2008 Annual Meeting Schedule

The following is the final schedule of events at the NAICU Annual Meeting, to be held Sunday, February 3, to mid-day Wednesday, February 6.  However, note that the schedule, speakers, and room assignments are subject to change.  Attendees should check for updates in the registration area at the hotel.

Note to Journalists:  Sessions marked with an asterisk (*) are open to the news media. All others are closed to reporters. Audience questions are limited to NAICU members. To register, go to www.naicu.edu/mediaregistration.

Sunday, February 3

• 1 p.m., Turbocharging U-CAN:  What Colleges Are Doing to Build Profile Visits and Impact, NAICU Staff Panel
  
  
• * 2:15 p.m., The Changing Face of Higher Education Marketing, Larry Lauer, Vice Chancellor for Marketing and Communication, Texas Christian University, and author, Advancing Higher Education in Uncertain Times and Competing for Students, Money and Reputation: Marketing the Academy in the 21st Century
  
  
• * 3:30 p.m., A Journalist's View of What's Happening in Higher Education, Scott Jaschik, Founder and Editor, Inside Higher Ed
  
  

Monday, February 4

• General Meeting, 8:30 a.m. - noon
  Columbia A Room- Ballroom Level
• Luncheon, noon - 1:30 p..m.
  Thornton Room A&B - 11th Floor

• 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
  Washington Update
  NAICU Government Relations Staff
  
  
• 10:00 - 10:45 a.m.
  The Student Loan Capital Market - What Is Happening?
  Joe Santoro, Education Finance Group, Banc of America Securities; Brett Lief, President, National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs; Maureen Budetti, Director of Student Aid Policy, NAICU
  
  
• 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon
  The New Lobbying and Ethics Rules: Are You in Compliance?
  Randy Nuckolls, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP
  
  
• 12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
  Congressional A- Lobby Level
  Luncheon (Registered Government Relations Academy attendees only)
  Luncheon Discussion:  Tricks of the Trade
  Chris Simmons, Assistant Vice President of Federal Relations,Duke University; Jason Van Wey, Director of Federal Relations, Washington University in St. Louis; Sarah Flanagan, Vice President of Government Relations and Policy Development, NAICU

Tuesday, February 5

• * The National Minimum Legal Drinking Age: Time to Rethink It?; John McCardell, President Emeritus, Middlebury College, and Founder and Director, Choose Responsibility
  Bryce Room- 2nd Floor
  The National Minimum Legal Drinking Age Act has now been in effect for 23 years, is it time to revaluate? Alcohol consumption has not been significantly reduced, which is surely the best measure of the law's effectiveness, and that consumption has been forced by the law behind closed doors, underground, and off campus, in other words into the most risky of environments. This session will take an informed look at how legal age 21 has worked thus far, and where we go from here.
  
  
  
• Presidential Compensation: Negotiating and Improving Your Contract; Raymond Cotton, Vice President of Higher Education, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
  Lexington Room-Ballroom Level
  How can you negotiate more effectively with your Board? Come and discuss what's new in presidential compensation and presidential contracts. The speaker, a legal expert, has negotiated over 200 presidential contracts. Please bring your questions.
  
  
  
• * The Private College 2015:  A Forecast of Challenges and Opportunities; George Dehne, President, GDA Integrated Services
  Capitol Room A- Lobby Level
  What can happen in just eight years to a few, many or all private colleges? What might student expectation, student recruitment, the competition and public opinion look like in 2015? This session will look at the societal trends that will have the greatest positive or negative impact on private colleges over the next few years and raise the important questions while providing insightful answers.
  
  
  
• Can Your Institution Afford (To Be Without) Retiree Health Benefits?; Kenneth E. Cool, President,
  Emeriti Retirement Health Solutions; Stephen G. Jennings, President, University of Evansville; Peggy Williams, President, Ithaca College
  Bunker Hill Room-Ballroom Level
  Discover the core features of the Emeriti Program's defined contribution approach to retiree medical benefits: tax-advantaged savings accounts, portable health insurance in retirement, and tax-free reimbursement of out-of-pocket medical expenses. Learn through case studies how and why other presidents strategically introduced the Emeriti benefit on their campuses, whether they had no prior benefit or were transforming an unsustainable defined benefit subsidy. Return to the afternoon session for a brief demonstration of how Emeriti modeling can predict employer costs and demonstrate employee account build-up, including illustrations that you can take home to your chief financial officer and human resources staff for the budgeting process.
  
  
  
• * Major Trends That Will Impact Your Ability to Recruit Students, Raise Dollars, and Market Your Institution; Robert Sevier, Senior Vice President - Strategy, Stamats, Inc.
  Capitol Room B- Lobby Level
  Updated for 2008, this session will explore how today's rapidly changing marketplace will impact colleges' and universities' ability to recruit students and raise dollars. It will examine the major demographic and social characteristics of tomorrow's students and review how their educational needs and expectations are evolving. The presentation will also outline the college-choice characteristics of most interest to these students, pinpoint the majors most in demand, and highlight the recruiting and marketing strategies to which students are most likely to respond. We will also take a look at the changing role of donors and how changes in the marketplace and academia have impacted leadership and management in higher education.
  
  
  
• * Student Engagement/Retention Strategies: Student Coaching, a Promising New Practice for Student Success; Alan Tripp, CEO, InsideTrack
  Congressional A- Lobby Level
  Learn about the latest strategies for student engagement and retention. This session will demonstrate the importance of accountability in any student engagement program, and discuss why student success coaching has been successful across the country.
  
  

• The 15th Annual NAICU Award for Advocacy of Independent Higher Education, to the Honorable Ralph Regula, Member, U.S. House of Representatives
• The 22nd Annual Henry Paley Memorial Award, to Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame (Father Hesburgh will receive the award in videotaped remarks.)
  

Wednesday, February 6

Updated 2008-1-31