CIHE Assessment Forum 2011

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8:15-10:15 a.m.

Workshop #1:  What Do You Want; What Have You Got? Evidence That Improves Learning.
Presenters: Rebecca Brodigan, Vice President for Institutional Planning and Assessment, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME; William A. Heineman Vice President of Academic Affairs, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA; Martha Stassen, Assistant Provost, Assessment and Educational Effectiveness, Office of Academic Planning and Assessment, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Respondents: Thomas E. Fallon, Dean Institutional Research and Planning, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA; Robert Feldman, Dean, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Suzanne Lovett, Associate Professor of Psychology and Faculty Liaison for Advising, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME; Ellen Wentland, Assistant Dean, Academic Program Review, Assessment, and Academic Effectiveness, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA

Moderator: Marty Wyngaarden Krauss, CIHE Commissioner, John Stein Professor of Disability Research, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

All of us are aspiring to an ‘evidence based’ decision making process and want to learn from each other (IR Professional, Academic Deans, Provosts, other administrators and faculty) about how to make the evidence we gather informative, particularly as it relates to improving student learning. In this workshop, facilitators and participants who serve in a variety types of positions will work together to share effective strategies.

Presentation: Heineman, et al.

Biographies: Rebecca Brodigan, Thomas E. Fallon, Robert S. Feldman, William A. Heineman, Suzanne Lovett, Martha Stassen, Ellen Wentland
 

10:30-11:45 a.m.

Plenary Session:  Understanding Learning and Assessment in Net Generation Students (Box Lunch Follow Up at 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Ballroom Foyer)
 
Presenter: Robert Feldman, Dean, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA

Moderator:  Marty Wyngaarden Krauss, CIHE Commissioner, John Stein Professor of Disability Research, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Presentation: Feldman

Biography: Robert S. Feldman
 

12:45-2:00 p.m.

CIHE Panel Session: ‘Integrative Learning’
Panelists: Jack Mino, Professor of Psychology, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA; Vivian Carlson, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, St. Joseph College, Hartford, CT; Kate Maiolatesi, Director of Sustainability Studies and Professor of Environmental Sciences, Holyoke Community Colleges, Holyoke, MA

Moderator: David L. Levinson, CIHE Commissioner, President, Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT

Among the many goals for higher education is to foster students’ abilities to integrate learning across courses, and the curriculum. Each panel member will present an overview of the integrative learning initiatives from his/her respective campus. These initiatives include a discussion of institutional context, assessment approach, samples of student work, and challenges that pertain to the practice of integrative learning. Audience participation is encouraged.

Presentation: Maiolatesi, Carlson

Reference Materials: Kozol Seminar 7
 
Biography: Vivian Carlson, Kate Maiolatesi, Jack Mino
 

12:45-2:00 p.m.

CIHE Panel Session: Educating the Public about the Success of the ‘New Traditional Student’
Panelist: Thomas Abbott, Dean of Libraries and Distance Learning, University of Maine at Augusta; Carol L. Anderson, Vice President for Academic Affairs, New England College of Business and Finance, LLC, Boston, MA; Victoria Buzzuto, Dean of Continuing Education, Gateway Community College, North Haven, CT

Moderator: David S. Graves. CIHE Commissioner, Chief Executive Officer, Laureate Hospitality, Art and Design, Clarens, Switzerland

This interactive panel–from institutions with a majority of part-time adults who work and have families–will explore the limitations of mandated IPEDS reporting and explore alternatives NEASC institutions might consider to describe retention and graduation rates for campus publications. IPEDS data collection processes have the effect of stuffing us round pegs into IPEDS’ square holes. For example: When is a 53% first year retention rate a good outcome for first-time students? And what if 35-40% of your students take 8 years or more to complete the baccalaureate degree?

Presentation: Abbott, et al.

Biographies: Thomas Abbott, Carol L. Anderson, Victoria Buzzuto
 

CIHE Panel Session:  Assessment of Prior Learning
Panelists: Chari Leader Kelley, Senior Consultant, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, Chicago, IL; Timothy J. Donovan, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges, Waterbury, VT; Joyce Lapping, Director of Prior Learning Assessment, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME

Moderator: Richard L. Pattenaude, CIHE Commissioner, Chancellor, University of Maine System Office, Bangor, ME

In order to assist an increasing and diverse student population in meeting career and educational goals, a growing number of colleges and universities are serious about  implementing or expanding  prior learning  assessment. This panel, with expertise in the standards, validity, principles, and tools of prior learning will provide the context as well as a  discussion of the Why, How, and What of prior learning in two public institutions. The panel will also share the lessons learned from institutional practices on the assessment and transferability of courses and the different forms of prior learning as applied across campus programs.

Presentations: Donovan, Leader-Kelley, Lapping

Reference materials – Leader-Kelley: PLA Executive-Summary; Fueing the Race for Postsecondary Success Full Research Report; CAEL Research Brief on underserved students and PLA; CAEL’s Standards

Biography: Timothy J. Donovan, Chari Leader Kelley, Joyce Lapping, Richard L. Patttenaude
 

2:15-3:30 p.m.

