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Disclaimer
updated: 01/08/09
by: rhayes@ou.edu
The National Symposium on Student Retention offers attendees a complete educational experience, with opportunities for collaboration and networking among leaders and peers working to understand and improve student success. The symposium focuses on research and evidence based strategies that impact student retention and completion. Informative sessions are coupled with a collegial atmosphere to facilitate networking and interaction among participants. Executives, administrators, institutional researchers, faculty and staff from the academic and student support areas will find this symposium useful and informative. The focus of the National Symposium on Student Retention is not merely on retaining students from the first-year through the second year of their academic program. This conference is interested in sharing current research and strategies which support student success throughout the entire Student Retention Lifecycle supporting student success from enrollment, through year to year retention, to completing a course of study that leads to graduation.
The symposium’s informative line up of speakers and invited presentations enables attendees to hear from leaders and researchers who can speak with authenticity about current student retention issues and who will share their observations about opportunities and challenges facing higher education. This year our confirmed guest speakers include:
Randy Swing, Ph.D. Dr. Randy L. Swing is the Executive Director of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR). AIR is a professional association of more than 4,200 institutional researchers, planners, and decision makers representing over 1,500 higher education institutions around the world. Prior to joining AIR, Swing served as Co- Director & Senior Scholar at the Policy Center on the First Year of College and as a fellow in the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina. He has worked with numerous research teams in Japan, and served as an advisor to the Quality Assurance Agency of Scotland. Dr. Swing has authored articles, chapters, monographs, and books, including Achieving and Sustaining Excellence in the First College Year (2006) and Proving and Improving: Tools and Techniques for Assessing the First College Year (2004). He is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences on institutional change, assessment, retention, and undergraduate student success. He serves on the editorial/review boards for the Journal of General Education, The Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, and Innovative Higher Education. For two decades prior to 1999, he held various leadership positions at Appalachian State University in assessment, advising, Upward Bound, and Freshman Seminar. He holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Georgia, MA and ED.S from Appalachian State University, and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina – Charlotte. Randy began postsecondary education as a first-generation college student at Davidson County Community College in Lexington, NC.
Nevin Brown Nevin Brown is Director of Postsecondary Initiatives at Achieve, an independent, bipartisan, non-profit education reform organization created in 1996 by the nation’s governors and corporate leaders to help make college and career readiness a national priority. Before joining Achieve, Brown was president of the International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership (IPSL), a New York-based organization that provided academic and community service study-abroad opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Prior to that, Brown was for eleven years a principal partner with the Education Trust; he worked closely with community-based school-university collaborative initiatives through the Trust’s K-16 and Community Compacts for Student Success initiatives, directed for six years the Trust’s annual national conferences, and was the communications officer for the Quality in Undergraduate Education initiative. From 1980-1991, Brown headed the Division of Urban Affairs of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC). He also has held previous appointments with the District of Columbia Public Schools, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), the University of Houston, and the Southern Regional Council’s Southern Governmental Monitoring Project. Mr. Brown has been a member of the governing boards of the Urban Affairs Association (UAA), the National History Education Network, and the Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC). He has also served as a review panelist for the National Science Foundation, Innovations in American Government Awards, and National History Day, and as a member of the editorial boards of several professional journals. He also co-chaired the European Links Committee for UAA from 1995-2003, through which he was involved in the creation of the European Urban Research Association (EURA). Brown received a B.A. with highest honors in history from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1972 and an M.A. in history from the University of Virginia the following year. In 2001 he received the Urban Hero Award of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.
Doris Gonzalez Doris González is senior program manager at IBM’s Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs department. She has been at IBM since 1996 and manages grants made to schools and nonprofit organizations around the world, focusing on early childhood education, literacy, adult education, and bridging the Hispanic digital divide. In May 2008, Doris managed all aspects of an inaugural summit that IBM hosted and co-sponsored titled "America's Competitiveness: Hispanic Participation in Technology Careers." The goal of the summit was to develop an aggressive action plan and timeline to address the critical shortage of job candidates in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and, in particular, the low participation from the Hispanic community. As a direct result of the summit, Doris is now managing a technology grant to help reduce attrition rates for Hispanics in STEM fields. Before joining IBM, Doris had a 14-year career in New York City’s public sector, most recently as Deputy Executive Director for Public Affairs at the New York City Public Schools. She also worked as Director of Government and Community Relations at the New York City School Construction Authority and as Assistant Press Secretary at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Doris served on the advisory committee for the Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy’s report on “The Role of Corporate Giving in Adult Literacy”. She was a member of LiteracyUSA’s Corporate Advisory Board for four years; has been a board member since 1993 at New Youth Connections, a magazine written by and for New York City teens; and is an advisory board member for the United Way of New York City Communications Committee. She also served two years as chairperson of ASPIRA of New York’s Volunteer Initiatives Program. In 2001, Doris received the Community Service award from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers for outstanding contribution to and promotion of the Latino community; and the ASPIRA of New York Hispanic Achiever award, given to a select group of men and women of Hispanic descent who have made outstanding contributions to the organizations for which they work and to their communities. A native of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, she is proud of being a product of the New York City public schools. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Baruch College, City University of New York.
