125th Annual Meeting and Conference Program

8:30-10:15 a.m.

CIHE Workshop #1:  Evidence-Based Pedagogy Goes to College: Infusing the Science of Learning into the Curriculum (80 maximum attendance, pre-registration required)
Presenters: Victor A. Benassi, Faculty Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Professor of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, Durham; Michael J. Lee, Administrative Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Affiliate Associate Professor of College Teaching, University of New Hampshire, Durham; Catherine Overson, MA and PhD Candidate in Psychology, University of New Hampshire, Durham; Sam Pazicni, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of New Hampshire, Durham; Elizabeth M. Reilly, Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Coordinator, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, University of New Hampshire, Durham; Lee F. Seidel, Former Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and Professor of Health Management and Policy, University of New Hampshire, Durham; Barbara P. White, Director of General Education Program and Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy, University of New Hampshire, Durham
 

10:00-11:45 a.m.

CAISA Commission Meeting
 

10:30-11:45 a.m.

CIHE Plenary Address:  Supporting Assessment – Cost/Benefit Considerations
Presenter: Randy L. Swing, Executive Director, Association for Institutional Research, Tallahassee, FL
 

12:45-1:45 p.m.

CIHE session: Determining the Impact of General Education
Presenters: Martha L.A. Stassen, Director of Assessment, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Barbara E. Walvoord, Professor Emerita, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
 

12:45-1:45 p.m.

CIHE session: Literacy Assessment Collaborations
Presenter: Carol Kontos, Associate Professor of English, University of Maine at Augusta
 

CIHE session: Assessment of Hybrid and Online Learning Teaching Environments
Presenters: Phillip G. Knutel, Executive Director of Academic Technology, Library and Online Learning, Bentley University, Waltham, MA; Stuart G. Swain, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Maine at Machias; David Markow, Dean of Academic & Student Affairs, Washington County Community College, Calais, ME
 

CIHE session: What Academic Departments Are Accomplishing with Assessment: National and New England Perspectives  
Presenter: Jillian L. Kinzie, Associate Director, Center for Postsecondary Research & NSSE Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
 

2:15-3:15 p.m.

3:45-5:00 p.m.

CIHE Plenary Address: Meta Cognition: Helping Students Monitor Their Learning
Presenter: Janet A. Metcalfe, Professor of Psychology, Columbia University, New York City, NY

Respondents: Victor Benassi, Faculty Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Professor of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, Durham; Jamshed Bharucha, Provost and Senior Vice President, Tufts University, Medford, MA
 

5:00-6:00 p.m.

CIHE Reception
Remarks by Mary Jo Maydew, Commission Chair, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA

Informal Discussion: Janet A. Metcalfe, Professor of Psychology, Columbia University, New York City, NY

 

CIHE session: Assessment Misfit
Presenter: Doug Lederman, Editor, Inside Higher Ed, Washington, DC
 

CIHE session: The Impact of Financial Aid on Learning
Presenter: Cynthia Smith Forrest, Vice President of Student Affairs, University of New England, Biddeford, ME
 

9:30-10:45 a.m.

CIHE Plenary Address: No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal
Presenters: Thomas J. Espenshade, Professor of Sociology, Princeton University, NJ; Daniel E. Hastings, Dean for Undergraduate Education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; Dorsey Kendrick, President, Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT; Barry Mills, President, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
 

CPSS session: Transitioning from Holistic to Analytic Rubics for the School’s 21st Century Learning Expectations
Presenters: George H. Edwards and Edward J. Gallagher, III, Associate Directors, CPSS
 

CPSS session: Transitioning from the Mission and Expectations to Core Values and Beliefs about Learning
Presenter: Ann Ashworth, Associate Director, Commission on Public Secondary Schools
 

CPSS session: Advancing the Work of the Commission: An In-Depth Look at the Current Economy on CPSS Member Schools
Presenters: Janet D. Allison, Director, Commission on Public Secondary Schools; Nadia Alam, Research Associate; Peter L. Hart, Executive Director of the Endicott Research Center, Endicott College, Beverly, MA
 

CIS session: Now What? – Preparing Two & Five Year Interim Reports
Presenters: Vittoria DeBenedictus, Principal, St. Francis of Assisi School, Braintree, MA; William Burke, Headmaster, St. Sebastian’s School, Needham, MA
 

