This Conference attracted over 300 participants and was planned by SHEEO staff and the SHEEO Peer Collaboration Network Council. It was designed to address the critical higher education policy issues facing the nation from both state and national perspectives.
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Photos from the conference and baseball game
Tuesday 8/5
Welcome to Colorado Dinner - "Leading in a Time of Change" - Joseph A. Garcia, Lt. Governor of Colorado; and Executive Director, Colorado Department of Higher Education
Audio Recording of Event
Wednesday 8/6
Keynote address: Degrees of Inequality—How the Politics of Higher Education Sabotaged the American Dream
Suzanne Mettler's Presentation
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When Bad Policy Gets Good Traction: The Case of “Pay It Forward” Funding Schemes - Thomas Harnisch and Daniel Hurley
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The Relationship Between State Policies and State Performance - Joni E. Finney
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Ignite! SHEEO
The second-annual event where each presenter is given 5 minutes, 20 slides, for 15 seconds each slide. The theme was "Speaking Truth to Policy". These are links to the video recordings of the presentations:
Tuning Across the MHEC States - Chris Rasmussen and Leah Reinert
Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative - Karon Rosa
Data Visualization is Not an Afterthought - Matt Crellin
Policy Gumbo: Diffusion Theory and Faculty Attitudes toward Innovation - Emily C. Saleh
Choice is bad, MMMKay? - Ian K. Macgillivray
The Relative Truth About Assessment - Angelette Prichett
Strategy Labs 2.0 in the 50 States - Tanya I. Garcia
Thursday 8/7
Shared Responsibility and Accountability in Higher Education: Federal, State, and Institutional Perspectives - Ted Mitchell, Debra Humphreys, and George Pernsteiner
Audio Recording of Event
Developmental Education: Casting Aside Policies of the Past for New Approaches - Monnica Chan, Suzanne Morales-Vale, and Tamara White
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State Higher Education Budgeting – Opportunities for Improvement - Alexis Senger, Kathryn Vesey White, and Jonathan Womer
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Sexual Violence on Campus and Why This Is Our Issue - Saundra K. Schuster
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New Models of Financial Aid Support - Brian Prescott, Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, David L. Wright, and Katie Zaback
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How is SARA Doing? A Progress Report on the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement - Marshall A. Hill, Jennifer L. Parks, Stephanie Jacobson, and Gary Alexander
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Learning Analytics, the Future of Technology, and Its Moral Intersection - James E. Willis III
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The Rising Pressure to Report Employment Outcomes and the Potential Impact on Outcomes-Based Funding - Matt Crellin Patrick Kelly
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