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Keynote Speaker
Dancing with the Devil: Information Technology and the New Competition in
Higher Education |
Richard Katz, Vice President of EDUCAUSE writes "Dancing
with the devil once should be enough for anyone in our industry. Not only have
we failed to master the complex steps and rhythms of distance education,
distributed learning, virtual campuses, digital libraries, and the like, but
we must now attempt to achieve this mastery in the context of burgeoning
competition. The emergence of the Information Age is presenting educators,
leaders, and policymakers with unprecedented challenges and opportunities...
Some pundits and industry analysts refer to the emergence of a "higher
learning" industry, dominated by commercial firms." As we look at
many roads to success, the adult learner has many choices of where to go to
get the education necessary to compete in the Information Economy. Do we know
our competition for those students? Are we ready to compete on a quality
basis? |
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Silas Purnell from the Ada S. McKinley Community
Services Center on Chicago's South Side doesn't take "no" for an
answer when he asks a college to take one of his students and provide the
financial aid necessary to ensure success for that student in the game of
education and life. Purnell has placed more than 40,000 minority students into
colleges and universities around the United States. It's not enough. What is
your institution doing? |
Plenary Panel: The Profession in Transition
| Presenters: |
Henry Allen, Wheaton College |
| John Bean, Indiana
University - Bloomington |
| Mary Burgan, General
Secretary, AAUP |
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As our institutions are in transition - responding to
critics, wrestling with competitors, struggling to define mission - so to is
the profession in transition. Faculty, staff, and administrators are all
examining their careers, their work, and their purpose. Three scholars explore
their vision of academic work, looking at the many roads of academe. The
dialogue begun in this plenary session will continue with a break out session.
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| Plenary "The Corporate University:
Another Road to Lifelong Learning"
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In 1988 there were 400 corporate universities: today there
are more than 1000. In the next three years that number will have doubled.
These corporate universities have the goal of becoming lifelong learning
institutions. The education that they provide their employees goes far beyond
traditional training sessions. Do our institutions of higher education fit in
the corporate plan to create a workforce capable of continuous learning? What
changes should we contemplate in the way we work and our institutions operate
to ensure we are educational partners, not competitors. |
Plenary: "If I Ran Higher Education..."
| Presenter: |
Hazel Loucks,
Deputy Governor of Illinois for Education |
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Dr. Loucks has been a faculty member, teacher, counselor,
union organizer and, now, a cabinet level officer in Illinois. We asked her to
let her imagination go and look at the many roads of education and the needs
of its many stakeholders. If she had the chance to "run" higher
education to bring it into the next century, what would she do? |
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Getting the Message Out
| Presenters: |
Michael Pons, NEA
Communications |
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Staff and faculty at our institutions provide quality
education and challenging learning and living experiences to students. In
spite of that, some boards and public officials find it convenient to discount
the work of those staff and faculty and tout the "efficiencies" of
the private sector. Using privatization as a focus, this interactive session
will help staff and faculty develop and get out the message that quality
public employees provide quality public higher education. |
Seven Principles for Good Teaching Practices
| Presenters: |
Kay Herr Gillespie,
University of Georgia |
| Frank Gillespie, ret. The
University of Georgia CKF Associates |
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This is a two-hour highly interactive workshop covering
seven principles of good teaching practice. These practices are as follows:
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Good practice encourages student-faculty contact.
Good practice encourages cooperation among students.
Good practice encourages active learning.
Good practice gives prompt feedback.
Good practice emphasizes time on task.
Good practice communicates high expectations.
Good practice respects diverse talents and ways of learning. |
These principles are widely accepted, and they are applicable to any
teaching and learning setting in all kinds of institutions. They are also
applicable to both undergraduate and graduate education. Moreover, they can
discussed within the context of implementation of today's instructional
technologies. |
Racism in the Classroom: Implications for
Students
| Presenters: |
Roberta Ahlquist, San Jose
State University |
| Steven Millner, San Jose
State University |
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This session is a candid examination of the issues of racism
faced by students in America's higher education classrooms and will examine
faculty responses and attitudes. |
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Best Practices:
Poster Sessions |
Want to know what's going on nationally in local
associations to address issues of quality teaching, new unionism, and
community involvement? Association members and staff who are involved in some
of the innovative activities or research being conducted around the country
will display their products and discuss their activities. Come, browse, and
discuss. Get ideas to take back home
Massachusetts Bay Community College - Value-added unionism through an
Association sponsored teaching center.