Carl Dalstrom Carl C. Dalstrom has nearly four decades of experience in financial aid for higher education. Prior to becoming president and chief executive officer of USA Funds® in 2000, he worked in a number of capacities at USA Funds and its former parent company, USA Group. Dalstrom joined USA Funds in 1989 and subsequently directed a variety of initiatives and participated in industry-wide collaborative efforts that dramatically improved the delivery of student loan services. Immediately prior to becoming USA Funds’ CEO, he managed education loan operations as executive vice president of USA Group. As USA Funds CEO, Dalstrom oversees an organization that since 1960 has guaranteed nearly $171 billion in education loans to help 19.7 million students and families across the nation pay for higher education. Dalstrom has spearheaded a variety of efforts that encourage involvement of the business community in supporting higher education, with USA Funds in 2008 providing more than $15 million for programs that promote preparation for, access to and success in higher education. Included in that figure is $8.4 million in scholarships. Before joining USA Funds, he directed Student Need Analysis Services at ACT and served as a campus financial aid administrator at the University of Illinois at Chicago and at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. He holds a master’s degree in education from Loyola University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree from Northeastern Illinois University. He currently serves on the board of USA Funds and chairs the boards of its affiliates, SMS Hawaii® and Northwest Education Loan Association®. He also is a member of the board of Indiana Dollars for Scholars.
Several full-day and half-day pre-conference workshops will be offered during the day of September 30th. Workshops provide attendees an opportunity to explore more deeply topics that may be of interest to them and their institutions. Attendees come away with specific, practical knowledge that they can put to work when they return to their institutions. Classes include: Data and Decisions to Support Student Success Increasingly, college and university leaders base strategic decisions on data. The ability to access, analyze, and convert data into strategic information is critical for institutions to remain competitive with other institutions. This full day workshop will focus on ways to identify peer and competitive institutions, define key institutional performance measures related to retention and compare relative positions on these measures with other institutions. A team approach will be used in this workshop, so senior management and their institutional researchers are encouraged to sign up together for this workshop for maximum benefit. Retention For Rookies You've just been named coordinator of student retention at your institution-now what? Retention for Rookies is intended to give you a solid orientation about the retention field. Learn basic retention concepts. Identify resources that can help you evaluate the current state of affairs at your institution. Discover retention strategies that get results at two-year and four-year institutions and learn the best ways to plan for programs by laying the groundwork for success and gaining faculty support. A good starter course for those of you who have recently been told that "retention and student success" have been added to your responsibilities. Early Alert and Warning Programs: An Intentional Approach to Ensuring Student Success and Persistence This workshop will provide essential information to administrators, enrollment managers, faculty and professional advisors for designing and implementing a comprehensive and collaborative early alert and intervention program for their own respective campuses. Specific topics that will be addressed in this presentation include: description of key components of an early warning system, overview of relevant literature as well as existing early alert/intervention programs, methods for recruiting, training, maintaining communications with key stakeholders, techniques for engaging students in the process of grade recovery and planning for future success, as well as a discussion of assessment models that identify students most likely to depart prior to degree completion. Targeted Intervention for At-Risk First-Time College Students and Transfers Presented by: How does the academy focus on identifying and utilizing targeted intervention programming for at-risk First Time in College students (FTICs) and transfer students confronting retention failure? This data-driven session examines in detail the retention challenges for specific sub-groups of FTICs and transfer students; the results of programs designed to address those challenges; and the transferability of these identification and programming experiences to other colleges and universities. We envision a three-dimensional mapping of data and findings with reference to at-risk students, program options, and institutional contexts that will provide workshop participants with at least three strategies for implementation in their respective campus communities. Day Excursion to Niagara Falls (optional) Trip to Niagara Falls:
Registrants will… Enjoy exploring the magnificent Niagara Falls on both the Canadian and U.S. side. You will have time (about 2 hours on the Canadian side and about an hour on the US side) to see some of the sites on your own. Some attractions include: We hope you will come join us on this exciting excursion. * Meals and attractions are not included, so be sure to bring extra money (U.S. Dollars). Also, be sure to bring your passport for traveling to the Canadian side of the Falls. VIP Post-Conference Pass
If you have questions, please contact us at (405) 325-2158 or email us at csrde@ou.edu.
