Thursday, June 12, 2008

Opening Keynote Speaker:
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Belle Wheelan, PhD President Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Assessment Reconsidered: Institutional Effectiveness for Student Success
5:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Richard P. Keeling, MD with Andrew F. Wall, PhD, Ric Underhile, PhD, and Gwendolyn Jordan Dungy, PhD This session will explore how Assessment Reconsidered can help all campus educators take the essential next steps in promoting student success by infusing evidence-based practices in their work. The authors will review the purposes, content, and major messages of Assessment Reconsidered, highlighting the collaborative use of all campus resources in promoting and assessing student success.

Friday, June 13, 2008

Afternoon Plenary Speaker:

Juan C. Gonzalez, PhD Vice President of Student Affairs University of Texas at Austin

Saturday, June 14, 2008

IARC Plenary Panel:
Moderated by Robert Mundhenk, Independent Consultant

Steven Helfgot, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Resource Development, Maricopa County Community Colleges, President and CEO of the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation

Linda Suskie, PhD, Vice President of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Barbara Wright, PhD, Associate Director of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Carrie L. Zelna, PhD, Director, Student Affairs Research & Assessment, North Carolina State University

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Closing Plenary Speaker:

Shaun R. Harper, PhD Assistant Profession of Higher Education Management Pennsylvania State University

IARC Mini-Institutes
IARC Mini-Institutes will provide an extended learning opportunity for conference participants to focus on a specific topic. These are three-hour professional development conversations facilitated by nationally recognized educators. Mini-institutes are held throughout IARC at the same time as 75-minute concurrent sessions.

Thursday, June 12, 2008
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Assessment for What?
Richard H. Hersh, EdD, Richard P. Keeling, MD, and Andrew F. Wall, PhD

Friday, June 13, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Learning Reconsidered: Implementing the Charge
Susan E. Borrego, California State University - Monterey Bay

3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Leading & Managing in Student Affairs Assessment
Theodore Elling, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Carrie Zelna, North Carolina State University

Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education
Terrel L. Rhodes, Association of American Colleges and Universities

Saturday, June 14, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
CAS Standards & Assessment
Doreen M. Tobin, East Stroudsburg University

Reflective Learning though E-Portfolios
Barbara Cambridge, The Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research
Darren Cambridge, The Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research

2:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Coordinating Learning Outcomes between Student and Academic Affairs
Jonathan Keiser, The Higher Learning Commission of NCA
Lynn Priddy, The Higher Learning Commission of NCA
Robert Mundhenk, Independent Consultant