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2011 NAICU Annual Meeting Schedule

January 30 - February 2, 2011

Note: Final schedule. Revisions to Monday afternoon session times were posted Jan. 19, and major changes to Tuesday morning schedule were posted Jan. 12.

Note to Journalists: Sessions marked with ♦ are open to the news media. (However, the Putnam session cannot be taped.) All sessions not marked with ♦ are closed to reporters. Audience questions are limited to NAICU members. To register, complete our media registration form or email mediaregistration@naicu.edu.

Sunday, January 30

1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Registration
Regency Foyer - Ballroom level
Refreshments provided by:

1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Public Relations Academy
(15-min. break between sessions)
Columbia B Room - Ballroom Level

1:00 - 2:00
♦ The News Revolution: How Are Citizens and Journalists Adapting?
Tom Rosenstiel, Director, Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism

A revolution is underway in how Americans get information, shaking up the news industry and changing the ways newsmakers, journalists, and news consumers interact. Through the findings of his project's annual "State of the News Media" report, Rosenstiel will explore the trends affecting every news executive, communicator, and consumer of news - from news site visitors' behavior and the rise of citizen journalism, to the news agendas of bloggers and the interplay of social media with traditional journalism.
2:15 - 3:15
♦ Clothing the Emperor: 10 Steps To Developing An Actual Social Media Strategy
Sean Carton, Chief Creative Officer, idfive

Considered a pioneer in the strategic use of interactive media in communications, Sean Carton will discuss trends in social media strategy and how it impacts everything from recruitment to overall reputation. It's a new world of communications for higher education. This session will provide both high-level context and on-the-ground examples of how social media can be more than just the latest cool thing, but instead can be employed as a powerful means of achieving institutional goals.
3:30 - 4:30
♦ Educationomics: Choices, Challenges and the New Frugality
Jon McGee, Vice President for Planning and Public Affairs, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University

In his book, The New Frugality, National Public Radio's Chris Farrell cites a return to value as the signature characteristic of the new post-Great Recession marketplace. As the economy begins its recovery, colleges and universities across the country are beginning to feel the first effects of a "new frugality" in the marketplace, one focused on the value of experiences. In this session, we will examine the economics of the new marketplace and discuss their implications for college campuses.

2:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Work Colleges Consortium Meeting
(closed meeting)
Yosemite Room - Second floor Conference level; access via Lobby level

5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
NAICU/NAICUSE Advocacy Task Force
(closed meeting)
Bryce Room - Second floor Conference level; access via Lobby level

Monday, January 31

7:30 - 8:15 a.m.
NAICUSE Executive Committee
(closed meeting)
Concord Room - Ballroom level

8:00 a.m. - Noon
National Association of Independent College and University State Executives (NAICUSE)
(closed meeting)
Capitol Room - Lobby level, by escalators

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.
NAICUSE Luncheon
(closed meeting)
Concord/Lexington Ballroom - Ballroom level

8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Government Relations Academy and Luncheon
(Pre-registration required)
Meeting, Regency A Ballroom - Ballroom level
Luncheon, Congressional A & B Rooms - Lobby level

8:00 a.m. - Coffee and Conversation (Coffee and continental breakfast)
The first 30 minutes is designed to give you a chance to mingle with professional colleagues at other colleges. Make contacts and share ideas that you can bring back home.
♦ 8:30 a.m. - Key Issues 2011 - Overview
Sarah Flanagan, NAICU Vice President of Government Relations, will provide a quick overview of recent higher education changes that could affect your college.
♦ 8:40 a..m. - Issue Quick Take: The Fraud and Abuse Regulations
The new federal definition of credit hour and state authorization are the most controversial rules for our sector. But other rules also will affect us. Get a bird's eye view of what you need to know, and more detailed background material to take home from Susan Hattan, NAICU Senior Consultant, and Maureen Budetti, NAICU Director of Student Aid Policy.
9:00 a.m. - The Senate's For-Profit Investigations: What Is Up Ahead?
Luke Swarthout, Senior Education Policy Director for the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, will discuss the future of the committee's investigations into for-profit education, and what the effects might be on traditional colleges as well.
♦ 9:45 a.m. - Issue Quick Take: The Budget, Funding and Tax
Stephanie Giesecke, NAICU Director for Budget and Appropriations, and Karin Johns, NAICU Director of Tax Policy, will give a glimpse of the impact the growing federal budget deficit could have on student aid funding and higher education tax provisions.