Cancellation/Refund Policy: Prepaid registrants who find they are unable to attend may send a delegate in their place without penalty. Refunds (less a 20% processing charge per registration) will be made on any prepaid registration for which we receive an advance written cancellation by September 11, 2009. No Show: Those who pre-registered and do not attend the conference without written notification of cancellation will be charged the full conference fee. If you have any questions about the registration process, call (405) 325-1316.
Note: Papers for accepted proposals are due May 15, 2009 Brief overview of Call for Proposals CSRDE is particularly interested in proposals for papers, panels, tutorials, and posters which address current, evidence based research that advances knowledge in the student retention and success fields. Proposals may be submitted to address audience participants at introductory, intermediate, or advanced levels of experience. However, authors should be aware that while we will have a few participants that are interested in introductory information, many of our participants are seeking more advanced levels of understanding. We are currently accepting proposals for this year's symposium. Below is a brief description of the presentation tracks. You are encouraged to download and review the full Call for Proposals document for more details.
Proposals in this track will discuss innovative programs and institutional initiatives which have been demonstrated to improve student retention and success. New promising programs may be presented with a discussion of preliminary findings. Examples of such programs might include: II. Transfers and Retention Proposals in this track will explore a variety of issues related to transfer student retention, at community colleges and/or four year institutions. Topics may include but are not limited to: orientation, preparation, and integration of transfers into campus life, compare and contrast approaches to first-time freshman and the transfer population, examining institutional retention/graduation rates of transfers, and data collection issues. III. Looking Beyond the First Year Retention CSRDE data indicates that the overall percentage of freshmen who do not continue after the second year and subsequent years is often equal to the percentage of students that do not continue after the freshman year. Proposals in this track will discuss what is being done to sustain institutional retention initiatives beyond “First-Year”; research on students that do not persist during or after the second year to better understand this phenomenon, and retention interventions for these students. IV. Retention and Special Populations Continuing the CSRDE tradition of tracking diverse student populations, proposals in this track will address the status of diverse student populations and retention efforts directed toward these groups, including but not limited to: minority students, science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors (STEM) or other academic majors of concern, community college transfers, non-traditional and distance learning students. V. Data, Technology, and Methods Proposals in this track will provide presenters with an opportunity to share analytical methods, or technology that is useful in the study of student retention issues. Specific topics of interest could include assessment methodologies for identifying at risk populations, data mining techniques, and evaluation of retention initiatives. VI. Theoretical Models These proposals will focus on concepts, principles, or relationships between concepts and principles, which affect the student retention life cycle. Examples might include research on theories of engagement, or student perception. Prediction of retention and graduation, and the influence of student, institutional or external variables (economy) would also be examples of topics. For more detailed information on submitting proposals
Conference Hotel - Adam's Mark Hotel, Buffalo, New York
The Adam's Mark Hotel in Buffalo NY provides more of the comfort, amenities and entertainment choices you desire. This remarkable Buffalo hotel has 486 deluxe guest rooms, including a variety of luxurious suites. It offers an extensive list of amenities and services that ensure every guest will experience absolute comfort and pleasure. The Adam’s Mark is located at the Waterfront in the heart of the Buffalo downtown business district within walking distance of the Niagara Convention Center, theatre, and major sports complexes. You can get from the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport to the Adam’s Mark Buffalo-Niagara hotel in 15 minutes. Favorite attractions such Niagara Falls and Casino Niagara are only 20 minutes from the hotel. In order to receive the special conference rate ($92/night) at the Adam's Mark Hotel, reservations must be made by clicking here. The special rate is not available over the phone. If you need assistance with your reservations, please contact the CSRDE at (405) 325-2158. Exhibitor and Sponsor Information
If your answer is yes, then you should become an exhibitor or sponsor at our 5th annual National Symposium on Student Retention. We are now accepting application for exhibitors and sponsors for this year's symposium. There are a number of options for participating in this year's program and interacting with participants. If you are interested in being an exhibitor or sponsor, download the pdf documents below for more information on this exciting opportunity.
If you have any other questions or would like to be an exhibitor/sponsor, contact Dr. Rosemary Hayes at 405-325-2158.
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