are essential to student success. Consistent with the Stewards of Place paradigm, successful development and implementation of such economic/community development programs requires aligning the teaching, scholarship and service functions with the infrastructure needed for effective public/private partnerships and institutional outreach. This session highlights program examples, the infrastructure needed for successful implementation, and ways to adapt/replicate such programs. Presenters: Richard Dunfee, Executive Director, Grants Resource Center, AASCU; Ashish Vaidya, Special Advisor to the President for Regional Economic Development, California State, Los Angeles and Janet Woolman, Executive Director-Economic Development and Louisiana Environmental Research Center (LERC), McNeese State University (La.) 8 / 2015 AASCU Academic Affairs Winter Meeting   n    n    n    n    n

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.. Lunch and Featured Sessions  continued 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.  * Frontenac Washington Update: Ed Reform Goes to College In its first four decades, the Higher Education Act limited its micromanagement of institutions of higher education to the latter’s administrative and financial practices. While compliance requirements for receipt of federal funds became increasingly intrusive and, at times, incomprehensible, institutions complied with them as the still-manageable price they had to pay for gaining eligibility to critical federal programs. Over the course of the past decade, however, federal mandates have taken an ominous turn in the direction of dictating academic policy, a notion that would have been inconceivable when the HEA was first enacted in 1965. Federal interest in defining educational quality and assessing outcomes is the main driver of this disturbing trend, which parallels the rise of “ed reform” in the K–12 system and its mechanical quality metrics under No Child Left Behind legislation and the Race-to-the-Top program. This session provides a brief overview of existing and pending policy proposals that federalize academic policy, and discuss the political dynamics that will influence the likely course of federal policy over the next few years. Presenter: Barmak Nassirian, Director, Federal Relations and Policy Analysis 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.  *  Rosalie/St Claude High Standards (HS)+ Strong Start (College) = Student Success High Standards (HS): The pump is primed to improve student retention and completion. States have raised K–12 standards to align with the demands of college and careers, and most students will begin taking “college ready” assessments as part of their high school program this spring. How can higher education institutions leverage the new standards and work with their K–12 colleagues to build better bridges into credit bearing first year courses? Strong Start (College): Game-changer strategies are proving to be substantially successful in supporting students once they arrive on our campuses. Hear from national experts on how Higher Standards (HS) and stronger first year college freshman strategies are leading to first year success. And learn what leading institutions are doing through co-requisite remediation and increasing credit accumulation to improve student retention, graduation and shorten time to degree. Presenters: Matt Gandal, President, Education Strategy Group and organizer of Higher Ed for Higher Standards; Stan Jones, President, Complete College America and Elaine Maimon, President, Governors State University (Ill.)

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.. Lunch and Featured Sessions  continued 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.  *  St. Jerome From Navigation to Integration: Locating Learning in a Student Success Center In January 2014, the University of Washington Bothell (UWB) launched a Student Success Center (SSC) to bring together campus resources in support of a larger institutional initiative around student achievement. As the fastest growing public university in the state of Washington, including 25 percent Pell- eligible and 46 percent first generation college attendees, UWB sought to provide a centralized location in which to foster more efficient navigation and connection to learning services and support. Resources that fall under the SSC umbrella include pre-major academic advising, tutoring centers, academic transition programming, career center, and high-impact learning practices such as study abroad, undergraduate research and community-based learning programs. Rather than serving as a mere transactional space, at the center of this collaboration is the intentional integration of student learning outcomes that are curricular and cocurricular, and promotion of the student/mentor relationship including faculty, peer, advisor and staff. This interactive session highlights some of the operational challenges associated with bringing together units that cross both academic and student affairs. Presenters also address the Center’s transformative potential by highlighting the existing integrative frameworks for deepened student learning and engagement. Presenters:  Leslie Ashbaugh, Vice Chancellor for Academic Achievement and CUSP and Claire Fraczek, Director of Integrated Learning, University of Washington Bothell 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.  * Orleans After Ferguson: Civil and Civic Engagement on College and University Campuses The incident in Ferguson, Mo., in which an unarmed African-American teenager was shot and killed by a white police officer set of a global firestorm. Higher Education Institutions are grappling with the aftermath of the protest and calls for change in the judicial and educational system. What is higher education response to these difficult questions? This session will explore issues of justice, economic and education and what is the role of higher education to assist in resolving these longstanding issues. Presenter: Dwayne Smith, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Harris-Stowe State University (Mo.) 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.  *  Rex Room, 8th Floor BAPA Lunch Presentation: What Every Advancement Officer Wishes Their Provost Knew About Fundraising Presenter: Neal Weaver, Vice President for University Advancement and Innovation, Nicholls State University (La.)

