Academic Collaborations that Enhance Program Mix
In May 2024, Hesston College (KS) and Tabor College (KS) formally entered into a new academic partnership that allows Tabor students to start there and complete a 4-year degree using classes from Hesston, and Hesston students to do the same at Tabor. In this session the hosts will briefly describe their new partnership, the process they used to establish it, and what they are learning so far (after 7 months). They will invite participants to explore academic partnerships and other collaborative innovations.
David Janzen, President, Tabor College (KS)
Ross Peterson-Veatch, Interim President, Hesston College (KS)
The College of the Future
This session will explore strategies for institutions to harness their academic program portfolio to drive enrollment growth in a new way. Attendees will learn how to leverage programs that align with emerging labor market trends to promote messages of innovation and career-readiness that attract prospective students while engaging and retaining current students. The discussion will also cover practical approaches to interdisciplinary collaboration, leveraging cost effective online programs to enhance academic offerings, ensuring institutions remain competitive and responsive to student and community workforce needs.
Kevin Harrington, CEO and Co-founder, Rize Education
Exploring Executive Coaching
The drumbeat for presidents to have executive coaching is finally resonating, and there is a need to expand executive coaching beyond the presidency as well. This roundtable will work through individual and group executive coaching models that strengthen leadership and sustainability of leadership.
Steve Titus, Vice President and Executive Coaching Practice Leader, Academic Search
Getting the Full Value from Your CIC Key Indicators Tool (KIT) and Financial Indicators Tool (FIT) Benchmarking Reports
This session will offer insights into effective uses of the KIT/FIT reports provided to member institutions by CIC. CIC data experts will be available for questions and will discuss the metrics most useful for presidents, senior leadership teams, and boards to consider as they use data to make strategic decisions about the direction of their institutions.
Mike Williams, Senior Advisor, Institutional Effectiveness and Research, CIC
Increasing Attainment Through Statewide Transfer Portals
Through foundation support, North Carolina is piloting the use of technology to add to statewide articulation agreements and provide a seamless experience for students, school advisors, and admissions administrators to facilitate credit mobility—ensuring the acceptance and application of transfer credit. Join us to discuss how North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU) and the North Carolina Community College System are collaborating as partners to address the most common pitfalls of transfer and how you can help streamline the process for students as they move between institutions while ensuring course credits will be counted.
A. Hope Williams, President, North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
Michael J. Murray, President, Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
Maximizing Student Learning with Apple Education
Join Apple for a discussion around innovative strategies and practical applications of Apple technology in higher education. In this session, participants will explore how Apple technology and educational applications can enhance student learning experiences, foster creativity, and drive student success. Learn how educators can prepare themselves for a technology-driven future with Apple.
Apple Education
Measuring and Cultivating DEI Culture to Influence Student Outcomes
Credo’s Moving the Needle (MTN) Pathways Survey asks undergraduates about their institution’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) through several questions which are then used to compute a DEI Scale. Nearly all undergraduate respondents (96%) with high DEI evaluations plan to return, whereas only 85% of those with low evaluations intend to come back, and this relationship is more pronounced for returning students with only 77% with low DEI scores indicating plans to return. Join us for a conversation about the complex relationship between students’ perceptions of the institution’s DEI climate, their personal characteristics, and ultimately the influence of these efforts to drive student outcomes. Arcadia University (PA) President Ajay Nair will share stories of courage in centering justice, cultivating a vibrant discussion that cuts through politics to uplift outcomes to contribute to a thriving student experience.
Ajay Nair, President, Arcadia University (PA)
Alex Kappus, Account Executive, Credo
Joretta Nelson, Vice Chairman and Founder of MTN/Owner, Credo
Sponsored by Core Education