The New England Board of Higher Education
Presents
College Readiness & Success: A New England Leadership Summit
November 30, 2007
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
Supported by The Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Sponsors include: The College Board and the XAP Corporation
Additional support has been provided by The Gilbane Building Co., MEFA, RIHEAA, TD Banknorth, TERI (The Education Resources Institute), VSAC (Vermont Student Assistance Corp.)
Nearly 400 leaders of education, business and government, along with regional and national policy experts, convened on Nov. 30, 2007 for this important day-long event focused on expanding college and career readiness in New England.
Attendees heard keynote addresses by Joe Scantlebury, Senior Policy Officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Jamie Merisotis, President of the Institute for Higher Education Policy and in-coming President and CEO of the Lumina Foundation for Education. Opening remarks were be provided by NEBHE President and CEO Evan S. Dobelle and NEBHE Sr. Vice President Michael Thomas.
Other speakers and presenters included David T. Conley, author of College Knowledge: What it Really Takes for Students to Succeed, Michael Cohen, President, Achieve, Inc. and Dana Mohler-Faria, Special Advisor on Education to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.
Key sessions included:
What Do We Mean by “College and Career Readiness”? — Reconciling Frameworks for Policy and Practice
Facilitator - Joe Scantlebury, Senior Policy Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Participants
Michael Cohen, President, Achieve, Inc.
David T. Conley, Director, Center for Educational Policy Research, University of OregonThinking Broadly: Toward a Comprehensive View of College Readiness
Facilitator - Nicholas Donohue, President and CEO, Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Introduction and Overview - David T. Conley, Director, Center for Educational Policy Research, University of Oregon DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION HERE
Responses and Perspectives
Gerald Chertavian, Founder and CEO, Year Up
Rep. Johannah Leddy Donovan, Education Committee, Vermont
Arthur VanderVeen, Executive Director, The College BoardRigor and Readiness: Building Success Through Standards and Core Curricula
Facilitator- Judy Greiman, President, Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges
Introduction and Overview
Michael Cohen, President, Achieve, Inc. DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION HEREResponses and Perspectives
Duke Albanese, Co-Executive Director, Great Schools Partnership, Maine
Martha McLeod, President, Asnuntuck Community College, Connecticut
Jeff Nellhaus, Acting Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Education
Dennis Littky Co-Founder, Co-Director, The Big Picture Company & The Met CenterData, Assessment and Accountability: Education Policy Roundtable
Facilitator - William Graves, Senior Vice President, Academic Strategy, SunGard Higher Education
Introduction and Overview
Nancy Smith, Deputy Director, Data Quality Campaign DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION HEREResponses and Perspectives
Richard Cate, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Education
Patricia Plummer, Chancellor, Massachusetts Board of Higher Education
Rep. Marie St. Fleur, Vice Chair, House Ways and Means Committee, Massachusetts
Jack Warner, Commissioner, Rhode Island Office of Higher EducationCollege Ready, But Locked Out? Making College Affordable in New England
Facilitator - Willis Hulings, President and CEO, TERI (The Education Resources Institute)
Introduction and Overview
Travis Reindl, Program Director, Jobs for the Future & Lumina Foundation’s Making Opportunity Affordable Initiative DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION HEREResponses and Perspectives
Kathryn G. Dodge, Executive Director, New Hampshire Postsecondary Education Commission
Henry Thomas, President, Urban League of Springfield, Massachusetts
Sen. Carol Weston, Maine State Legislature
Karrin Wilks, Senior Vice President, Vermont State CollegesStandards & Strategies for the Six New England States: Finding Consensus
Facilitator: Introduction and Overview - Michael K. Thomas, Sr. Vice President, NEBHE
Responses and Perspectives
Charles Desmond, Executive Vice President, Trefler Foundation
Janet Durfee-Hidalgo, Policy Advisor to Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri
Dana Mohler-Faria, President, Bridgewater State College and Education Advisor to Mass. Governor Deval Patrick
Elsa Nuñez, President, Eastern Connecticut State University
Stephen Reno, Chancellor, University System of New Hampshire
S. Paul Reville, Chairman, Massachusetts Board of Education
Rep. Emma Rous, Chair, House Education Committee, New Hampshire
Supported by The Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Sponsors include: The College Board and the XAP Corporation
Additional support has been provided by The Gilbane Building Co., MEFA, RIHEAA, TD Banknorth, TERI (The Education Resources Institute), VSAC (Vermont Student Assistance Corp.)
About College Ready New England
NEBHE's College Ready New England initiative is focused on helping the six states develop strategies to increase the economic competitiveness and well-being of the region and its citizens through expanded college participation and success. Its mission is two-fold: to ensure that all the region's students leave high school well-prepared for postsecondary success; and to improve college attendance and completion rates-particularly for underserved and underrepresented populations, including low-income and minority students and first-generation college-goers.