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 1:45 p.m. – 3 p.m. Featured Sessions 1:45 p.m. – 3 p.m.  * Maurepas Enhancing Leadership Skills to Meet Priority Goals Achieving priority goals requires leaders who have the skills needed for the demands of their jobs. More than half of American managers are inadequate for the demands of their jobs, but most of them probably do not realize it.  The more incompetent people are, the more they tend to overestimate their performance.  Likewise, many university administrators probably do not realize that their leadership skills need improving, or are so busy that they have little time to think about it.  This session focuses on techniques that have been found, in 25 years of coaching university presidents, provosts, deans and other corporate executives, to help university leaders improve their leadership skills and effectiveness in meeting priority goals.   Presenters: Barbara Burch, Provost Emeritus and Civic Engagement Scholar and Randy Capps, Special Appointment, Organizational Leadership, Professor of Management, Interim Department Head, Department of Psychology, Western Kentucky University  1:45 p.m. – 3 p.m.  * Frontenac Exploring NSSE’s Civic Engagement Results to Enhance Educational Experiences Colleges and universities interested in ensuring that graduates are prepared to be informed, engaged citizens employ many approaches to assess and improve civic learning and engagement. In 2013, the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) offered a new topical module on civic engagement that asks students to assess their conflict resolution skills and examines how often students have engaged with local or campus and state/national/global issues. The module complements questions on the core survey about service-learning, community service, and becoming an informed and active citizen. Nearly 50 AASCU institutions have module results, and many are American Democracy Project participants. This session introduces NSSE’s civic engagement module, involves participants in considering aggregate findings and campus-level results and what the results suggest for civic engagement practice and quality in higher education, as well as highlights how representatives from one institution have used their results. Presenters: Jillian Kinzie, National Survey of Student Engagement, Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research; Jennifer M. Domagal-Goldman, National Manager, American Democracy Project, AASCU; Kimberly Schmidl-Gagne, Program Coordinator and Cathy Turrentine, Director of Institutional Research, Keene State College (N.H.) 1:45 p.m. – 3 p.m.  *  Rosalie/St. Claude Opening Access Channels for Students Success through Intentional Outsourcing As accountability of institutions and students of higher learning expands, collaborations must be increased and secured to ensure successful student outcomes. This session will share the challenges, goals, and opportunities for university partners to share their core mission and deliver access to relevant, transferable, high quality online courses, which allow students access to courses through an online course exchange. The presentation will give an overview of the platform for course sharing, distribution channels, and feedback from the early phase of the UIU Link-AASCU Pilot of Intentional Outsourcing. Presenters: Kim Griffo and Scott Lurding, co-CEOs at UIU Link

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 1:45 p.m. – 3 p.m. Featured Sessions  continued 1:45 p.m. – 3 p.m.  * Orleans Navigating New York Times Content to Aid in Student Learning Outcomes—Bring Your Own Mobile Device Increasingly, colleges and universities are focusing on learning outcomes and student success. One strategy for addressing these issues is incorporating The New York Times in both academic and student affairs programing.  Reading The New York Times inspires curiosity about the world, fosters lifelong learning, and prepares students to compete in a global society.  This session shows you how to easily navigate the treasure trove of Times content going back to 1851, and the captivating storytelling found in articles, video, multimedia features and so much more, to aid in student learning success. Presenter:  Lynn Hall, National Director, Education, The New York Times 1:45 p.m. – 3 p.m.  *  St. Jerome Actionable Intelligence: Big Data for Student Success Retention and graduation rates have long been student success indicators, occurring at the end of an academic year. Utilizing technology and predictive analytics to communicate and facilitate strategies have help to increase retention rates, graduation rates and academic success. Valdosta State University’s (Ga.)(VSU) actionable intelligence approach provided two-way communication between faculty and academic support centers about students’ needs, strengths and weaknesses. By changing the VSU’s culture of communication, it has experienced almost a 4 percent increase in retention and between a 3.5 and 5 percent increase in pass rates. Innovative technologies include business intelligence, predictive analytics, information discovery, and student and faculty portals. Join us as we review techniques and technologies implemented at VSU to assist student success. Presenters:  Brian Haugabrook, Chief Information Officer and Andy Clark, Vice President for Enrollment, Marketing, and Communication, Valdosta State University (Ga.)

