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We are proud to offer presentations from the Higher Education Policy Conference held August 10-13 in Providence, RI
Presentations:
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Tuesday 8/10 (P-16 Collaborative Pre-Con) Plenary: Building a Better Teacher
Presented by Deborah Loewenberg Ball from the University of Michigan (click for PDF)
Wednesday 8/11 Plenary: Improving Access, Persistence, and Success for All
Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America's Public Universities presented by Michael S. McPherson (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Plenary: The Role and Responsibilities of States in Increasing Access, Quality, and Completion
Restoring America's Leadership in Higher Education presented by Martha Kanter (Click for a US Department of Education PDF Handout)
Concurrent Session 1: Emerging Roles for Community Colleges: Federal and State Implications
Community Colleges: Meeting the Challenge of Increasing Attainment Rates presented by Arthur M. Hauptman (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Community Colleges: The Key to Meeting the Attainment Challenge presented by Dennis Jones (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Concurrent Session 3: Building New Pathways Toward Completion
Early College High Schools: Stepping Up to College During High School presented by Nancy Hoffman (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Bristol Community College: Creating a Veterans-Friendly Learning Environment presented by John Sbrega (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Building New Pathways to Degrees presented by Judy Wertheim (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
THURSDAY 8/12
Plenary: A New Vision and Commitment to Teacher Preparation
Blue Ribbon Panel on Clinical Preparation and Partnerships for Improved Student Learning presented by Nancy Zimpher (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
The Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative presented by Howard Gobstein (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Plenary: Developing Multiple Approaches to Common K-12 Assessments: Roles for SHEEOs and Higher Education
Partnership for Assessment of College and Career Readiness presented by Michael Cohen (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium presented by Susan Gendron (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
State Consortium for Board Examination Systems (SCOBES) presented by Marc Tucker (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Concurrent Session 3: Setting Data Standards and Definitions
Common Data Standards: tsup? presented by John Blegen and Ken Sauer (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Breakout 2: Quality Assurance and Accreditation - State Needs, Federal Expectations and Growing Demands
Discussion Presentation by Steven Crow and Peter Ewell (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Breakout 3: Higher Education and the Future U.S. Economy
Discussion Presentation by Les Janis and Mark Schaff (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Additional Visual Aids presented by Les Janis and Mark Schaff (Click for Word Document)
Optional Session 1: Steps and Strategies to Improve Essential Working Relationships between Regional Accreditors and State Higher Education Agencies
Continuing the Shared Dialogue: Data, Information, Ideas, Issues presented by Karen Solinski (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
FRIDAY 8/13
Plenary: Multinational Initiatives in Tertiary Education
Emerging Initiatives presented by Maureen McLaughlin (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Special Session: Are 12th Grade Students Academically Prepared for College? What the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is Doing to Find Out
NAEP 12th Grade Preparedness Commission presented by The Honorable Governor Ronnie Musgrove and Ray Fields (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Speaking Notes as presented by Ray Fields (Click for Word Document) | 
