FRIDAY, MAY 23

7:00-9:00 p.m.
Opening Reception

SATURDAY, MAY 24

11:30 am-1:00 p.m.
Opening Lunch and Review of Conference Program.

Concurrent Sessions

1:00-2:15 p.m.
An Easy to Use Model for Effective Departmental Assessment and Planning. Presenter: Larry Kelley, Kelley Planning and Educational Services.

Fulfilling the Mission. Presenter: Linda Heiland, Director of Curriculum, Learning and Assessment Support Services, Central Arizona College.

2:25-3:40 p.m.
Assessing the Impact of Address Clean-up and Incentives on Response Rates. Presenters: Danny Olsen, Director, Institutional Assessment and Analysis; Joseph Curtin, Assessment Consultant, Institutional Assessment and Analysis; and Steve Wygant, Assessment Consultant, Institutional Assessment and Analysis, Brigham Young University.

From Dancing to Rainmaking: An Expanded Role for the IR Professional in the Strategic Planning Process. Presenter: John Kelley, Director, Office of Planning and Institutional Research, Villanova University.

3:50-5:05 p.m.
Using Self-Efficacy Tools to Enhance the Freshman Experience in General Education Courses. Presenters: Patricia Esplin, Director, Freshman Academy and Joseph Curtin, Assessment Consultant, Institutional Assessment and Analysis, Brigham Young University.

Assessing Alternative Pedagogies: Two Approaches to Comparing Problem-Based and Traditional Instruction. Presenters: M.B. Ulmer, Acting Dean, College of Arts and Sciences and Jonathan Trail, Director of Institutional Research, University of South Carolina Spartanburg.

SUNDAY, MAY 25

7:00-8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

Concurrent Sessions

8:10-9:25 a.m.
But How Well Do These Findings Generalize? Investigating Non-Response Bias in a Mail-out Alumni Survey. Presenters: Danny Olsen, Director, Institutional Assessment and Analysis and Steve Wygant, Assessment Consultant, Institutional Assessment and Analysis, Brigham Young University.

Assessment of Knowledge Acquisition in Learning Through Substantive Experimentation or Functional Design Simulation. presenter: Christopher Druzgalski, Professor of Biomedical/Electrical Engineering, California State University, Long Beach.

9:35-10:50 a.m.
Linking Institutional Program Review to North Central Association's AQIP (Academic Quality Improvement Project) Criterion. Presenters: Roberta Bell, Director of Institutional Research and Linda Heiland, Director of Curriculum, Learning and Assessment, Central Arizona College.

Survival of the Fittest: The Retention Model. Presenter: Theresa Waterbury, Research Analyst Specialist/Assistant Assessment Coordinator, Winona State University.

11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Benchmarking Visits: A Good Investment? Presenter: John Kelley, Director, Office of Planning and Institutional Research, Villanova University.

A Course Charter Approach to Successful Curriculum Synthesis and Integration. Presenter: Robert Noyd, Professor of Biology, U.S. Air Force Academy.

12:30-1:30 p.m.
Lunch

MONDAY, MAY 26

7:00-8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

Concurrent Sessions

8:10-9:25 a.m.
Tracking Prospective, Current and Former Students for Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment. Presenter: Jeff Tanner, Vice President, Higher Education Development, National Student Clearinghouse.

Assessment of Collaborative Work in Mexican Teacher Education. Presenters: Graciela Cortes-Camarillo and Gisela Leo-Peraza, Escuela Normal de Educacion Primaria "Rodolfo Menendez de la Pena."

9:35-10:50 a.m.
Failure Analysis of Medical Devices As an Instructional and Assessment Tool. Presenter: Christopher Druzgalski, Professor of Biomedical/Electrical Engineering, California State University, Long Beach.

Making Sense of the Institutionalization of Assessment in a College of Education. Presenters: Larry McNeal, Professor, Educational Administration and Supervision; SueAnn Strom, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, Higher Education; and Linda Hemminger, Associate Professor, Department of Teacher Education, University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Using a Technological Infrastructure to Disseminate Assessment Information. Presenter: Theresa Waterbury, Research Analyst Specialist/Assistant Assessment Coordinator, Winona State University.

CMSU Report Card System. Presenter: Mike Grelle, Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Central Missouri State University.

12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Lunch

TUESDAY, MAY 27

7:00-8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

Concurrent Sessions

8:10-9:25 a.m.
Expanding Institutional Research by Utilizing National Student Clearinghouse Data. Presenters: Danny Olsen, Director, Institutional Assessment and Analysis and Joseph Curtin, Assessment Consultant, Institutional Assessment and Analysis, Brigham Young University; and Jeff Tanner, Vice President, Higher Education Development, National Student Clearinghouse.

An Application of Alverno College's Assessment-As-Learning Approach at a Comprehensive Public Regional Institution. Presenter: Mike Grelle, Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Central Missouri State University.

9:35-10:50 a.m.
Using the Levels of Implementation Tool to Understand the Institutionalization of Assessment in an Organization. Presenters: Larry McNeal, Professor, Educational Administration and Supervision; SueAnn Strom, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, Higher Education; and Linda Hemminger, Associate Professor, Department of Teacher Education, University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Developing Assessment Plans and Building Rubrics to Measure Student Performance in General Education and the Major. Presenter: Larry Kelley, Kelley Planning and Educational Services.

12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Closing Lunch

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