Kent Weldon Conference for Higher Education
2013 Conference Information:
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Indianapolis Marriott East
7202 East 21st Street
Indianapolis, IN 46219
10:00 a.m - 3:30 p.m. (Eastern time)
"Meeting Workforce Demand: Aligning Higher Education and Indiana's Economic Future"
This year's conference will again be a joint conference with the Trustees Academy, and Student and Faculty Conferences.
Invitation
Agenda
Registration is now closed.
2012 Conference Information:
Monday, April 16, 2012
Sheraton Indianapolis City Centre
31 W. Ohio St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
"Reaching Higher, Achieving More: A Success Agenda for Higher Education in Indiana"
This year's conference was a joint conference with the Trustees Academy, and Student and Faculty Conferences.
Agenda
Handouts
- Reaching Higher, Achieving More, ICHE document link
- Reforming American Higher Education: Implications for a Vibrant Work Force and a Healthy Democracy, by Charles Kolb link
- A Stronger Nation Through Higher Education, a Policy Brief from the Lumina Foundation link
2011 Conference Information:
Friday, April 15, 2011
University Place Conference Center
Scholars Hall, 1st floor
IUPUI Campus, 850 W. Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
"Defining College Success: Learning Outcomes Matter"
Agenda
Presentations
Why Learning Outcomes Matter, Paul Gaston, Kent State University link
Learning Outcomes for Work, Life, and Citizenship: What All Students Need for Meaningful Opportunity and Success, Debra Humphreys, AAC&U link
Handouts
Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP), Bill McKinney, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) link
Degree Qualifications Profile, Marianne Wokeck, IUPUI link
The State of Learning Outcomes Assessment in the United States, George Kuh, Indiana University link
The State of Undergraduate Learning, Josipa Roska and Richard Arum link
Reimagining Remediation, Stephen Handel and Ronald Williams link
Degree Qualifications Profile, Lumina Foundation link
FOCUS, Lumina Foundation link
FAQS on Bologna and Tuning link
2010 Conference Information:
Monday, April 19, 2010
University Place Conference Center, Scholars Hall
IUPUI Campus, 850 W. Michigan St
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
"Challenges and Opportunities: Increasing College Productivity" AGENDA
Distributed Materials, Association of Governing Boards Presentation link
Presentation by Nasser Paydar, Chancellor of Indiana University East link
Presentation by Jim Applegate, Senior Vice President for Program Development and Organizational Learning, Lumina Foundation link
Distributed Materials, Lumina Foundation link
2009 Conference Information:
Degrees of Success: Creating a Culture of College Completion in Indiana
Featured Speaker: Dr. Richard Longworth, Senior Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and author of Caught in the Middle: America's Heartland in the Age of Globalism
Agenda
- Indiana's College Completion Agenda: Reaching Higher (Stan Jones)
- A Focus on Student Success: Research and Promising Campus Policies and Practice
- A Focus on Aligning State Resources: Supporting Student Success (Rich Petrick)
2008 Conference Information:
Agenda
Presentations:
The Changing Agenda for Higher Education Access and Success--Dewayne Matthews
The State’s Economy and Higher Education--Charles Schalliol
The Spellings Commission and Indiana: Setting the Pace or Falling Behind? -- Kristin Conklin
2007 Conference Information:
Presentations:
The Changing Agenda for Higher Education Access and Success--Dewayne Matthews
The State’s Economy and Higher Education--Charles Schalliol
The Spellings Commission and Indiana: Setting the Pace or Falling Behind? -- Kristin Conklin
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