10th Annual Meeting of the Presidents` Forum Program

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Extending Access to Knowledge,
Employment, and Prosperity
OCTOBER 7–8, 2013 | WASHINGTON, D.C.
PROGRAM
Senate Room  Capital Hilton Hotel
1001 16th Street NW  Washington, D.C.
6:00–8:00 pm
7 , 2013
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8 , 2013
WELC O ME R EC EP TION
Hall of Flags  U.S. Chamber of Commerce
1615 H Street NW  Washington, D.C.
7:30–8:30 am
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C O N TIN ENTA L B R EA K FA S T
s p o n so r s h i p p r ov i d e d by
tata i n t e r a c t i v e s y s t e m s
8:30 am
WELC O ME
Paul Shiffman, Executive Director, Presidents’ Forum
Edward Klonoski, Chair, Presidents’ Forum
President, Charter Oak State College
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John Flores, Executive Director, United States Distance Learning Association
Executive Director/Program Professor, Nova Southeastern University/
Abraham S. Fischler School of Education
S PEAKER followed by questions and discussion
Shifting Policy and Evaluating Outcomes: Higher
Education’s Role in Workforce Development and
Economic Sustainability
Ron Eidshaug
Vice President
Congressional and Public Affairs,
United States Chamber of Commerce
S PEAKER :
9:30 am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS followed by questions and discussion
Taking Online Education to the Next Level:
From Expanding Access to Promoting Success
10:00 am
S PEAKER followed by questions and discussion
The Public University of the Future
M. Peter McPherson
President
Association of Public and
Land-grant Universities (APLU)
PRESIDENTS’ FORUM
President and CEO
USA Funds
OF THE
William D. Hansen
10 TH ANNIVERSARY ANNUAL MEETING
9:00 am
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10:30 am
S PEAKER followed by questions and discussion
Education and Preparing the Workforce
for the 21st Century
Anthony P. Carnevale
Director
Georgetown University Center on
Education and the Workforce
11:00 am
ROUND TABLE
DISCUSSION followed by questions and discussion
Scanning the Horizon: A Discussion of Needed Structural
Change in Policy and Practice for Distance Learning
MODERATOR
Susan Aldridge, Senior Vice President for Online Learning and President,
Drexel e-Learning:
Harnessing the Power of Continuous Innovation
PARTICIPANTS (Authors of Policy Papers)
Wallace Boston, President, American Public University System (APUS):
Educating Those Who Serve: Navigating the Regulatory Maelstrom of Outcomes
Assessment, Compliance and Funding Challenges
Tina Grant, Director, National College Credit Recommendation Service
(National CCRS):
The Question of Quality in Nontraditional Learning Experiences
Bryan Kantor, Vice President, Education, Tata Interactive Systems:
Designing MOOCs — A White Paper on Instructional Design for MOOCs
James Rianhard, President, Flat World Education:
What We Learned from Our Summer Interns
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LUNCHEON followed by questions and discussion
Update on SARA Implementation
David Longanecker
President
Western Interstate Commission
for Higher Education (WICHE)
Marshall Hill
Executive Director
National Council for State Authorization
Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA), WICHE
s p o n so r s h i p p r ov i d e d by
xac t t e l e so lu t i o n s
followed by questions and discussion
Accreditation, Quality and Extra-Institutional Education:
What Do We Expect? What Do We Need?
Judith Eaton
President
Council for Higher Education
Accreditation (CHEA)
PRESIDENTS’ FORUM
S PEAKER OF THE
1:00 pm
10 TH ANNIVERSARY ANNUAL MEETING
12:00 pm
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1:30 pm
S PEAKER followed by questions and discussion
Disrupting College from the Margins:
Innovations in Lifelong Learning
Michelle Rhee-Weise
Education Senior Research Fellow
Clayton Christensen Institute
2:00 pm
AWARD
PRES EN TATION followed by comments by awardee
Presentation of the Champions of E-Learning Award —
“The Heavy Lifter”
Congressman Jared Polis
Co-Chair
Congressional E-Learning Caucus
2:30 pm
S PEAKER followed by questions and discussion
Comments on Federal Regulatory
and Budgetary Actions
Congresswoman Virginia Foxx
Chair of the House Education and the
Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education
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ROUND TABLE
DISCUSSION followed by questions and discussion
Scanning the Horizon: A Discussion of Needed Structural
Change in Policy and Practice for Distance Learning
MODERATOR
Douglas Lederman, Editor, Inside Higher Education
PARTICIPANTS (Authors of Policy Papers)
Judith Eaton, President, Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA):
The Policy and Political Horizon for Quality
Michael Goldstein, Member, Dow Lohnes, PLLC:
The Evolving Legal and Regulatory Burdens of eLearning
Burck Smith, CEO, StraighterLine:
The “Perfect Market” Challenge to the Subsidy Structure of Higher Education
Pamela Tate, President and CEO, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL):
Keeping College Within Reach: Improving Higher Education Through Innovation
Meet the Authors of the Policy Papers
PRESIDENTS’ FORUM
S UMMAR Y AN D ADJ OUR NM ENT
TO VEN D O R R EC EP TION
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4:00 pm
10 TH ANNIVERSARY ANNUAL MEETING
3:00 pm
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR THE PRESIDENTS’ FORUM
Meg Benke
Professor, School for Graduate Studies
Empire State College
Robert W. Mendenhall
President
Western Governors University
Wallace E. Boston, Jr.
Joseph B. Porter
TREASURER, PRESIDENTS’ FORUM
SECRETARY, PRESIDENTS’ FORUM
President and CEO
American Public University System
Vice President for Legal & Governmental
Affairs and General Counsel
Excelsior College
John F. Ebersole
President
Excelsior College
Darcy W. Hardy
VICE CHAIR, PRESIDENTS’ FORUM
Assistant Vice Provost,
Technology Education Initiatives
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Edward Klonoski
Paul H. Shiffman
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PRESIDENTS’ FORUM
Assistant Vice President for
Strategic and Government Relations
Excelsior College
Peter Smith
Senior Vice President
Academic Strategies & Development
Kaplan Higher Education
CHAIR, PRESIDENTS’ FORUM
President
Charter Oak State College
PRESIDENTS’ FORUM | 7 COLUMBIA CIRCLE | ALBANY, NY 12203
presidentsforum.excelsior.edu
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