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 3:15 p.m. – 4 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 3:15 p.m. – 4 p.m.  * Maurepas OER Remix Ology: A (gently) shaken, not stirred, curriculum and course design model It’s easy to fall in love with the promise of open education. However, it’s difficult to put the promise into an effective and scalable practice on a college or university campus. This session discusses one model for facilitating OER course development on a college campus. Motivated by a challenge to make higher education more affordable, Chadron State College (Neb.)(CSC) has remixed recipes drawn from others in the OER community, tossed additional ingredients into the mix, and developed approaches to curriculum and course design that encourage, as well as endorse, the use of open education resources (OER). A librarian, an instructional designer, a faculty member, a technical specialist and an undergraduate student researcher discuss CSC’s history with OER and the evolution of a design process that reduces (and works toward eliminating) course textbook costs. Expect a convivial yet candid combination of remixers who share with attendees some of their successes tempered by a few of their concerns. After sharing details of the design process, the group invites attendee participation in discussing such topics as faculty incentives, copyright issues, academic rigor, backward design, authorship and attribution, interoperability, undergraduate research, sustainable practice, ADA compliance, costs savings, permissions and licensing, course evaluation and revision. Presenters: Jesse Sealey, Assistant Professor of Education; Maggie Darnell, Undergraduate Student Researcher; Christine Fullerton, Public Services Librarian; and Elizabeth Ledbetter, Instructional Technology and Design Specialist, Chadron State College (Neb.) 3:15 p.m. – 4 p.m.  * Frontenac Institutional Transformation: An Academic Response to Enhancing Student Success, Retention, Persistence, and Degree Completion This session illustrates best-practices regarding the development and management of college- or universitywide, academically led initiatives to improve retention and persistence rates while focusing on students’ success. An emphasis is placed how on first-year experience, academic advising, formal mentoring, and other programs contributed to a 9 percent increase in fall-to-fall freshmen to sophomore retention rate at Western Illinois University. The importance of examining institutional challenges and their causes to identify potential solutions for transformation is addressed. Additionally, this session provides insight on successful methods and strategies for involving faculty and academic administrators in activities that create collaborative environments to facilitate transformative learning environments for campus communities. This session should particularly benefit participants who are interested in exploring methods for engaging students in a manner that encourages them to think critically and empowers them to shape their own experiences. Presenters: Kenneth S. Hawkinson, Provost and Academic Vice President and Ronald C. Williams, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, Western Illinois University

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 3:15 p.m. – 4 p.m. Concurrent Sessions  continued 3:15 p.m. – 4 p.m.  *  Rosalie/St. Claude Highly Valued Degrees California State University Long Beach (CSULB) has received the inaugural Excellence and Innovation Award for Student Success and Completion by American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). Inspired by the 2005 AASCU/Education Trust study of high performing institutions for underrepresented students, CSULB launched the Highly Valued Degree Initiative to increase completion for all student ethnic, gender and major subgroups. Strategies have included (a) adopting student success as the main institutional strategic priority, (b) developing completion metrics that drill down to colleges, departments and demographic groups, (c) improving budget management to ensure funding for the schedule of classes, (d) infrastructure with cross-campus participation and accountability, (e) leadership commitment to provide resources despite budget cuts, and (f ) learning supports for students. Results have been dramatic. In just over a decade, six-year first time freshman graduation rates have risen from below 40 percent to 64 percent. Transfer rates have shown similar increases. Gains have reached all ethnic and gender subgroups: the Latino rate has risen 20 percent, the African American rate 22 percent and the Asian rate 23 percent. Continued rises in retention rates indicate that gains are likely to continue. The campus has continued to innovate with changes in tenure track hiring to ensure faculty best suited for working with an increasingly underrepresented, first generation and low income student population; a new admissions plan; and electronic advising; these changes are likely to lead to additional gains. Presenter: David Dowell, Interim Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, California State University, Long Beach

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 3:15 p.m. – 4 p.m. Concurrent Sessions  continued 3:15 p.m. – 4 p.m.  *  St. Jerome The Community Engagement Collaboratory: Data that Matters Community engagement is increasingly seen as a beneficial strategy to create new capacities among faculty, staff and students that contribute to institutional strategic improvement. Institutions committed to developing community engagement realize new and more vibrant relationships between the campus and its regional communities. In addition, community engagement is associated with increased recruitment and retention of students as well as faculty, and improved learning outcomes. How do you know that the engagement pursued is effective, impactful and relevant? More fundamentally, how do you become aware of all the community engagement occurring at your institution—the people, the activities, the partners? Accurate data that describes the level, focus and outcomes of your institutional community activities can help magnify those activities, and allow further development that aligns with strategic initiatives and ensures limited resources are well-invested. The Community Engagement Collaboratory is a cloudbased software application created by higher education scholars that helps your institution develop a comprehensive description of community engagement and public service activities. The Collaboratory also creates the basis for collecting feedback and evidence of impacts and outcomes from faculty, staff, student, and the community. Join the presenters to discuss methods by which you can track and leverage community engagement data that matters to the progress of your institution, while learning more about The Collaboratory. Presenters: Barbara Holland, Senior Scholar, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis and Lisa Keyne, Chief Strategy Officer, The Community Engagement Collaboratory, Treetop Commons 3:15 p.m. – 4 p.m.  * Orleans Finding Balance: Workforce Alignment and the Evolving Mission of Higher Education Balancing the needs of the different stakeholders served in higher education has been the challenge of leaders of our public institutions for as long as they have existed. In today’s context, there is tension between education as a higher good, the need for positive employment outcomes, and the role of the university in each. This session is a discussion of how to balance the needs of students and parents, the needs of the business community, the needs of government, and the needs of faculty—all the while keeping in focus the mission of higher education. It is EMSI’s experience that in order to do this well, leaders should use labor market data and intelligence to inform their decision-making and communication. The session includes examples from several institutions and focus on two primary groups (students and parents, and faculty) and how using labor market intelligence can improve outcomes for both groups. Presenter: Luke Jankovic, Vice President, Higher Education, EMSI

