AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Wednesday, November 28

4:15-5:00 p.m.
The College Advantage: The Real Story

Tamara Jayasundera, Research Professor and Senior Economist, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
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Thursday, November 29

8:00-9:15 a.m.
Turbulence in the U.S. Higher Education Marketplace: New Models, New Players and New Implications for Public Postsecondary State Relations Officers

George L. Mehaffy, Vice President, Academic Leadership and Change, American Association of State Colleges and Universities
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10:45 a.m-12:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions (two)

Session 1:
The Credential Differential: The Public Return to Increasing Postsecondary Credential Attainment

Vickie Choitz, Senior Policy Analyst, Workforce Development, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Patrick Kelly, Senior Associate, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)
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Session 2:
Accounting for and Conveying Student and Institutional Success

Christine Keller, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities and Executive Director, Voluntary System of Accountability

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Robert Moran, Director of Federal Relations and Policy, American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Jim Hermes, Associate Vice President for Government Relations, American Association of Community Colleges
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Research and Land-grant Universities
Research Universities and the Future of America: A Report from the National Research Council

Jennifer Poulakidas, Vice President, Congressional and Governmental Affairs, APLU
Kari McCarron, Assistant Director, Congressional and Governmental Affairs, APLU

Moderated by Danny Jensen, Vice President for Governmental Affairs, University of North Texas Health Science Center and Don Nelson, Director of State Relations, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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3:00-4:15 p.m 

Shaping the State and National Conversation on Higher Education: Reform, Reason and Public Purpose

William L. “Bill” Proctor, Florida State Representative, and Chancellor, Flagler College
William A. Sederburg, Retired Commissioner, Utah System of Higher Education, and AASCU Senior Scholar
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Friday, November 30

10:00-10:45 a.m.
State Elections Summary, Higher Education State Funding, Policy Review and Forecast

Daniel Hurley, Director of State Relations and Policy Analysis, AASCU
Thomas Harnisch, Asst. Director of State Relations and Policy Analysis, AASCU
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