2011 Summer Seminar Schedule
All sessions take place at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in downtown Minneapolis.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
8:00 a.m.–4:45 p.m.
Pre-Conference Workshop: The Art and Science of Social Media Marketing for Higher Education
Review the full schedule. Separate registration required.
7:30–9:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Kieran’s Irish Pub, corner of 6th Street South and First Avenue
Thursday, June 9, 2011
7:30–8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:00–8:15 a.m.
Welcome & Announcements
8:15–9:30 a.m.
John Nelson, managing director of Moody’s Higher Ed division, presents an overview of the dynamic higher education marketplace and the economic realities impacting institutions. Moody’s 2011 outlook for higher education highlights a widening gap between have and have-not colleges.
9:30–9:45 a.m.
Break
9:45–11:00 a.m.
Mark Kantrowitz shares a wealth of data and behavioral information that his organizations have amassed on scholarships and financial assistance. Publisher of Fastweb.com and FinAid.org, Mark is a nationally recognized financial aid expert who has testified before Congress on several occasions about student aid.
11:00–11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Marie O’Malley will share highlights from Sallie Mae's national research studies,“How America Pays for College” and “How America Saves for College.” Results showed that even in a continued period of economic uncertainty, families are digging deeper to invest in what they value: a college degree, and that American families rank saving for college as high a priority as saving for retirement, with one in five naming it their top saving priority.
12:30–1:45 p.m.
Buffet Lunch
1:45–3:00 p.m.
John Pryor, director of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) and the managing director of the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI), offers the most recent insights and findings from The American Freshman survey, along with new data regarding degree attainment and retention.
3:00–4:15 p.m.
Victor Ferrall, Jr., president emeritus of Beloit College, will discuss his recent book Liberal Arts at the Brink. Focusing on economic factors rather than pedagogy, Victor (an economist and attorney) argues that liberal arts colleges are becoming something of an endangered species. Facing decreasing demand because of a growing preference for vocational and professional training, along with a widespread lack of awareness of their value, liberal arts colleges as a category are in trouble, he writes. These challenges, coupled with flawed business models, are leading richer liberal arts colleges toward irrelevance and poorer ones toward either extinction or to becoming vocational schools.
4:15–4:30 p.m.
Break
4:30–5:15 p.m.
The Collaborative
Summer Seminar will wrap up day one with a lively give-and-take discussion and ideation session among participants. This is a chance for participants to get insights from each other on the key issues they’re wrestling with and to get answers from professional peers to their pressing questions. Participants will be surveyed prior to Summer Seminar for key questions/issues they want addressed, as well as during the Collaborative session.
5:30–7:30 p.m.
Reception & Lawn Bowling
Brit’s Pub, 1110 Nicollet Mall (Long Room)
Friday, June 10, 2011
7:30 a.m.–8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:00–9:00 a.m.
Richard Arum, professor of sociology and education at New York University and co-author (with Josipa Roksa) of Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, will present their findings that undergraduates achieve little to no learning gains during the first two years of college and discuss how higher education institutions should consider positioning themselves in light of this research. All participants will receive a copy of Dr. Arum’s book.
9:00–9:15 a.m.
Break
9:15–10:15 a.m.
Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director of the Pew Hispanic Center, will share his wealth of knowledge about the attitudes and opinions of young Latinos, drawing upon the Pew Hispanic Center’s national surveys, which he coordinates.
10:15–10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30–11:30 a.m.
Dan Saracino, former Assistant Provost for Enrollment at the University of Notre Dame and a veteran practitioner with 40 plus years of experience, offers his reflections of service to the academy, how the role of a chief enrollment officer has changed, and how that role is likely to continue to evolve.
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Box Lunch & Closing Comments