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 4:15 p.m. – 5 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 4:15 p.m. – 5 p.m.  * Maurepas A Model for Integrating Community, Business and Industry, K–12 partnerships, Faculty, and Students: The Northwestern State University Playbook Changes in state funding, expectations for universities and K–12 schools, and needs of students have shifted tremendously during the past decade. Universities have been driven to meet these challenges by creating and maintaining stronger partnerships with K–12 schools and expanding partnerships with community and technical colleges as well as businesses. Northwestern (La.) has created a model by which K–12 partnerships, corporate and industry groups, private donors and faculty have been paired to enhance career readiness, expand community support for the institution and students, and generate economic development in the region. All these activities have involved community members and faculty to ensure that students leave the University prepared to enter the professional world with skills and knowledge that are current and appropriate for their chosen career fields. Presenters: Lisa Abney, Provost and Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs; Lisa Rougeou, Director of Northwestern State University Writing Project and Darlene Williams, Vice President Technology, Research and Economic Development, Northwestern State University (La.) 4:15 p.m. – 5 p.m.  * Frontenac EncoreU: The Demographic Imperative and Opportunity for Higher Education The number of Americans 55 and over will grow to 112 million by 2030 and Americans age 65 years or older will double during the next 25 years. Roughly, 10,000 baby boomers on the pioneering edge of an extended lifespan will turn 65 every day until 2030. This unprecedented and seismic demographic shift is shaping the future and presents tremendous opportunity for higher education, as longer lifespans redefine “retirement” and 50+ adults seek meaningful engagement via educational transition pathways. A growing number of colleges and universities are leading the way, developing initiatives that leverage this wealth of human talent into encore careers—work that contributes to the good of our communities and society. Scores of them have already signed a Presidential Pledge to provide programs for older adults that will provide them with encore opportunities and promote the social good. Extended discussion with Barbara will follow this session in this room. Presenter: Barbara Vacarr, Director, Higher Education Initiative, Encore.org

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 4:15 p.m. – 5 p.m. Concurrent Sessions  continued 4:15 p.m. – 5 p.m.  *  Rosalie/St. Claude As Nevada Goes, So Should the Nation: An Update on a Gateway Course Transformation Project This session explores data gleaned from 13 colleges and universities—including six AASCU institutions – working to improve historically high failure rate (a.k.a. gateway) courses via the non-profit Gardner Institute’s Gateways to Completion (G2C) process. In addition, information on gateway course improvement-related actions that faculty and staff are undertaking to significantly improve student and institutional performance in gateway courses is also shared. A detailed overview of one AASCU institution’s efforts with G2C—Nevada State College—serves as an illustration of what is possible in this exciting effort. Extended discussion with Drew will follow this session in this room. Presenters: Drew Koch, Executive Vice President, John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education and Tony Scinta, Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Psychology at Nevada State College 4:15 p.m. – 5 p.m.  *  St. Jerome Looking Forward with Predictive Analytics: The CSU Student Success Dashboard The California State University Office of the Chancellor recently launched a system-wide Student Success Dashboard to help its 23 campus leaders better understand the problem of low graduation rates, diagnose contributing factors, and target responses based on these discoveries. The dashboard provides presidents, provosts, vice presidents, deans, department chairs and faculty with a set of analytical tools that apply predictive modeling to give new insights into factors that affect student progress toward a degree. Using the dashboard, campus leaders can monitor on-track indicators and better understand which milestones students are failing to reach and why they are not reaching them. Ultimately, this analytical tool can also help campuses design interventions or policy changes to increase student success and gauge the impact of their interventions. Presenter: Jeff Gold, Senior Director, Academic Affairs, California State University System 4:15 p.m. – 5 p.m.  * Orleans The Finish Line: Shared Responsibility in Degree Completion The Finish Line was initially conceived following a significant decline in non-traditional student enrollment which became evident following the abrupt changes in federal financial aid regulations in 2012. Hear how the institution responded with a shared responsibility approach to degree completion through the reduction of retention and completion barriers, conversion of successful experimental practices into standard institutional operational procedures and policy, as well as, support and collaboration with internal as well as external parties. Presenter:  Richard Irwin, Interim Vice Provost, University of Memphis (Tenn.)

