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College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Higher Ed Collaborative Seminar Series Archive

Spring 2008
Spring 2006
 
 
Fall 2007
Fall 2005
 
 
Spring 2007
Spring 2005
 
 
Fall 2006
Fall 2004
 
 

Spring 2008 Series

Speaker

Institution

Title of Seminar

Presentation Date

Helen A. Neville

University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign

Color-blind Racial Ideology: The Politics of Ignoring Race(ism) in Education

February 7

Judith Eaton

Council for Higher Education Accreditation

Self-regulation or Government Regulation: Accreditation at the Tipping Point

**February 29

Nancy Abelmann, Priscilla Fortier, &
Gina Bessa

University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign, &
Illinois State University

Interrogating the University, One Archives (Entry) at a Time: The Daily Life and Research of the Ethnography of the University Initiative (EUI)

March 12

William Trent

University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign

Beyond Desegregation: Achieving the Benefits of Integration

March 31

Greg Kienzl

University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign

The Impact of Merit-based Scholarship Programs

April 9

** Co-sponsored by the Forum for the Future of Public Education.

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Fall 2007 Series

Speaker

Institution

Title of Seminar

Presentation Date

Marybeth Gasman

University of Pennsylvania

Envisioning Black Colleges: A History of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF)

September 14

Art Padilla

North Carolina State University

Commercialization of universities: Implications and prospects

October 5

Marc Chun

RAND/CAE

The Contested Terrain of Higher Education Assessment

October 24

Thomas Bailey

Teachers College, Columbia University

Developmental Education:  Addressing the Needs of College Students with Weak Academic Skill

November 13

Lorenzo DuBois Baber

University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign

First-year Experiences for African American Students at Predominantly White Institutions

December 5

 

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Spring 2007 Series

Speaker

Institution

Title of Seminar

Presentation Date

Don Heller

Pennsylvania State University

Conducting Educational Policy Research: Bridging "Policy" and "Research"

* PowerPoint Presentation *

January 24

Kim Collins &
Greg Lambeth

University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign

Academic Accommodations for Students with Cognitive and Psychiatric Disabilities: What Works and Why

February 9

Catherine M. Millet

Educational Testing Services (ETS)

Three Magic Letters: Getting to Ph.D.

February 27

Gregory Kienzl

American Institutes for Research

Getting, Going, Leaving, and Redoing

March 1

Kimberly Rogers

SUNY-Buffalo

Exploring the Impact of Financial Aid on Community College Students

March 14

Peter T. Ewell

National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)

Assessing Learning Outcomes in Higher Education: Demands, Opportunities, and Pitfalls

May 4

 

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Fall 2006 Series

Speaker

Institution

Title of Seminar

Presentation Date

John Thelin

University of Kentucky

"The Write Stuff: Historians and Higher Education's Useful Past"

September 13

Sheila Slaughter

University of Georgia

"Academic Capitalism and the Public Good"

September 27

Stanley Ikenberry &
Judy Rowan

University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign

"Higher Education & the Public: Can We Talk?"

*October 11

Dr. Jing Lin

University of Maryland

"The Transformation of Chinese Higher Education: From Elite to Mass Institutions"

**October 20

Jane Loeb

University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign

"Women and Higher Education"

October 25

Ernest Pascarella

University of Iowa

"Learning and Cognitive Development during the First-Year of College"

November 15

* Co-sponsored by the Institute of Government and Public Affairs.
** Co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Program.

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Spring 2006 Series

Speaker

Institution

Title of Seminar

Presentation Date

B. Joseph White

University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign

"Public Higher Education: Hard Choices for a Prosperous Future"

January 25

Rick Schoell

University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign

"Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act"

February 9

Hans Schuetze

University of British Columbia

"International Trends and Developments in Higher Education"

February 15

Ed St. John

University of Michigan

"Privatization"

March 10

Keith Osajima

University of Redlands

"Building Critical Consciousness Among Asian American College Students"

March 27

Alicia Dowd

University of Massachusetts-Boston

"Scholarship of Best Practices"

March 31

Liz Gordon

Massey University, New Zealand

"Academic Freedom in the Age of Big Brother"

April 3

Chika Sehoole

University of Pretoria, South Africa

"Internationalization of Higher Education in South Africa: A Developmental Perspective"

April 20

George Psacharopoulos

O'Leary Chair,
University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign

"Higher Education in the World Today"

April 25

 

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Fall 2005 Series

Speaker

Institution

Title of Seminar

Presentation Date

George Gollin

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"Hijacking Liberia and Other Acts of Piracy: Diploma Mills in a Networked World"

September 21

Jill Blackmore

Deakin University, Australia

"Gender and Leadership in Higher Education"

September 29

Larry Leslie

University of Georgia

"Academic Capitalism: What's the Impact of Teaching?"

October 6

Carolyn M. Shields

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"Leadership Viewed Through a P-16 Lens"

* Powerpoint Presentation  *

October 20

Michael Peters

University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign

"The Knowledge Economy and Higher Education"

November 3

Timothy Cain

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"Organizing and Academic Freedom"

November 10

Barbara Townsend

University of Missouri, Columbia

"Factors Affecting the Success of Transfer Students"

December 2

 

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Spring 2005 Series

Speaker

Institution

Title of Seminar

Kristopher Olds &
Susan Robertson

University of Wisconsin &
University of Bristol

Constructing New Knowledge Spaces in Higher Education

Nicholas Burbules

University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign

The Impact of New Technologies on Knowledge Practices in Higher Education

Rubby Dhunpath

University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign

Vignettes, Freeze-frames, and Snapshots: Social Science Research in South Africa

Ed St. John

University of Michigan

Privatization and the Public Interest

Kenneth "Buzz" Shaw

Syracuse University

Creating & Maintaining Change: It Takes Leaders

Michael Bastedo &
Stanley Ikenberry

University of Michigan &
University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign

Public Universities & Governing Boards: Is There a Crisis?

Janet Lawrence

University of Michigan

Governance and Curricula in Transition: Democratization in Post-Soviet Higher Education

Thomas Schwandt

University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign

Issues in the Internationalization, Glocalization, and Grobalization of Evaluation

Derek Price

Independent Researcher

Educational Debt Burden and the Reproduction of Social Inequality

 

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Fall 2004 Series

Speaker

Institution

Title of Seminar

George D. Kuh

Indiana University

Student Engagement: Understanding it, Measuring it, and Grasping the Implications

Fazal Rizvi

University of Illinois

Higher Education from a Global Perspective

Denise Green

University of Illinois

Affirmative Action Policy: Competing Interests & the Media

Michael McPherson

Spencer Foundation

The Future of Educational Research

William Trent

University of Illinois

The Future of Access and Opportunity in American Higher Education

Tatiana Suspitsyna

University of Illinois

Intercultural Travel of Ideas

Debra Bragg

University of Illinois

Academic Pathways to College: What Are the Implications?

Norton Grubb

University of California at Berkeley

The Education Gospel: The Economic Power of Schooling

Renee Clift

University of Illinois

Longitudinal Studies of Teachers: Lessons Learned

 

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