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Nov. 4-5, 2011
UCLA
Friday,
Nov. 4, 2011
1—2:15 p.m. When
Getting a Job Means Getting a Degree
While a college education was once considered an advantage
in the workforce, it is increasingly becoming an essential for getting a job
with a livable wage. In order to succeed
in the workforce, grow the economy and
position it to prosper in the future, what types of graduates and skills do
employers need from higher education now?
- Nicole Smith,
senior economist, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
- Alexander Astin,
founding director, Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA
- Van Ton-Quinlivan,
vice chancellor of workforce development, California Community Colleges
Chancellor’s Office
Moderator: Kenneth Terrell,
project director, Education Writers Association
2:15—2:30 p.m. Welcome
from EWA Executive Director Caroline Hendrie
2:30—3:30 p.m. The
Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education—Henry J. Eyring
Eyring, advancement vice president
for Brigham Young University-Idaho will discuss the threats and opportunities
facing traditional universities and colleges including:
- What kind of trouble are traditional universities and colleges in, really?
- The Harvard model—how did it evolve, and why does it cost so much?
- What is the DNA of the traditional institution, and why is it so difficult to
change?
- Why are for-profit educators succeeding, and what long-term threat do they
pose?
- How can traditional institutions not only survive the coming disruption, but
serve their students, employees, and society at large better than ever?
3:30—3:45
p.m. Break
3:45—4:45
p.m. Can Technology Fix Higher Education?
As more students crowd classrooms, many colleges and
professors are looking for new ways to use technology to make the learning
experience more effective. From
large-scale course redesigns to using Twitter to pass “notes” in class, what’s
the impact when college courses get plugged in?
- Gayle Hutchinson,
dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, California State
University-Chico
- Don Kilburn, chief
executive officer, Pearson Learning Solutions
- Jeffrey R. Young, senior writer, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Moderator: Kenneth Terrell,
project director, Education Writers Association
4:45—5
p.m. Break
5—6:15 p.m. A Glass Half Full: A Look at Student Retention
Statistics say that approximately half of the students who
enroll in college never finish. Why do these students “stop-out” and what can
colleges and universities do to help more of them earn degrees?
- Jerome Lucido,
executive director, USC Center for Enrollment Research, Policy, and Practice
- Sylvia Hurtado,
director, Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA
- Donald Hossler, executive
director, National Student Clearinghouse Research Center
Moderator: Jennifer
Gonzalez, staff reporter, The Chronicle of Higher Education
6:15—7:15 p.m. Dinner: Ten Higher Education Stories You
Should Be Covering This Year
Ideas for the most important higher ed stories you should be
covering this year.
Scott Jaschik,
co-founder and editor, Inside Higher Ed
7:15—8:30 p.m. Reception
Saturday,
Nov. 5, 2011
8—9 a.m. Breakfast
9—9:10 a.m. Welcoming Remarks -- Sandi Kirshner, executive vice
president of higher education policy and student relations, Pearson
9:10—10:30 a.m. Keeping
Track of the Budget Crises
The
latest updates on what government budget cuts mean for colleges and students. What
is the current impact on public colleges and universities and what is the
outlook for further cuts in 2012?
- Daniel Hurley, director
of state relations and policy analysis, American Association of State Colleges
and Universities
- Gary Orfield, co-director,
Civil Rights Project at UCLA
- Beckie Supiano, staff
reporter, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Moderator: Justin
Pope, The Associated Press
10:30—10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m.— 12 p.m. The
Education Reporter’s Guide to Productivity
With increasing pressures and decreasing funds, what can
colleges and universities do to generate more graduates more efficiently? This “productivity”
dilemma has been a centerpiece for discussions among college administrators for
years; now it’s leaking into policy debates. What are the key concepts and
questions that education reporters need to know to cover this topic well?
- Robert Archibald,
economics professor at William and Mary University and author of Why Does College Cost So Much?
- Patrick J. Kelly,
senior associate, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
- Kevin Corcoran, program
director, Lumina Foundation
Moderator: Kim Clark,
senior writer, Money Magazine
Noon—1 p.m Lunch: Do Net Price Calculators Really Add up?
A new
federal requirement mandates that colleges post on their websites
calculators that give students estimates of their college costs after
grants and scholarships. This informal discussion will provide an
overview of the requirement, explain how colleges make their calculators
more (or less) easy to find and understand, and offer questions
reporters can pose to students and colleges to get a better
understanding of how the tools are used.
Diane Cheng, research associate, The Institute for College Access and Success
1—2:15 p.m. It’s
Never Too Late to Learn: New Pathways for Non-Traditional Students
In order to meet the workforce demands for better educated
employees, colleges and universities will have to teach more adults. A look at
the evolving options for non-traditional students to further their educations.
- Travis Reindl,
program director , National Governors
Association
- Nate Anderson,
senior project manager, Jobs for the Future
- Andrew S. Rosen, chair and CEO of Kaplan, Inc. and author of Change.edu
Moderator: Stephen
Smith, executive editor, American RadioWorks/American Public Media
2:30—3:45 p.m. How to Ace the CIRP Freshman Survey
Each
year, hundreds of two-year colleges, four-year colleges and universities
administer the UCLA’s Cooperative Institutional Research Program’s Freshman
Survey to hundreds of thousands of entering students. The survey covers a wide range
of student characteristics: parental income and education, ethnicity, and other
demographic items; financial aid; secondary school achievement and activities;
educational and career plans; and values, attitudes, beliefs, and self-concept.
A discussion and tutorial on how this CIRP data can be used in higher
education reporting.
- John Pryor,
director of the Cooperative Institute Research Program, HERI-UCLA
Moderator: Mary Beth
Marklein, education reporter, USA
Today
3:45—5 p.m. When Minority Becomes Majority: Achieving Success with Students of
Color
Colleges and universities always have had difficulty
recruiting and graduating black and Latino students. Now that those exact
students are becoming larger percentages of the traditional college population,
higher education will face more pressure to guide these students to degrees
- Deborah Santiago,
co-founder and vice president for policy and research, Excelencia in Education
- Alicia Dowd,
co-director, University of Southern California Center for Urban Education
- John Michael Lee, Jr.,
research scientist, College Board Advocacy and Policy Center
Moderator: Jamaal
Abdul-Alim, Diverse: Issues in Higher
Education
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