Virtual Employment - MTA has done some interesting research into the
part-time faculty in higher education in Massachusetts.
Lane Community College (OR) - Working Together for Quality
Youngstown State University - Community Health Initiative
Mott Community College (MI) - Bargaining Intellectual Property and
Distance Education
Oakton Community College (IL) - Developing Positive Labor/Management
Relations
Columbia College - Interest-Based Bargaining for Part-Time Faculty |
The Political Economy of Distance Education
| Presenter: |
G. David
Garson, North Carolina State University |
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In the minds of some administrators and legislators,
distance education is supposed to be less expensive than on-site education. Is
it? Can we assess the true costs of distance education when we take into
consideration the potential loss of the richness of student/instructor
interaction provided on our bricks and mortar campuses. Garson proposes an
analysis model for determining the costs of distance learning. |
The Road Through the Workplace
| Presenters: |
Allen Stewart, Alabama
State University |
| Daniel Boyd, Montgomery,
Alabama Public Schools |
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Many of the "new" students in our institutions are
working adults seeking to upgrade their skills, change their careers, or get
the education they missed when they jumped into the world of work. One program
at Alabama State University has brought higher education into the local school
districts for support personnel. |
Reaching Out and Making the Connection
| Presenters: |
Manuel Berriozabal,
University of Texas - San Antonio |
| Ronda Beamon, Northern
Arizona University |
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Effective educators make a connection with their students by
reaching out to help them become active participants in their own educations.
In San Antonio students in the middle schools are mentored and encouraged to
take those courses in math and the sciences that will ensure their success in
those fields in a university. Another way to reach out and make a connection
is to create an entire learning system within the classroom. |
Higher Education Support Personnel:
Worklives and Concerns
| Presenters: |
Linda Johnsrud, University of Hawaii |
| Philip Mahler, Middlesex
Community College |
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Until a recent NEA study was conducted on education support
personnel and academic professionals, there was only national demographic data
available. Using the new study, we now can look at the perceptions of support
staff about their working conditions, their satisfactions, and their concerns.
One affiliate, Massachusetts Community College Association, is engaged in an
intricate classification study examining the work of academic professionals
in a changing environment and will present a case study in classification. |
NEA Research: The National Perspective
| Presenters: |
Ron Henderson, NEA Research |
| Maris Vinovskis, University
of Michigan |
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Many unions are involved in Research. What can you expect
from the NEA? What is the NEA doing in higher education research around your
issues, and how is it viewed by scholars? |
The Entertainment Unions: Facing the
Challenges of New Technologies, Intellectual Property, and Job Security
| Presenters: |
Lois Gray, Cornell
University |
| Christine Maitland, NEA
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The entertainment unions have faced a dazzling array of new
technologies in their industry which transformed the economic structure of
production and distribution of products. How have the unions changed to meet
the challenge of new technology? How do they protect the rights of workers as
they move from one project to another? How do the unions protect the
intellectual property rights of their members? What lessons can their stories
provide for the education unions? |
The New Faculty Member and Professional
Unionism
| Presenters: |
Janet Grenzke, Abacus Associates |
| Gregory Saltzman, Albion
College |
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Who are the "new" faculty members and what do they
want from their profession and their Association? The NEA survey of faculty
new to the profession found that these newer colleagues were interested in
collaborative bargaining and professional development issues. Are the higher
education collective bargaining contracts changing to address the issues of
this new generation of faculty? |
Information Technology in Higher Education:
Campus Computing Project Update
| Presenter: |
Kenneth Green, Claremont
Graduate School |
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Begun in 1990, the Campus Computing Project is the largest
continuing study of the role of information technology in American higher
education. Green presents the latest survey results. |
Report on Campus Computing: Implications for
Support and Technical Staff
| Presenter: |
Kenneth Green, Claremont
Graduate School |
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Do staff involved in IT have enough support? Enough
resources? Or are campuses stretched thin as the use of technology
dramatically expands? Green reviews the report with emphasis on technology's
