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Gravitational Leadership

"A New Era of Accountability"

Program

August 9-11, 2006
Cornell University, ILR Conference Center
Ithaca, New York

Wednesday, August 9
11:30am-1:00pm	Registration
1:00	Welcome and introductions: Barbara Viniar, Executive Director, ICCD
1:30 - 4:30pm	Sessions (All sessions include ample time for discussion and/or small group exercises)
	The Accountability Triangle: Meeting Public, Academic and Market Demands Dr. Joseph C. Burke, Director of the Higher Education Program, and Senior Fellow, the Rockefeller Institute
	Data Don’t Drive: Building a Practitioner Driven Culture of Inquiry Dr. Alicia Dowd, Assistant Professor, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California (August 2006), and principal investigator/author, Lumina Foundation research report. (Click here for a pdf of the report.)
5:30-8:00pm	Reception and Dinner
	Why the Press Doesn't Understand You, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do About It Scott Jaschik, Editor, Inside Higher Education
Thursday, August 10
8:30am	Continental Breakfast
	Sessions
9:00am-Noon	Benchmarking: A Tool for Meeting Institutional, Legislative and Accreditation Standards Dr. Jeffrey Seybert, Director, Research, Evaluation, and Instructional Development, Johnson County Community College Dr. Ellen Weed, Vice President for Academic affairs, Nashville State Community College Making Accountability Work: Community Colleges and Statewide Higher Education Accountability Systems Dr. Wendy Erisman, Senior Research Analyst, Institute for Higher Education Policy
Noon	Lunch The Dance Between Malcolm Baldrige and Parker Palmer: How Accountability and Passion Combine for a Better College Dr. Stephen Mittelstet, President, Richland College, the first community college winner of the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award. Click here to download a copy of the press release.
	Sessions
1:30-5:00pm	Assessment of Student Learning: the Heart of Accountability Susan Bello, Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs /Institutional Research, Nassau Community College Dr. Margaret McMenamin, Executive VP for Educational Services, Brookdale Community College
	The Uncertain Future of Accreditation Dr. Judith Gay, V.P. for Academic Affairs, Community College of Philadelphia, former chair of the Middles States Commission on Higher Education Katharine Eneguess, President, New Hampshire Community Technical College, Berlin, former public member of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Higher Education Dr. Tom E. Benberg, Vice President and Chief of Staff, Commission on Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
5:00 p.m.	Dinner on your own
Friday, August 11
8:30am	Continental Breakfast
	Sessions
9:00am-Noon	Making Your Dollars Accountable: Analyzing Policies and Programs from a Cost-Effectiveness Perspective Dr. Laura Goe, Associate Research Scientist, Learner & Teacher Research Center, ETS. Professional Development: Accountability Won’t Happen Without It Johanna Halsey, Professor, Mathematics, Physical and Computer Sciences, Dutchess Community College Rob Jenkins, Director, The Writers Institute at Georgia Perimeter College
Noon	Lunch & Closing

Press release (pdf) about the program.

Related reports about community college and higher education accountability.

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