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22nd Annual SFARN Conference
Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL
June 9-11, 2005

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THURSDAY JUNE 9, 2005

9:00 am – 9:45 am

1. Recession, Retrenchment, Recovery: State Higher Education Funding and Student Financial Aid
Ross Hodel, Edward Hines, Kathleen Kelly, Sheila Pruden and Chris Mushrush, Illinois State University
rahodel@ilstu.edu, erhines@ilstu.edu, kfkelly@insightbb.com, spruden1@insightbb.com, cemushr@ilstu.edu

9:45 am- 10:30 am

2. State Early Commitment Financial Aid Programs: Do They Increase Access to Postsecondary Education?
Second Presentation
(Heller)
Ann Coles, TERI; Cheryl Blanco, WICHE; Donald Heller, Pennsylvania State University
coles@teri.org, cblanco@wiche.edu, dheller@psu.edu

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

3. Kentucky: Merit Aid Matures to Compliment Need-Based Aid
Melvin Letteer, Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority
mletteer@kheaa.com

4. The First Cohort of Tennessee Merit-Based Scholarship Recipients
Erik Ness and Richard Tucker, Tennessee Higher Education Commission
erik.ness@state.tn.us

5. A 15 Year Follow-up Study of State Grant Recipients in Iowa
Keith Greiner, Iowa Student Aid Commission
Keith.Greiner@iowa.gov

1:45 pm – 2:45 pm

6. Web Tools for Research Uses of Postsecondary Student National Data
James Griffith and Tracy Hunt-White, NCES
james.griffith@ed.gov, tracy.hunt-white@ed.gov

Findings from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study: 2004
7. Undergraduate Aid (Berkner),

8. Community College Students (Horn), and

9. Graduate Aid (Choy)
Laura Horn, Lutz Berkner, and Susan Choy, MPR Associates
lhorn@mprinc.com, lberkner@mprinc.com, schoy@mprinc.com

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm

10. Student Debt: How Much Education Debt Is Too Much?
Sandy Baum, Skidmore College / The College Board
sbaum@college.board

3:45 pm – 4:15 pm

11. Transitions to College: From Theory to Practice
Second Presentation
(Long)
Sheri Ranis and Laura Stein, SSRC; Bridget Terry Long, Harvard University
ranis@ssrc.org, stein@ssrc.org, longbr@gse.harvard.edu

4:15 pm The Forum

12. Iowa Purchasing Results System Keith Greiner Keith.Greiner@iowa.gov
13. Accountability in Federal Student Loan Policy Joe McCormick ktaylor@kheaa.com
14. Higher Education: Assessing Access and Success Jessica Simon js2619@columbia.edu

FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2005

8:30 am – 9:00 am

16. Achieving the Dream, Community Colleges Count: What Role Does Student Aid Play?
John Lee, JBL Associates, and Derek Price, DVP-Praxis
jbl@jblassoc.com, derek@dvp-praxis.org

9:00 am – 10:00 am

17. Federal Student Aid and the Sub-Baccalaureate Completion of Low-Income and Adult-Learner Students
Kimberly Rogers, Pennsylvania State University
krr154@psu.edu

18. Report on the Second Year of the MAP Longitudinal Study (IL)
Sue Kleemann, Illinois Student Assistance Commission
skleemann@isac.org

19. Drop Out, Stop Out, and Transfer Out: Unraveling the Impact of Student Financial Aid on Students’ College Departure Plans
Dongbin Kim, NAICU
dongbin@naicu.edu

10:30 am – 11:15 am

20. College Access Policies: Aspirations, Preparation, and Affordability
Laura Perna and Michelle Cooper, University of Maryland, College Park / Scott Thomas, University of Georgia
lperna@umd.edu, michelle.cooper@ed.gov, slthomas@uga.edu

11:15 am – 12:00 pm

21. Independent Undergraduates: 1999-2000
Christina Chang Wei, MPR Associates
cwei@mprinc.com

22. Private Scholarships Count: Access to Higher Education and the Critical Role of the Private Sector
Alisa Cunningham, Courtney McSwain, and Yuliya Keselman, Institute for Higher Education Policy
alisa@ihep.org, cmcswain@ihep.org, ykeselman@ihep.org

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

23. Luncheon Speaker:  Michael McPherson, The Spencer Foundation

1:45 pm – 2:15 pm

24. How Students Pay for Postsecondary Education in 12 States, NPSAS 2004
Patricia Grimes, Minnesota Higher Education Services Office
grimes@heso.state.mn.us

2:15 pm – 3:15 pm

25a. and 25b. Room for Improvement: Disparities and Inefficiencies in Federal Student Loans
Second Presentation (Walker) Paper
Pamela Burdman, Hewlett Foundation; Robert Shireman, The Institute for College Access; Nathan Walker and Baranda Fermin, Columbia University
pburdman@earthlink.net, rshireman@sbcglobal.net, nw163@columbia.edu, bjf2101@columbia.edu

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

26. Global Higher Education Report: Affordability and Accessibility in Comparative Perspective
Alex Usher and Amy Cervenan, EPI
ausher@educationalpolicy.org, acervenan@educationalpolicy.org

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

27. State Assessments and College Performance: The Predictive Value of an NCLB State Assessment
Michael Podgursky and Mark Ehlert, University of Missouri–Columbia; John Wittstruck, Missouri Department of Higher Education
podgurskym@missouri.edu, ehlertm@missouri.edu, john.wittstruck@dhe.mo.gov

SATURDAY JUNE 10, 2005

8:30 am – 9:15 am

28. The Inter-State Brain Drain: The Implications of Differential Tuitions at Public Institutions
Hoke Wilson, ORC Macro, and Fred Galloway, University of San Diego
hoke.j.wilson@orcmacro.com, galloway@sandiego.edu

9:15 am – 9:45 am

29. Who? When? Where? How Many? How Much? Estimating Impact of Federal Student Aid Proposals
Melanie Corrigan, ACE
melanie_corrigan@ace.nche.edu

30. The HEA Reauthorization: Priorities of Higher Education Policy Analysts and Researchers
W. Lee Hansen University of Wisconsin-Madison
wlhansen@wisc.edu

10:15am – 10:45 am

31. First Year Findings from Future to Discover: A Longitudinal Study of the Effectiveness of Intervention
Yves Pelletier, Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
ypelletier@bm-ms.org

10:45 -11:30 am

32. A Preliminary Assessment of the Distributional Impacts of Institutional Grants
David Mundel, Consultant
david.mundel@comcast.net

33. What’s It Gonna Cost Me?
Laurent Ross, Calvert Group
laurent.ross@calvert.co


 


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