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Staff and Senior Scholars at the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education regularly present at conferences and meetings throughout the United States and the world. This section provides selected presentations from Institute staff in a downloadable formats.
At the 26th Annual Conference of the Council for Opportunity in Education, The Pell Institute sponsored two strands, “Student Retention Strategies that Work” and “Research You Can Use.” All session titles are listed below, and include presenters’ Power Point presentations if available. For additional information, contact Chandra Taylor Smith.
Student Retention Strategies that Work STRAND:
- Tools to Improve Campus-Wide Retention
Presenters:
- Derek Price, Director, DVP-Praxis, LTD and Vincent Tinto, Professor, Syracuse University/Senior Scholar, The Pell Institute
tinto2coeconference (.ppt)
- Strategies for Improving Student Retention: A Problem-Solving Session
Presenters:
- Vincent Tinto, Professor, Syracuse University/Senior Scholar, The Pell Institute
tinto1coeconference (.ppt)
- Adapting the Learning Communities Model and Service-Learning to Student Support Services
Presenters:
- Rashne Jehangir, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
- Kate Williams, Director, NOVA/Student Support Services, Eastern Kentucky University
Research You Can Use STRAND:
- What Works for College Access in Middle School
Presenters:
- Jane Ageyman, Project Director, Talent Search/Upward Bound, Iowa State University, and Laura Gemery, Community Outreach Manager, The Sallie Mae Fund
- How to Rev Up Math/Science Programming: Lessons Learned from Upward Bound Math/Science
Presenters:
- Kathryn Kailikole, Executive Director for STEM Program Development, Council for Opportunity in Education, and Lana Muraskin, Senior Scholar, The Pell Institute
- Setting the Record Straight: How Trendy Approaches to College Access Might or Might Not Be Helping Low-Income Students
Presenters:
Presentations from the 24th Annual Student Financial Aid Research Network Conference
This September marked the 25th Annual Conference of the Council for Opportunity in Education. The Pell Institute sponsored a Research strand entitled “Making Research Work for You in Your Program.” In addition, the Pell Institute worked to put together several other panels during the conference. All session titles are listed below, and include presenters’ Power Point presentations if available. For additional information, contact Chandra Taylor Smith.
- Straight from the Source: First-Generation Students Share What Works
Presenters:
- Adolfo Bermeo
Snr Scholar, Pell Institute
- Marilyn Dement
North Harris Montgomery Community College District
- James Spigner
Richland College
- Opportunity Matters:
Encouraging Publishing Research on TRIO
Presenters:
- Sonya Anderson
Oprah Winfrey Foundation
- Dina Maramba
SUNY-Binghamton
- Males Wanted: Addressing the Gender Imbalance
Presenters:
- College Affordability for Whom?
Presenters:
From the Retentions Strand:
- Retention Begins with Admissions
Presenters:
Other Presentations:
- Using State Data to Make A Case
Presenters:
- Make A Casecabrera
Presenters:
At COE's 24th Annual Conference held in Washington D.C., the Pell Institute sponsored a Research strand entitled “Using Research to Improve Program Practice.” The four sessions and the featured presenters are listed below, along with Power Point presentations. For additional information, contact Chandra Taylor Smith.
MONDAY
SEPTEMBER 19th
1) Using Demographics to Better Position
TRIO on Campus
Presenters:
2) Opportunity in Higher Education:
Going Where?
Presenters:
- Kenneth E. Redd
Director of Research and Policy Analysis
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators ( NASFAA)
“Financial
Aid and Opportunity in Higher Education: Going Where?“(.ppt)
- Thomas Mortenson
Postsecondary OPPORTUNITY Senior
Scholar
The Pell Institute
- Colleen O'Brien
Director
The Pell Institute
3) Retaining
Students at Community Colleges: An Update on the Achieving the Dream
Initiative
Presenters:
- John
Lee
President
JBL Associates
- Kathleen Whitson
Executive Dean
Instructional Support & Outreach Services, Brookhaven College
- Lana
Muraskin
Senior Scholar
The Pell Institute
- Derek Price
President
DVP-Praxis, LTD.
4) Using TRIO
in your Dissertation
Presenters
- Denise
McDowell
Dean, Enrollment
Management
Kansas
City Kansas Community College
- Jonathan
McKenzie
Chief Executive
Officer
The Family
Centered Educational Agency.
Pell Institute Senior Scholar Tom Mortenson recently addressed
the New England Regional Forum of The College Board. You can access his
presentation, "Policy Imperatives, Policy Choices, and Policy Consequences"
click
here
At COE's 23rd Annual Conference held in September 2004, the
Pell Institute sponsored a Research strand entitled “Using Research
to Improve Program Practice.” The four sessions and the featured
presenters are listed below, along with Power Point presentations.
For additional information, contact Chandra Taylor Smith
1. Coming Soon to a TRIO Program Near You: “Experimental
Design?”
Presenters:
- Paula Martin, Executive Director,
Harlem Center for Education, New York, NY
"Scientifically
Based Evaluation Methods" (.ppt)
- Lana Muraskin, Senior Scholar
The Pell Institute, Washington, DC
Experimental
Design and Other Evaluation Methods (.ppt)
- George Reinhart, Senior Program Officer
National Research Council, Washington, DC
Program
Evaluation A Methodological Primer for Program Administrators (.pdf)
2. Creating Meaningful Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships
in College Access Research
Presenters:
- Myron L. Pope, Assistant Vice President of Student Services
University of Central Oklahoma,
Edmond OK
- Zoe Corwin, Research Assistant Student Support Services
Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis (CHEPA)
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- Kristan Venegas, Research Assistant
Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis (CHEPA)
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Creating
Meaningful Research-Practioner Partnerships in College Access Research
(.ppt)
3. Presentation of the Status Report: Indicators of Opportunity in Higher Education
Presenters:
4. Promoting Economic Diversity in America’s Elite Colleges
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