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From the 2011 Higher Education Policy Conference
 

We are pleased to offer presentations from the Higher Education Policy Conference held August 9-12 in San Francisco, CA

Presentations:
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Wednesday 8/10

Plenary: Critical Mass
Presented by Ken O'Donnell (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
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Plenary: Global Education and Gender Justice: A Vision for the 21st Century
Presented by Kavita N. Ramdas (Click for PDF of speech notes)

Plenary: The Optimist's Education Agenda; Help More Students on the Road Ahead
Presented by Mark Milliron
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Plenary: Strategies for Meeting Attainment Goals . . . and Assuring Quality
Presented by Karen Cator, Holiday Hart McKiernan and Bruce Vandal
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Breakout 2: A New Script for Financing Higher Education
Presented by Nancy Shulock (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
What can SHEEO's do? presented by Jane Wellman (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

Breakout 3: Developing a Working Consensus on the Meaning of a Degree
Degree Profile - Bringing new currency to the meaning of U.S. degrees presented by Holiday Hart McKiernan (Click for Power-Point Presentation)


THURSDAY 8/11

Plenary: Q&A with California Higher Education Leaders
Presented by Jonathan A. Brown, Robert A. Corrigan, Geri H. Malandra, Robert Shireman and Linda M. Thor
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Plenary: Federal Update
Presented by David A. Bergeron and Rosemarie Nassif (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
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Plenary: A Financial Emergency—The Irish Response
Presented by Tom Boland (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
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Plenary: Higher Education and the Democratic Experiment
Presented by Ronald A. Williams (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
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Breakout 2: Keeping it Simple: Impact of FAFSA Simplification on Federal and State Aid Eligibility
Presented by Sandy Baum and Kathleen Little (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

Breakout 3: Disappearing Boundaries
Presented by John Ebersole (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Presented by Adam Lowe (Click for Power-Point Presentation)
Presented by Brian A. Sponsler (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

Breakout 1: Aligning Access With Success
Presented by José Cruz (Click for PDF of Power-Point Presentation)

Breakout 2: Common Education Data Standards: What, Why, and How
Presented by Shawn T. Bay, John Blegen, Brandt Redd and Gary West (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

Breakout 3: How States and Institutions are Changing Policy & Practice to Meet Attainment Goals. . . And What the Data Show
Presented by Pat Callan, Joni E. Finney, Michael Armijo, Awilda Rodriguez and Jamey Rorison (Click for Power-Point Presentation)


FRIDAY 8/12

Breakfast Breakout 3: State Authorization and the Regulation of Distance Education
Presented by Paul Shiffman (Click for Power-Point Presentation)

Plenary: The College Readiness Partnership
Presented by Frank T. Brogan, Susan Castillo and Jolene Koester (Click for Power-Point Presentation by Frank T. Brogan)
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Plenary: The Flat World and Education
Presented by Linda Darling-Hammond, Christopher Cross and George Pernsteiner
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