10:00 a.m. - Break
♦ 10:15 a.m. - Education Reform: Why Should You Care?
Although the public conversation around education reform centers on improving K-12 education, the outcome could have important consequences for higher education. Bill Barrett, Executive Director of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, and Charles Lenth, Vice President for Policy Analysis and Academic Affairs for State Higher Education Executive Officers, will provide a give and take on the positives and negatives of the education reform movement.
♦ 11:00 a.m. - Issue Quick Take: The Perkins Loan Program: Reform It or Lose It?
Maureen Budetti, NAICU Director of Student Aid Policy, will outline the current risks to the Perkins Loan Programs and the opportunity for reform.
♦ 11:15 a.m. - Student Debt: A Growing Crisis
Student loan debt has passed consumer credit card debt for the first time in our nation's history. Do you know your students' average debt burden? Learn why this issue may be even more important than college cost in the future. Pauline Abernathy, Vice President, The Institute for College Access and Success.
12:00 p.m. - Professional Development Lunch, Concord/Lexington/Bunker Hill Room
Join your colleagues and the NAICU staff in a lively, audience-based conversation, designed to challenge you to answer the toughest political and policy questions facing our sector, and to give you some "take-aways" for Washington-based policy conversations.

Luncheon sponsored by:
♦ 1:30 p.m. - Issue Quick Take: Are you a Winner or Loser under the New GI Bill?
NAICU Senior Consultant, Susan Hattan, will focus the final mini-session on the new GI bill, and what it means for your campus.

11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
(closed meeting)
Olympic Room - Second floor, Conference level; access via Lobby level

1:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Coffee Break
Sponsored by:

2:00 - 2:15 p.m.
♦ Convening of the Annual Meeting
Note: All Monday afternoon sessions,
Regency A Ballroom - Ballroom level

John Bassett, President, Heritage University,
and 2010 NAICU Board Chair
David L. Warren, President, NAICU

2:15 - 3:30 p.m.

♦* Robert Putnam, The Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University

Ten years ago, his book on the collapse and renewal of American community, Bowling Alone, helped shape the fabric of our society over the decade to follow. Now he's applied those same incisive skills to an examination of religion as co-author of the just-published American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us. This influential author and scholar will walk attendees through the complex interaction of religion and politics over the past half century, and what it bodes for our future.
(*Note: Open to media, but with no video or audio recording permitted.)

3:30 - 4:15 p.m.

♦ Mark Emmert's Emerging Game Plan
Mark A. Emmert, President, National Collegiate Athletic Conference

Several months into what is arguably the nation's highest-profile sports position, the new National Collegiate Athletic Association president will talk about what he's learned, heard, and seen in his whirlwind first few months, and what his priorities will be for the NCAA's future. His visit to the NAICU Annual Meeting will be highly participatory, including a breakout session to address Division III issues specifically on Tuesday at 2:00 p.m.

4:15 - 5:15 p.m.

The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Shields
Mark Shields, Syndicated Columnist and Political Analyst, PBS Newshour

He's been called "the wittiest political analyst around," with four decades of observing and savoring the country's politics and proclivities. Now as we begin a shift and a sharing of power in Washington, this nationally-respected commentator will turn his analytical skills and his great good humor on where strange congressional bedfellows may take us over the next couple years.

5:15 - 6:00 p.m.
Can Socrates Download?: Learners and Learning in the Digital Age
Phil Schubert, President, Abilene Christian University
Bill Rankin, Director of Educational Innovation, Abilene Christian University
David S. Byer, Senior Manager, Education Leadership and Policy, Apple

How is digitalization changing the expectations of today's learners? In what ways are our colleges responding -- or not? How can innovation reinforce liberal arts education and help advance it in the current climate? A forward-thinking team from Abilene Christian University will engage attendees in a conversation about how they have worked with Apple to connect emerging technologies to learning.