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.  *  Rex Room BAPA Program: What Every Provost Should Know About Athletics Presenter: Bob Malekoff, Lecturer/Academic Advisor, Department of Sports Science, University of North Carolina 5:15 p.m. – 6 p.m.  * Frontenac Opportunity for Extended Discussion with Barbara Vaccar 5:15 p.m. – 6 p.m.  *  Rosalie/St Claude Opportunity for Extended Discussion with Drew Koch 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.  *  Rex Room, 8th Floor BAPA Happy Hour

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.  *  Ile de France Foyer Registration 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast on Your Own 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.  * Maurepas BAPA Program: Breakfast with Muriel A. Howard, President, AASCU 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.  *  Frontenac and Conde Breakfast for Provosts of Color Facilitator: W. Weldon Hill, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Virginia State University 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.  *  Royal Room The Registry for College and University Presidents Consultations Please sign up for consultations at The Registry exhibit table in the Ile de France Foyer. 8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.  *  Ile de France Ballroom Plenary: Raising the Quality of Teacher Preparation: It’s a Window of Opportunity The future of our country depends on how well we educate all of our young people. Skillful K-12 teachers are central to that agenda. This presentation describes a new brand of teacher preparation that focuses on developing skillful beginning teachers who are classroom-ready, and shows the role that higher education institutions must play. Using video and other interactive resources, participants learn about this approach and consider what university leaders must do to support such work on their campuses. We also examine the opportunity before us, what it will take, and learn why the time is right for this in our country now. Note: Q&A and more discussion about this topic with Deborah Loewenberg Ball will be taking place immediately following this plenary in the Maurepas Room from 10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Presenter: Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Dean and William H. Payne Collegiate Professor, University of Michigan-School of Education 9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.  *  Ile de France Foyer Refreshment Break

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Featured Sessions 10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.  * Maurepas What is Your Role? How Can We Collectively Strengthen Teacher Preparation? Questions and answers for Deborah Loewenberg Ball, following “Raising the Quality of Teacher Preparation: It’s a Window of Opportunity. Facilitator: Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Dean and William H. Payne Collegiate Professor, University of Michigan-School of Education 10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.  *  St. Jerome Presenter: Pam Tate, President and CAO, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) 10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.  *  Rosalie/St. Claude Moving from Quantity to Quality to Demonstrate Student Learning Outcomes: An Assessment Reboot Institutions of higher education (IHEs) are faced with many challenges when implementing an assessment initiative, such as constraints on time, resources, the demands of specialized accreditation and faculty motivation to comply. This presentation demonstrates how West Chester University (Pa.) has successfully implemented a faculty-led initiative that enabled academic programs to view student learning assessment (and the resulting outcomes) from a quality rather than quantity perspective while simultaneously enabling the university to evaluate program-based assessment plans and outcomes from a college- and institutionwide perspective to serve the needs of administrators. This presentation encourages participants to build on their own knowledge and practices by providing rubrics and reporting templates that can easily be adapted to their institutions. Presenters: Linda Lamwers, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs; Lorraine Bernotsky, Graduate Dean and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs; and Scott Heinerichs, Associate Professor and Faculty Associate for Teaching, Learning and Assessment, West Chester University (Pa.) 10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.  * Frontenac Transformational Moments for Online Learning and Academic Analytics Technology is influencing significant changes in teaching and learning. This session cuts through the hype and clichés to examine the data on how and why colleges and universities are investing in technology to restructure learning experiences and student advising. Learn how to apply these data at your institution to inform your strategy. Hear a CIO reflect on establishing effective collaborations with academic leaders to use technology to enable student success. Presenters: Hilary J. Baker, Vice President for Information Technology/CIO, California State University, Northridge and Susan Grajek, Vice President for Data, Research, and Analytics, EDUCAUSE

