We extend our most sincere thanks to all who participated in the New England Board of Higher Education's conference, Readiness Revised: Advancing Student Readiness & College Success, held on Thursday and Friday, October 16-17, 2008 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
With an attendance of nearly 200 people and with the insightful contributions of leaders like you, the conference was a definite success.
You can download PowerPoint presentations and other materials exhibited at the forum below.
Readiness Revised: Advancing Student Readiness and College Success
Data for College Readiness and Success
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Session 1: Using the National Student Clearinghouse to Improve K-12 and Higher Education Performance, Management and Policy Making—And Save Money and Time in the Process
- Jeffrey M. Tanner, Vice President of Higher Education Development, National Student Clearinghouse
Click here to download Jeffrey Tanner's PowerPoint presentation on the National Student Clearinghouse.
Click here to visit the website of the National Student Clearinghouse.
Session 2: Key Performance Questions Every K-12 and Higher Education Leader Will Need to Answer—A National Perspective & How to Be Ready
- Nancy Smith, Deputy Director, Data Quality Campaign
Click here to download Nancy Smith's PowerPoint presentation, Connecting P-12 to Postsecondary: Preliminary Results of 2008 DQC Survey.
Click here to visit the website of the Data Quality Campaign.
Session 3: State Perspectives & Open Discussion—System Exchange: Sharing Student Data Across State Educational Departments
- Bill Hurwitch, Project Director, Statewide Longitudinal Data System, Maine Department of Education
- Jonathan E. Keller, Associate Commissioner for Research, Planning and Information Systems, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
Click here to download Bill Hurwitch's PowerPoint presentation, Maine Statewide Longitudinal Data System.
Click here to visit the website of the Maine Department of Education.
Click here to visit the website of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education.
Readiness Revised: Advancing Student Readiness and College Success
What is College Readiness?
Friday, October 17, 2008
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Opening Keynote Address: Lessons Learned: The Road to College Readiness and Success in Indiana
- Cheryl Orr, Associate Commissioner for Communications and P-16 Programs and Planning, Indiana Commission for Higher Education
Click here to download Cheryl Orr's PowerPoint presentation, Lessons Learned:
The Road to College Readiness in Indiana.
Click here to visit the website of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.
Concurrent Session 1A: Beyond the Rhetoric: Frameworks and Definitions of College Readiness
- Charles P. Collins, State Director, Early College for ME
- David T. Conley, Professor, University of Oregon; CEO, Educational Policy Improvement Center
- Linda M. Noonan, Executive Director, Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education
- Panel Moderator: Jim Flanagan, Director of State Leadership Initiatives, Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Click here to download Jim Flanagan's PowerPoint presentation, The Partnership for 21st Century Skills.
Click here to download Charles. Collins' PowerPoint presentation, Beyond the Rhetoric
: Frameworks and Definitions of College Readiness.
Click here to download David Conley's' PowerPoint presentation, Beyond the Rhetoric
: Frameworks and Definitions of College Readiness. (Presented at the forum by moderator Jim Flanagan.)
Click here to download Linda Noonan's PowerPoint presentation, Frameworks and Definitions of Work Readiness.
Click here to visit the website of Early College for ME.
Click here to visit the website of the Educational Policy Improvement Center.
Click here to visit the website of the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education.
Click here to visit the website of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills.
Concurrent Session 1B: A Different Kind of Freshman: Adult Learners
- Judith T. Burrows, Director of Program Operations & Student Aid, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
- Larinda Meade, Project Coordinator, Maine College Transition Program
- Cynthia Zafft, Senior Advisor of National College Transition Network and Educational Director of Health Care Learning Network, World Education
- Panel Moderator: Silja Kallenbach, Director, New England Literacy Resource Center, World Education
Click here to download Cynthia Zafft's PowerPoint presentation, A Different Kind of Freshman.
Click here to visit the website of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.
Click here to visit the website of the Maine College Transition Program. (To view a video about the program in Windows Media format, click here.)
Click here to visit the website of the National College Transition Network.
Click here to visit the website of World Education.
Click here to visit the website of the New England Literacy Resource Center.
Concurrent Session 2A: Creating a College-going Culture in Schools
- David Ruff, Co-Executive Director, Great Schools Partnership
- Kenneth I. Gross, Professor of Mathematics and Education and Director of Vermont Mathematics Initiative, University of Vermont
- Judith Thompson, Coordinator of Counseling/Psychology & Community Outreach Services, Worcester Public Schools
- Panel Moderator: Joe Scantlebury, Senior Policy Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Click here to visit the website of the Great Schools Partnership.
Click here to visit the website of the Vermont Mathematics Initiative.
Click here to visit the website of Worcester Public Schools.
Click here to visit the website of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Concurrent Session 2B: Dual Enrollment: A Partnership in Pursuit of College Readiness
- Jessica Geier, Dual Enrollment Coordinator, Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education
- Betsy Stull, Project Running Start Coordinator, Manchester (N.H.) Community College
- Gillian Thorne, Executive Director of the Office of Educational Partnerships & Director of University of Connecticut Early College Experience, University of Connecticut
- Panel Moderator: Nancy Hoffman, Vice President of Youth Transitions and Director of Early College High School Initiative, Jobs for the Future
Click here to visit the website of the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education.
Click here to visit the website of Project Running Start.
Click here to visit the website of University of Connecticut Early College Experience.
Click here to visit the website of the Early College High School Initiative.
Plenary Session: Multiple Pathways to College Access and Career Success
- Carine Sauvignon, Director of Gateway to College, Massasoit Community College
- Sangeeta Tyagi, Senior Vice President of Public Policy, YouthBuild USA
- Ephraim Weisstein, Consultant
- Panel Moderator: Nicholas C. Donohue, President and CEO, Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Click here to download Ephraim Weisstein's PowerPoint presentation, Building Multiple Pathways.
Click here to visit the website of Gateway to College.
Click here to visit the website of YouthBuild USA.
Click here to visit the website of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.