effect on the support staff and infrastructure of an institution. |
The Culturally Diverse Distance Learner
| Presenters: |
Charlotte Gunawardena, University of
New Mexico |
| Irene Sanchez, Santa Fe
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Demographics indicate that distance learners are becoming
culturally more diverse. How can higher education meet the educational needs
of adults from different cultures? What do we need to understand in order to
design appropriate distance instruction and learner support systems? |
Education and the Whole Community: The Long
Beach Partnership
| Presenters: |
Wendy Hornsby, Long Beach City College |
| Henry C. Fung, California State
University - Long Beach |
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In Long Beach, CA, education is the responsibility of the
whole community, united to create ownership and pride. The partners include
Long Beach Community College, California State University- Long Beach, the
Long Beach School system, management, unions, parents, students - all working
to create a quality education community. |
The Responsive Institution: Perceptions of
the Community and Technical College
| Presenters: |
Clifford Adelman, U.S. Department of
Education |
| Katherine Boswell,
Education Commission of the States |
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The perceptions of legislators, boards and business is that
the community and technical colleges are responding to the interests of the
public and their students. Recent studies have given these institutions
increased stature and new responsibilities on the front line of higher
education. |
Part-Time and Temporary Faculty: Refining
the Issues
| Presenters: |
Eileen Appelbaum, Economic
Policy Institute |
| Caroline Shook, Bellevue
Community College |
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The Report of the Sloan Conference on Part-Time and Adjunct
Faculty provides a framework for further examination of the role of part-time
faculty in the academy. this session balances statistics and economics with
campus reality as part-time faculty are poised to become the new majority. |
Remediation and Equity: A Cautionary Tale
from California and New York
| Presenters: |
Jo-Ann Graham, Professional
Staff Congress- CUNY |
| VirginiaAnn Shadwick, Cal.
State University - San Francisco |
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On the West Coast and the East Coast, remedial programs are
under political attack. Do we understand the reasons? And what are our
responses? |
Update: Retirement and Benefits
| Presenters: |
Jay Chronister, University
of Virginia |
| Stan Wisniewski, NEA
Research |
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A review of current issues in pensions and
benefits affecting higher education faculty and staff. |
Bargaining Technology
| Presenters: |
Christine Maitland, NEA
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| Gary Rhoades, University of
Arizona |
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The most rapidly changing area of faculty worklife is in the
increasing use of technology in instruction on and off campus. Using the
contract analysis system, presenters will explore how faculty are coping with
technological changes through bargaining. |
Distance Education: Current Research
| Presenters: |
Larry Gold, AFT |
| Jamie Merisotis, The
Institute for Higher Education Policy |
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The NEA and AFT are engaged in jointly sponsored research
into distance education. What do we really know about the quality of distance
education? Are we just recycling the same anecdotes or is there solid
information to inform our policy decisions? |
The Higher Education Reauthorization Act:
Implications for the Campus
| Presenters: |
Kathy Sproles, NCHE
Vice-President |
| Sharon Bob, Drinker Biddle &
Reath LLP |
| Moderator: |
Isabelle Garcia |
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The Higher Education Reauthorization Act takes our higher
education system into the 21st Century. Student aid, distance education
demonstration programs, teacher education - how will the sections of the Act
affect your campus? |
Higher Education: Funding and Perceptions
| Presenters: |
Katrina Meyer, University and Community
College System of Nevada |
| William Zumeta, University
of Washington |
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According to Meyer, "states' perceptions of higher
education are colored by the growing belief that something needs fixing,
somehow." The perceptions of higher education that legislators get from
business people and other constituents inevitably affect their decision-making
at budget time. What do we need to know about their thinking to ensure higher
education is adequately funded to meet increasing demands for service? |
Building your Local's Web Site
| Presenters: |
Moira Saucedo, NEA Staff |
| Cathie Sheffield-Thompson,
NEA Staff |
| Don Loucks |
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Learn how to build your own web site from a template. You
bring the page content and get ready for HTML training on creating your local
web pages. Get customized graphics you can use with the template. Sorry, the
internet service provider is not a part of this training.
Note:Sign-up in the cyberroom, space is limited. |
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