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Featured Sessions  continued 10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.  * Orleans Academic Affairs in Advanced Placement: The Ongoing Role of College Faculty in Advanced Placement This session provides personal and professional insight into the Advanced Placement program – a national educational program that encourages collaboration across secondary and postsecondary institutions. The session provides a platform for the faculty speakers to share how they originally got involved with the Advanced Placement program; why they chose to continue their involvement; and, what some of the roles are for the thousands of other faculty who participate in the AP program each year. The Advanced Placement program brings together educators from high schools and universities to develop curricula and assessments to provide challenging coursework in high school that aligns to core curriculum outcomes at the university level. This collaborative process, in which professional educators from high schools and content-area experts from universities work side by side to create a true educational pipeline with both groups understanding their role in creating a college-going culture and facilitating student success. Moderator : Cathy Brigham, Senior Director of Higher Education Academic Outreach, The College Board Presenters: Jonathan Chu, Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Boston; Anne Houtman, Dean, School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering and Professor of Biology, California State University Bakersfield and Stephen Meinhold, Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington 10:15 a.m. – 11 a.m.  *  Rex Room, 8th Floor BAPA Program: Mock Interview Session 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.  *  Rex Room, 8th Floor BAPA Program: Top Ten Items a Business Officer Wants a Provost to Know Presenter: Dana Hoyt, President, Sam Houston State University (Texas) 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch on Your Own 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Invitational and Sponsor Lunches 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.  * Maurepas  (by invitation) Lunch with Pam Tate As we see the traditional age population of students declining, many institutions are beginning to pay more attention to a historically underserved population, adult students. Pam and her colleagues at CAEL are working on adult-friendly strategies for greater learning outcomes and student success, using competency based education, prior learning assessment, and other tools. Facilitator: Pamela Tate, President, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Invitational and Sponsor Lunches  continued 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.  *  Rosalie/St. Claude  (by invitation) AASCU’s National Blended Course Consortium: A Vision for Low-Cost, Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Courses AASCU has recently been awarded several grants to develop a set of what we are describing as “national blended courses.” These courses are collaboratively created by faculty from different campuses, built as interdisciplinary courses, focused on civic outcomes, intended for use widely on campuses but with a particular focus as first-year courses, created and maintained as crowd-sourced courses with measurable learning outcomes, with substantial reduction in costs for campuses that use these courses. This course development project emerges from our Red Balloon work to reimagine undergraduate education. So far, the project has created its first course, Global Challenges: Promise and Peril in the 21st Century. A second course, the Stewardship of Public Lands, is underway, and a third course, Economic Inequality, is in the concept phase. Please join us for a conversation exploring the potential to re-envision how we develop and teach courses in ways that are learner and faculty-centric while simultaneously taking advantage of emerging technologies. We’re seeking campuses to help pilot a set of these courses and to help us develop new course ideas and strategies for broad use by AASCU schools. Presenters: George L. Mehaffy, Vice President, Academic Leadership and Change; Jennifer DomagalGoldman, National Manager, American Democracy Project , AASCU and Shala Mills, Chair, Department of Political Science, Fort Hays State University (Kan.) 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.  * Frontenac  (by invitation) Work Smarter, Not Harder to Increase Research Funding AASCU institutions face unprecedented pressure to increase funding generated through research activity. Beyond identifying and securing grant funding, it is critical that the right infrastructure is in place to aid in the oversight of the post-award process and foster interdepartmental collaboration. Many universities generate valuable metrics but only some are able to collect and digest those metrics to inform decisions on future growth strategies. Join us for a focus group where we will discuss the challenges and demands related to increasing research funding. The group will define the desired outcomes and, ultimately, the best practices in the both technology and resource infrastructure that support increased funding in the AASCU university setting. Presenters: Angela Peat, Business Analyst and Scott Maynard, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, InfoReady

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Invitational and Sponsor Lunches  continued 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.  *  St. Jerome  (by invitation) How Adopting the Right ePortfolio Platform Can Improve Student Outcomes ePortfolios are proven to increase student-learning outcomes—including writing proficiencies, critical thinking skills and metacognition—as well as institution-influenced outcomes such as: course completion, graduation and job placement rates. Hear about Fresno State’s experiences of using an institution-wide ePortfolio platform to increase student completion rates. Learn how Medgar Evers College-CUNY uses Pathbrite in a freshman seminar to implement deeper advisory supports to improve retention of vulnerable incoming freshmen. Presenters: Rudy Crew, President, City University of New York, Medgar Evers College (N.Y.); Lynette Zelezny, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, California State University Fresno and Heather Hiles, CEO & Founder, Pathbrite 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.  * Orleans  (by invitation) Research Roundtable: Strategic Issues and Priorities for Campus Internationalization Just 100 institutions out of more than 4,500 post-secondary institutions enroll half of all international students in the U.S. and send nearly half of all American students abroad. This indicates that “internationalization of American higher education” is a misnomer. Most of the top-100 institutions are wellendowed with tangible (people, time or money) or intangible resources (leadership, brand or expertise) to engage in campus internationalization, while others struggle. How can other high caliber institutions develop successful internationalization strategies that can ensure student success while contain costs and maintain quality? One of the approaches is to move from anecdotal evidences to informed perspectives that are grounded in the larger mobility trends and deeper understanding of student profiles, needs and behavior. This facilitated roundtable session engages academic leaders at AASCU institutions to uncover strategic issues, challenges and priorities for internationalization at their institutions. This in turn, will shape the research agenda to inform internationalization strategies and practices that can be effectively applied at AASCU member institutions. Presenter: Rahul Choudaha, Chief Knowledge Officer and Senior Director of Strategic Development, World Education Services (WES) 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.  *  Rex Room, 8th Floor BAPA Lunch Presentation and Closing BAPA Session—Finding the Right Match Presenter: Thomas R. Kepple, Jr. , President, American Academic Leadership Institute and President Emeritus, Juniata College (Pa.)