CIHE Panel Session: Measuring and Supporting Creativity in Students
Panelists: Nancy Budwig, Associate Provost and Dean of Research, Clark University, Worcester, MA; Donna Heiland, Vice President, Teagle Foundation, New York, NY; Burt Howell, Director of Intersections, Department of Mission and Ministry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA; Steven Stemler, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT; Charles Blaich, Director of the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College and the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium, Crawfordsville, IN

Moderator: Robert C. Froh, Associate Director, CIHE, NEASC

The role of creativity in student learning, the value of identifying creativity as a learning outcome, and the feasibility of assessing whether that outcome has been achieved will be the central topics of this session. Presenters will discuss various ways of framing and implementing efforts to nurture creativity in students–with attention to the value of disciplinary contributions to those efforts, as well as a range of experiences often associated with creativity, from “aha” moments to passionate engagement to the discovery of joy in pursuit of vocation–and then move to consideration of specific strategies for assessing creativity in student work. The session will be structured to allow substantial time for discussion.

Presentation: Budwig, Stemler

Biography: Charles Blaich, Nancy Budwig, Donna Heiland, Burt Howell, Steven Stemler
 

5:00-6:00 p.m.

CIHE Reception
 

CIHE Panel Session: Using Clinical Simulation to Assess Learning
Panelists: Deborah Navedo, Coordinator, Teaching and Learning Certificate Program, Center for Inter-Professional Studies and Innovation and Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA; Emily Hayden, M.D., Emergency Medicine Physician, MGH, Associate Director for Curricular Integration, Gilbert Program in Medical Simulation, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA; Jeffrey Cooper, Executive Director, The Center for Medical Simulation, Cambridge, MA

Moderator: Linda S. Wells, CIHE Commissioner, Dean, College of General Studies, Boston University, Boston, MA

Simulation has become a valued clinical tool in formative and summative assessment, and also in learning environments that foster professional reflection, and life-long learning. The panel will share their knowledge, experiences, and insights gained within institutions and programs for the health professions to the value and current uses of simulation as a complex assessment tool.

Presentations: Cooper, Hayden, Navedo

Biographies: Jeffrey Cooper, Emily Hayden, Deborah Navedo
 

9:45-11:00 a.m.

CIHE Session: Reducing Costs and Increasing Productivity in Learning
Presenter: Jane Wellman, Executive Director, Delta Cost Project, Washington, DC, and Executive Director of the National Association of Systems Heads

Respondents: Mary Jo Maydew, CIHE Chair and Vice President for Finance and Administration Emerita, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA; Richard Pattenaude, CIHE Vice-chair, Chancellor, University of Maine System Office, Bangor, ME

Moderator: Mary Ellen Jukoski, CIHE Commissioner, President, Mitchell College, New London, CT
 
Biography: Mary Jo Maydew, Richard Pattenaude, Jane V. Wellman
 

David Brooks – The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement (March 8, 2011)

Christopher Chabris – The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Institutions Deceive Us (June 7, 2011)

Cathy Davidson – Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work and Learn (August 18, 2011)
 

Plenary Address

What We Have Learned About Cognition and Emotion that Informs Learning

David Brooks, Political and Social Analyst, New York Times Op-Ed Columnist, and PBS NewsHour Commentator

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Coffee Break
 

Follow-up discussion with David Brooks
Panelists: Christopher F. Chabris, Professor, Department of Psychology, Union College, Schenectady, NY; Cathy Davidson, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Ruth F. Devarney Professor of English, Duke University, Durham, NC; Jane Wellman, Executive Director, Delta Cost Project, Washington, DC

Moderator: Richard L. Pattenaude, CIHE Commissioner, Chancellor, University of Maine System Office, Bangor, ME

Biographies:  Christopher F. Chabris, Cathy N. Davidson, Richard L. Pattenaude, Jane V. Wellman
 

CIHE Panel Session:  Assessment that Promotes the Outcomes of Liberal Arts Colleges
Panelists: Susan C. Bourque, Professor of Government, Smith College, Northampton, MA; Helen Giles-Gee, President, Keene State College, Keene NH; Mary Grant, President, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA

Moderator: Linda S. Wells, CIHE Commissioner, Dean, College of General Studies, Boston University, Boston, MA

The values of a liberal education remain the hallmark of an undergraduate degree especially in liberal arts colleges and larger universities. In the current national climate, increased focus has been paid to the outcomes of a liberal education by many sectors that include, the federal government, employers, students and their families. The panel discussion will provide a context for the discussion of the current focus as well as offer different assessment efforts that have produced the outcomes of a liberal education.

Presentation:  Giles-Gee

Biography: Susan C. Bourque, Helen Giles-Gee, Mary K. Grant
  

Banquet Meeting and Address

Gloria Steinem, Writer, Editor, and International Origanizer for Social Justice

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Annual Business Meeting of the Corporation

Call and Notice
 

CIHE Session: Global Connections – Local Impacts:  Good Practices, Models and Policies for Cross-Border Higher Education
Presenters: Sir John Daniel, President and Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, BC; Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic, Chief, Section for Reform, Innovation and Quality Assurance,  former Chief of Section for Higher Educaton, UNESCO

Moderator: Bruce L. Mallory, CIHE Commissioner, Professor of Education, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

Presentation: Daniel

Biography: Sir John Daniel, Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic
 

Luncheon Meeting and Address

Senator George Mitchell, former U.S. Envoy to the Middle East, U.S. Senator Majority Leader, and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee

Charles W. Eliot Award recipient

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