CPEMS session: So, Now You Are Accredited
Presenters: Celeste Bowler, Director of Elementary Education, West Warwick Public Schools, RI; Robin Rosenfield, Language Arts Coordinator K-6, Litchfield Public Schools, CT
 

11:00 -12:00 noon

General session: The Value of Accreditation for New Schools and Candidates
Presenter: Katharine Pence, Member of the NEASC Board of Trustees
 

CIHE Plenary Address: Higher Education’s Impact on Employability
CIHE Box Lunch Follow-Up Discussion: Higher Education's Impact on Employability (100 maximum attendance, pre-registration)

Presenters: Francesca Purcell, Associate Commissioner for Academic and P-16 Policy, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, Boston; James Breece, Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs, University of Maine System, Bangor; Marc S. Herzog, Chancellor, Connecticut Community College System, Hartford; Ray M. Di Pasquale, Commissioner of Higher Education, Providence, RI
 

CIHE Workshop and Box Lunch #1: Diversity Assessment
(80 maximum attendance, pre-registration and payment required)
Presenters: Mary Ann Affleck, Dean of Academic Affairs, Capital Community College, Hartford, CT; Wilfredo Nieves, President, Capital Community College, Hartford, CT
 

CIHE Workshop and Box Lunch #2: Diversity Assessment
(80 maximum attendance, pre-registration and payment required)
Presenters: Nancy E. Jennings, Associate Professor of Education, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME; Suzanne B. Lovett, Associate Professor of Psychology, Chair of Psychology Department, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME; Heather L. Lindkvist, Visiting Instructor in Anthropology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME; Joseph F. Swingle, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Wellesley College, MA; Adam Howard, Associate Professor of Education, Colby College, Waterville, ME; Lee Cuba, Professor of Sociology, Wellesley College, MA
 

Following Diane Ravitch – The American Public School System
Moderator: Armando Vilaseca, Commissioner of Education, Vermont Department of Education

Presenters: Mark K. McQuillan, Commissioner of Education, Connecticut Department of Education; Virginia Barry, Commissioner of Education, New Hampshire Department of Education; Gregory S. Prince, Jr., Chair, NEASC 125th Anniversary Committee
 

General session: Education: New England’s Greatest Economic Asset
Presenter: Nadia Alam, Research Associate, NEASC
 

CIHE session: Defining Moments: Accreditation in New England
Presenters: Sol Gittleman, University Professor and Alice and Nathan Gantcher University Professor of Judaic Studies, Tufts University, Medford, MA; Penina M. Glazer, Professor Emerita, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA; Richard M. Freeland, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, Boston
  

General session: Task Force II presentation
Presenter: Paul Daigle, Principal, Hopedale Jr-Sr High School, MA
 

Commission Business Meetings are open to all conference attendees.

Banquet Meeting and Address

Keith Lockhart
Maestro, The Boston Pops Ochestra    

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Annual Business Meeting of the Corporation
 

CIHE session: Report from Washington
Presenter: Terry W. Hartle, Senior Vice President, American Council on Education, Washington, DC
 

CPEMS/CPSS/CIS/CTCI/CAISA session: Preparing the Transition Generation for Leadership
Presenters: James Tracy, Headmaster, Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, MA; Jay Stroud, Headmaster, Tabor Academy, Marion, MA
 

General session: The Next 25 Years – The Relevance of NEASC Going Forward
Presenter: James G. Honan, Senior Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education
   

125th Anniversary: The Purposes of Education: A Conversation Between Generations
Presenters: Zhang Xinsheng, President, China Education Association for International Exchange, former Vice Minister of Education, People's Republic of China; Eduardo M. Ochoa, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education and student participants from 125th Anniversary forums in dialogue with policy makers

Facilitator: Gregory S. Prince, Jr., Chair of the 125th Anniversary Committee
  

CIHE session: Universities as World Citizens
Presenter: Jamil Salmi, Tertiary Education Coordinator, The World Bank, Washington, DC

Respondents: Bruce L. Mallory, CIHE Commissioner, Professor of Education, University of New Hampshire, Durham; Judith S. Eaton, President, Council for Higher Education Accreditation, Washington, DC
 

CAISA session:
 

Luncheon Meeting and Address

Doris Kearns Goodwin
Pulitzer Prize Winning Author, Presidential Historian, and Political Commentator

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