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 1:15 p.m. – 2 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 1:15 p.m. – 2 p.m.  * Maurepas Expanding Opportunities in China For over 30 years, AASCU in partnership with the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) has been developing education exchange for students and professional development programs for faculty and administrators. In 2015 our organizations joined Zizhu International to establish The SinoAmerican Higher Education Leadership Center for Innovation (a.k.a. Innovation Center) to expand and explore more opportunities for American universities to work with Chinese institutions. This session explores the use of the Innovation Center and its services to member campuses; the promotion of collaborative programs and training institutes for American higher educational institutions working with Chinese counterparts and colleagues in higher education; and other opportunities including: • China Studies Institute • AASCU ABC Bridge Program • Rosalyn Carter Institute of Caregiving Certificate Program • Senior International Officer Institute- China • Visiting Scholars • TELC (Teaching English /Learning Chinese) Presenters: Arlene Jackson, Director of International Education, AASCU and Sufei Li, National Liaison Coordinator of AASCU/CEAIE Programs 1:15 p.m. – 2 p.m.  * Frontenac The CAO Role in Program Prioritization The ever-changing higher education landscape combined with internal and external pressures have brought discussions about program prioritization to the forefront over the last several years. Keeping program quality in already stretched academic areas while looking at significant budget concerns is critical focus of a prioritization effort for the Chief Academic Officer. In this presentation, the speaker reviews the process and outcomes of the University of Minnesota, Duluth experience in a program prioritization effort that included every unit on the campus. She will also discuss the importance of the CAO’s role in the process. Presenter: Andrea Schokker, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Minnesota, Duluth

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 1:15 p.m. – 2 p.m. Concurrent Sessions  continued 1:15 p.m. – 2 p.m.  *  Rosalie/St Claude New Provosts: Scaling Student Success through Data and Relationships While the role of the Chief Academic Officer (CAO) to steward efforts to improve student outcomes is widely acknowledged, the “new Provost” phase offers unique potential to advance student success and close equity gaps. This presentation—designed especially for aspiring, newly appointed and first-year Provosts—focuses on the ability to gain campus support for transformative student success efforts, all while navigating a new environment. Themes of intentionality and energy, leveraging data, creating relationships, establishing routines, integrating professional development, implementing focused strategies, and engaging partnerships with educational organizations will be explored. This presentation highlights national and campus-specific content, fundamental questions, first-year Provost’s experiences and interactive discussion. Presenters: Marilyn Wells, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Minnesota State University, Mankato and Jonathan Gagliardi, Deputy Director and Higher Education Engagement Manager, National Association for System Heads and US Education Delivery Institute 1:15 p.m. – 2 p.m.  *  St. Jerome Stewardship and Civic Engagement: Regional and Campus Initiatives The University of North Georgia has focused its engagement efforts toward both individual and collective impact. In this presentation, hear about two successful initiatives that can be replicated to promote an institution’s commitment to its role as a steward of place. First, presenters describe the project management required to promote a regional community conversation focused on educational access, partnerships and collaboration, and workforce readiness. The Regional Education and Economic Development (REED) initiative was a broad-based, inclusive process for building alliances and shared regional vision. Then, presenters describe UNG’s partnership with TurboVote to facilitate student voter registration and turnout. Presenters will provide effectiveness data and lessons learned for promoting student civic engagement. Presenters: Patricia Donat, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Renee Bricker, Assistant Professor of History, University of North Georgia

