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2009 (August) Integrating Higher Education Planning (PR)
Integrating Higher Education Planning and Assessment: Real Strategies for Real Institutions
August 13-14, 2009 - InterContinental Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico
© PUERTO RICO CONVENTION BUREAU (PRCB).
About the InstituteThis comprehensive institute will provide participants with solid grounding on the MSCHE standards related to planning and assessment, in respect to both conceptual content and strategies for demonstrating compliance.Institutions are encouraged to send teams, including planning and institutional research directors and staff, assessment directors/coordinators, self-study chairs and steering committee members, academic affairs personnel, and other interested faculty and administrators.
Participants are encouraged to bring documents related to their institutional mission as a basis for group exercises focusing on building planning and assessment processes that are thoroughly rooted in that mission.
Topics and Learning Opportunities
The central focus of this workshop will be how to best inform the institutional planning process with outcomes measures. While the presenters will provide a brief overview of assessment of student learning and its relationship to institutional improvement, the primary emphasis will be on assessment of the effectiveness of the strategic plan.
- Fundamental elements of best practices in institutional planning
- Examples of institutions engaged in best practices
- Discussion on preparing the planning process, practical approaches to collecting relevant and reliable assessment information, and best ways to use such information as the basis for institutional planning and resource allocation decisions
Institute Presenters
Dr. Michael F. Middaugh, Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness, University of Delaware; Vice Chair, Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Dr. Andrea Lex, Dean of Planning and Institutional Research, Prince George's Community College
Dr. Middaugh and Dr. Lex are both former presidents of the Society for College and University Planning
Preliminary Agenda
Thursday, August 13
7:30-8:30 AM - Registration and Breakfast
8:30 AM-4:00 PM - Workshop Sessions and Lunch
4:00-5:30 PM - Optional Individual/Team Consultations
Friday, August 14
7:30-8:30 AM - Breakfast
8:30 AM-3:00 PM - Workshop Sessions and Lunch
Registration Information
Seating is limited to 80 participants, so register early! Each participant will receive speaker handout materials plus a complimentary copy of Student Learning Assessment: Options and Resources, 2ND Edition, 2007 (Middle States Commission on Higher Education). The registration fee also includes two Continental breakfasts, two lunches, and refreshment breaks each day.Registration Fees$495 (received by July 17, 2009)$535 (received July 18-31, 2009)All registrations must be completed online with a credit card (Visa, MasterCard, or American Express). Checks and purchase orders are not accepted. Cancellations must be completed online no later than July 17, 2009, to qualify for a refund, less a $50 processing fee.
REGISTRATION CLOSED - EVENT COMPLETED Accommodations/Travel InformationParticipants are responsible for their own accommodations. MSCHE has not reserved a block of rooms. For information on the InterContinental Hotel, San Juan, visit the hotel's web site at: www.ichotelsgroup.com/intercontinental/en/gb/locations/overview/sanjuan. The hotel is located at 5961 Isla Verde in San Juan, Puerto Rico - three miles from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport. For driving directions visit: www.ichotelsgroup.com/intercontinental/en/gb/locations/maps-directions/sanjuan.
Download a copy of this event's brochure by clicking here.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2680; Telephone: (267) 284-5000
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