Sessions

Pre-registration is required for this program.

Pre-registration is required for this program.

Pre-registration is required for this program.

One affinity group meeting will be held during this time. Click to view details.

One affinity group meeting will be held during this time. Click to view details.

Two affinity group meetings will be held during this time. Click to view details.

This session will be an informative conversation about how provosts and vice presidents of advancement can work collaboratively to secure millions of dollars in external grant funding. The presenters will discuss the common goals of provosts and vice presidents of advancement, the structural obstacles to collaborative efforts to secure grant funding, and importantly, ways to mitigate these obstacles to collaboration. The session will review two case studies, one at Juniata College (PA) and one at Hood College (MD), both of which resulted in millions of dollars secured for scholarships, academic programs, undergraduate research, and student support services.

Most colleges and universities want and need to improve the student experience, and most also have an extraordinary amount of student data, but don’t use it strategically to meaningfully impact student outcomes. In this session, student success experts and practitioners will explore what it can look like when institutions use data to connect all facets of a student’s individual journey, make that data practitioner-focused and actionable, and organize structures and culture around student success.

Many CIC institutions were formed as liberal arts colleges with a primary programmatic focus on traditional undergraduate students. While some have had a limited number of “legacy” graduate programs for many years, more and more CIC institutions have begun to consider offering adult and graduate programs. This panel will examine some of the issues that institutions should consider when making these transitions and the structural and governance pros and cons for implementing and overseeing these programs.