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 1:15 p.m. – 2 p.m. Concurrent Sessions  continued 1:15 p.m. – 2 p.m.  * Orleans Tackling the Next Phase of Online Program Growth with a Research-Based, Five-Step Approach Education is changing at a swift pace and online learning continues to evolve even faster. As more universities are launching online programs, and as the diversity of offerings continues to grow, many of the early pioneers who launched online programs are beginning to see a slowdown in enrollments. Attend this session to hear about the importance of a research-driven approach to online program selection, development and launch. Join subject matter experts and representatives from Eastern Kentucky University as they share how their approach to online program selection has paid off for their institution. Outcomes will include: • Why it’s important to use data and up-to-date research when deciding what programs to take online. • How taking the right programs online can leverage your marketing spend while still allowing you to grow. • Considerations for how to differentiate your online program academically. Presenters: Tim Matthews, Executive Director, e-campus, Eastern Kentucky University and David Vande Pol, Associate Vice President, Business Development, Pearson Embanet 2:15 p.m. – 3 p.m. Concurrent Sessions 2:15 p.m. – 3 p.m.  * Maurepas Building Partnerships in Mexico This session focuses on strategies and approaches to creating partnerships in Mexico. In particular, the session examines opportunities in Mexico under the U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Forum on Higher Education, Innovation and Research (referred to as FOBESII). In addition, two 100,000 Strong initiatives will be highlighted, including (a) 100,000 Strong in the Americas, which seeks to increase student mobility between the United States and the countries of the Western Hemisphere, including Mexico; and (b) Mexico’s Proyecta 100,000 program that aims to send 100,000 Mexican students to the United States and to receive 50,000 U.S. students in Mexico by 2018. Based in Mexico, ANUIES is the National Association of Universities and Higher Education Institutions. It is a non-governmental organization which includes 152 public and private higher education institutions in Mexico. The association is involved in the development of programs, plans and national policies for higher education, as well as establishing partnerships aimed at fostering the development of mutually beneficial international higher education and exchanges. Presenter: Escalera Jimenez, Business Relation Management, ANUIES

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 2:15 p.m. – 3 p.m. Concurrent Sessions  continued 2:15 p.m. – 3 p.m.  * Frontenac Success by Dual Degrees: A New Model for Community College/University Partnerships What does it take to build successful community college/university partnerships? It takes time, effort and communication! This session describes the Dual Degree Program (DDP) at Governors State University (Ill.). The Dual Degree Program is a unique partnership between GSU and 17 Chicagoland community colleges that provides full-time students with a defined pathway to earn quality, accessible, and affordable associate and baccalaureate degrees. The presenter discusses the structure of the program, objectives, methods used for promoting communication and engagement with partner institutions, and issues of planning, budgeting, publicizing, executing and evaluating the Dual Degree Program. Presenter: Deborah Bordelon, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Governors State University (Ill.) 2:15 p.m. – 3 p.m.  *  Rosalie/St. Claude Internationalizing the University Campus—Two Years Later A little over two years ago, a new master academic plan for Bemidji State University (Minn.) identified four major goal areas for the university. One goal was to internationalize the university by: increasing international student enrollment to 10 percent of headcount; providing 120 slots each semester of affordable education abroad and work abroad opportunities for students; engaging faculty in sabbaticals abroad at no cost to them or the university; opening a nationally accredited English Language Center and bridge program; offering an international credential to students; and revamping the visiting scholars program to become cost neutral. This session provides a two-year progress report on how we are meeting the overall goal, the impact on university enrollment, the impact on university budget, the emerging impact on campus climate, and the emerging impact on the local community. BSU was recognized by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System by being awarded the system’s first Global Education Award and was recognized by NAFSA for its affordable semester abroad model. Presenter: Martin Tadlock, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bemidji State University (Minn.) 2:15 p.m. – 3 p.m.  *  St. Jerome Using Analytics to Power, Measure the Impact of Student Success Initiatives Before institutions can become “Stewards of Place” and commit to publicly engage and contribute to their communities, they must first fully and meaningfully understand their own initiatives around student success—what is working, and for whom. In this session, speakers from AASCU member institutions share how they are using predictive insights and action analytics to make students’ journeys more learningcentered and data-rich, bolster strategic decision-making to support all aspects of their mission to improve student success, and measure the impact of these initiatives. Presenters: Rob Robinson, Senior Director, Client Success, Civitas Learning and Alicia Simmons, Executive Director, Planning and Research and Institute for Research and Collaboration, Jacksonville State University (Ala.)

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 2:15 p.m. – 3 p.m. Concurrent Sessions  continued 2:15 p.m. – 3 p.m.  * Orleans Putting Stewardship into Action: Advancing Student Success through Improved Course Access and Resource Alignment Using predictive data, campuses are managing change and aligning precious academic resources to better meet the needs of their students and their communities. In this session, learn how AASCU schools fair in Ad Astra’s Higher Education Scheduling Index™, which benchmarks space and instructional resource utilization and course access. Hear about Kutztown University’s journey to implement a culture of student-focused scheduling to improve graduation rates. Presenters: Sarah Collins, Chief Client Experience Officer, Ad Astra Information Systems and E. Gil Clary, Assistant Provost for Faculty and Academic Administration, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania 3:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.  *  Ile de France Ballroom Combined Closing Plenary and Reception The closing plenary will be a highly interactive session focused on transforming the first year of college. We’ll have some brief remarks, coupled with small group discussions and report outs. Participants will come away from that event with lots of ideas about transformation work on their own campus, while together we will plan a national collaborative project on the transformation of the first year of college. Please join us for the culminating event of the conference. Food and drinks will be served throughout the event. Facilitator: George L. Mehaffy, Vice President, Academic Leadership and Change, AASCU 5:15 p.m. Adjourn

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