6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
NAICU/NAICUSE Reception
(All registered meeting attendees are invited;
dinner on your own)
Regency B Ballroom - Ballroom level

Sponsored by:

Tuesday, February 1

7:00 - 8:30 a.m.
Women's College Coalition Breakfast
(closed meeting)
Olympic Room - Second floor, Conference level; access via Lobby level

8:00 - 8:45 a.m.
Orientation for New NAICU Board members
Capitol Room A - Lobby level, by escalators

8:00 - 8:45 a.m.
Short Course Sessions (repeated at 2 p.m.)

Sessions filled with insights and informaton on topics that keep presidents - and their staffs - awake at night. (includes contintental breakfast. These sessions repeat at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday to enable you to attend more than one).

♦ The Ever-changing "New Normal"
Congresional B Room - Lobby level

George Dehne, President, GDA Integrated Services
Christopher Small, Executive Vice President, GDA Integrated Services

How much can the interest of college-bound students change in a short period of time? Lots, based on a longitudinal look at data compiled on 100,000 college-bound students by GDA Integrated Services. The presenters will compare the responses of college-bound students in 2009 with the responses to the same questions by college-bound students of 2004. In just five years, we see the erosion of interest in small classes and accessible faculty, as well as growing interest in national recognition. The session also will compare the responses on a variety of questions ranging from financial issues to expected outcomes. GDA staff will offer their interpretation of what all of this means to a college.
♦ Five Ways to Increase Faculty Buy-in for Online Learning
Lexington Room - Ballroom level

David T. Richardson, President & CEO, The Learning House
Mac Bornhauser, Director of Business Development, The Learning House

According to a Sloan Consortium report, while the number of programs and courses online continues to grow, the acceptance of online learning by faculty has been relatively constant - even though growing research shows online learning as equally effective or even superior to face-to-face learning. This presentation will examine some of the myths and prejudices that may stand in the way of acquiring faculty support for your online program, and the presenters will offer recommendations for turning naysayers into enthusiastic supporters.
♦ Lead or Leave
Bryce Room - Second floor Conference level; access via Lobby level

Roger Hull, President, Help Yourself Foundation

Today's presidents (and aspiring presidents) face tremendous challenges. A checklist of what works (and does not work) for those wanting to lead colleges and universities in the 21st century and for those with responsibility for the oversight of those institutions. Having a checklist cannot hurt, and it also just might help. Besides, discussing do's and don'ts, this session will discuss one person's 24 year journey at the helm of two liberal arts colleges - where things went wrong, and where they (apparently) went right.
Presidential Contracts in 2011: Improving Your Protections
Bunker Hill Room - Ballroom level

Raymond D. Cotton, Vice President for Higher Education, ML Strategies, LLC

Discuss the 2011 status of presidential contracts and compensation with the foremost legal expert in the field, who has negotiated more presidential contracts than any other attorney in the U.S. This session will focus on legal protections for the president, setting the presidential salary, performance bonuses, deferred compensation, spousal compensation, and post-presidential employment. Please bring your questions.
♦ Six Strategic Responses in a Time of Challenge and Opportunity
Congressional A Room - Lobby level

Robert A. Sevier, Senior Vice President, Strategy, Stamats Inc.

Yes, things have changed. And while everyone is talking about this new normal, few are offering insights into how to strategically respond to the challenges and opportunities that it presents. This session will quickly outline the five major challenges facing higher education, and then will outline six strategic responses - including new options for developing a compelling vision, building the senior team, diversifying and expanding revenue streams, building a dynamic brand, aligning your academic programs with student demand, and attracting donors.
♦ Image is Everything
Concord Room - Ballroom level

Elizabeth Scarborough, CEO, SimpsonScarborough

Developing and managing the identity of your institution is critical to the success of your recruitment and development efforts. Further, your institution's image plays a critical role in helping your institution secure grant funding, attract top faculty, and maintain strong community, government and media relations. Effective "identity management" requires your institution to get on that proverbial "same page" about that which defines your institution and makes it truly special in the best of all cases, unique. Achieving consensus on identity and promoting it successfully in a crowded marketplace can be difficult given the organizational structure of staff dedicated to the marketing effort. In this session, we will use a case study approach to describe how an institution can effectively research, monitor, and develop its image and reputation among key stakeholders.

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
Sponsored by:

9:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Note: All morning sessions, Regency A Ballroom - Ballroom level
A Hill Overview
Sarah Flanagan, Vice President for Government Relations and Policy Development, NAICU

9:45 - 10:30 a.m.
♦ Higher Education and The Future of American Health Care
Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., President and CEO, Association of American Medical Colleges

Dr. Kirch will discuss the nation's political, economic, and health care realities - and how they represent an enormous challenge for higher education. In the near future, our campuses will face health reform implementation, the challenge of educating health professionals for a new health care system, and managing health care services for students, faculty, and staff in their role as key community providers. Given a nation deeply divided politically, a severely restrained economy, how do colleges and universities prepare for a myriad of challenges?

10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
♦ The Honorable Richard J. Durbin
(D-Illinois), Member, United States Senate

11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
♦ The New Republican Majority: Agenda for our Nation's Future
Jo-Marie St. Martin, General Counsel and Chief of Legislative Operations for the Speaker of the U.S.
House of Representatives
Amy M. Jones, Education Policy Counsel & Senior Advisor, U.S. House Committee on Education
and the Workforce

This panel will include key staff members who will be integral to determining both the general and education agenda for the 112th Congress. Each is an experienced Hill veteran who has served in previous majorities and minorities, and each has a solid understanding of the place where policy and politics intersect.

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
♦ Awards Luncheon
Regency Ballroom B - Ballroom level

The 18th Annual NAICU Award for Advocacy of Independent Higher Education
Recipient: The Honorable Timothy H. Bishop
(D-New York), United States House of Representatives (Award Citation)
The 25th Annual Henry Paley Memorial Award
Recipient: Rev. Charles L. Currie, S.J.
President, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (Award Citation)

Wednesday, February 2

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
NAICU Prayer Breakfast
Congressional A Room - Lobby level
Rev. Charles L. Currie, S.J., President, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities

9:15 - 10:00 a.m.
♦ Dealing with the Department of Education's Financial Responsibility Standards
Note: All morning sessions, Regency A Ballroom - Ballroom level
Kent John Chabotar, President, Guilford College, and Chair, NAICU Task Force on Financial Responsibility Standards
Susan M. Menditto, Director, Accounting Policy, National Association of College and University Business Officers
James F. Galbally, Jr., President, The Galbally Group

Last year, more than 100 private colleges failed the Department of Education's test of Financial Responsibility Standards, even though virtually none of them are at risk for precipitous closure (the purported purpose of the test). The panelists will look at key questions such as what is wrong with the current measure, what should colleges do if notified by the Department that they're at risk, and how can NAICU help to resolve the problem? This panel will build on the work of a new NAICU task force that is working on a proposal to the Department for reforming the current system.

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
♦ Building to 2020
James Kvaal, Deputy Under Secretary, United States Department of Education
Gloria Nemerowicz, President, Pine Manor College
Wendy Weiler, Research and Policy Analyst, NAICU

Last fall NAICU and the Council of Independent Colleges launched "Building Blocks to 2020," a major national program to recognize and engage independent colleges and universities in expanding access to college and ensuring degree completion. The website that is the centerpiece of the initiative already features hundreds of examples from private colleges and universities nationally, and more are being added constantly. In this session, a panel will look at the most noteworthy and innovative activities to support college access and success, and will offer guidance in engaging campus communities in this most worthwhile effort.

11:00 - 11:15 a.m.
♦ Business Session
John Bassett, President, Heritage University, and 2010 NAICU Board Chair
Dan Carey, President, Edgewood College, and 2011 NAICU Board Chair
Richard H. Ekman, President, Council of Independent Colleges
David L. Warren, President of NAICU

11:30 - 2:00 p.m.
NAICU Legal Services Review Panel
(closed meeting)
Olympic Room - Second floor, Conference level; access via Lobby level