2004 Conference Description, Program, and Resources

2:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Pre-conference Workshops

Workshop #1

Blurred Boundaries: Academic and Student Affairs Collaborations for Intentional, Integrated Student Learning
Gerald L. Francis, Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Smith Jackson, Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students, Elon University

Workshop #2

Liberal Education and Careers: Connecting Learning, Work, and Purpose
Jamienne S. Studley, President, Public Advocates, Inc., former President, Skidmore College; Robert D. Muller, Founder, Practical Strategy and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education; and Nancy O'Neill, Director of Programs, AAC&U

Workshop #3

Initiating Collaboration with Student Affairs Professionals
Laurie Crumpacker, Dean, Arts & Sciences, Wheelock College; Stephen Briggs, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, The College of New Jersey; and Susan Ebbs, Senior Vice President for Student Life, St. John's University
Sponsored by the American Conference for Academic Deans

Workshop #4

Academic and Student Affairs Collaborations: Assessing their Impact on Student Achievement
Barbara Wright, Assessment Coordinator, Eastern Connecticut State University

7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Keynote Address

Plenary

Impact of College on Students (pdf)
Drawing on a distinguished career of research and experience in the field of student learning and higher education reform, Dr. Tinto examined campus cultures and experiences that nurture intentional learners.
Vincent Tinto, Distinguished University Professor, Chair of the Higher Education Program, School of Education, Syracuse University

8:30 - 10:00 p.m.

Poster Sessions and Reception

Integrating and Assessing the Curriculum and the Co-Curriculum (pdf)
Demonstrates Cazenovia's use of standardized tests as well as the College's own instruments, including a co-curricular transcript, which enables assessment of meaningful learning in and beyond the classroom, as well as throughout an undergraduate student's career.
Timothy G. McLaughlin, Dean of the First Year Program and Kathryn O'Brien, Assistant Dean for Co-Curricular and Leadership Programs, Cazenovia College

Mentoring Students: A Campus Approach to Retention
June M. Hendricks, Acting Vice President for Student Affairs, Daphney Leveille, Coordinator, Mentoring Program, and George A. Rhinehart, Deputy to Vice President for Student Services, City College of New York

Linking Academic Learning and Student Services
Melissa Grant, Freshman Program Associate Director, Michelle Relyea, Associate Dean, and John Ness, Associate Director, Academic Advisement, Long Island University Brooklyn Campus

Extreme Make-over: Transformation of a Core Curriculum (ppt)
In this presentation the philosophy and rationale for the new interdisciplinary core curriculum (pdf) was discussed highlighting distinctive historical, pedagogical, and institutional support elements that make this transformation one-of-a-kind.
Anne Hickey Algieri, Director, Core Curriculum, Julio C. Gonzalez Martinez, Professor, Education, and Liz Ciabocchi, Coordinator, Academic Development and Program Review, Long Island University Southampton College

Encompassing the Faculty, Learners, and the Community in Appreciating Their Distinct Role in University Education (pdf)
This poster addressed integration and appreciation of educators, learners and the members of society in achieving community development.
Olwambula Rose Ambalo, School of Family Consumer Sciences and Technology, Maseno University

Preparing Intentional Learners: Exploring the Connections Between Creativity and Learning (ppt)
This presentation examined students' definitions of creativity, perceptions of their relationship with creativity ("creative identity"), and how these views have evolved.
Michele M. Welkener, Coordinator of Living Learning Community Programs, Miami University

The Power of Self Knowledge as a Resource for Students
A Piagetian viewpoint can help adult learners substantially in learning intentionally. This presentation reviewed Piaget's constructivism and illustrated its application in adult learning.
John Laurence Miller, Assistant Professor of Education, New York University and Metropolitan College of New York

Using Outcomes as a Roadmap for Collaboration (pdf)
This presentation highlighted academic outcomes that have been the guiding principles in establishing Student Development programs, such as a Freshman College, an Honors Hall, and a Co-Curricular portfolio.
Andrew Klein, Vice President for Student Development, Ohio Dominican University

New Premise, New Promise: The Power of Partnerships to Promote Learning
Hannah Kliger, Associate Dean, Robert McCaig, Director of Enrollment Management and Retention, and Gary Calore, Director of First Year Seminar Program, Penn State Abington

Open: A Writing and Design Project as Case Study for Collaboration (pdf)
This poster session introduced a replicable case-study format of a successful collaborative project among several departments and programs in Academic and Student Affairs at a four-year private university. The project culminated with Open, an anthology of first-year curricular and co-curricular student writing and fourth-year graphic design.
John Eliason, Director of Writing Across the Curriculum, Frank Baseman, Assistant Professor, Graphic Design, Communication, and Elizabeth Allan, Adjunct Professor, School of General Studies, Philadelphia University

A Student Success Model: The Power of Faculty Mentoring (pdf)
This program described the development and implementation of a collaborative Student Mentoring Program. Research supporting this type of collaboration was presented, along with an assessment of the program's initial outcomes.
Thomas L. Tarantelli, Director, Career Development Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Crystal Rion and Patrick Saxe, Doctoral Students, Higher Education Administration, University at Albany

Academic Advising - The Natural Connection
Thomas J. Grites, Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Sponsored by the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA).

Introducing Students to Liberal Learning
This session presented details of the intensive advising program used to introduce new students at Roanoke College to lives of liberal learning, service, and leadership.
Kristi L. Hoffman, Associate Professor, Sociology and William J. Tenbrunsel, Assistant Dean, Roanoke College

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast and Poster Sessions

9:00 - 9:45 a.m.

Plenary Session

Cultivating Intentional Learners: What Does it Mean? How Is it Done?
Gregory S. Prince, Jr., President, Hampshire College

10:15 -11:30 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions

The First Rough Draft of Living: Institutional Integration and Drury University's Global Perspectives Curriculum
Charles A. Taylor, Dean of the College, Drury University

Strategic Incrementalism: Establishing Communities of Scholars
Verna Teasdale, Academic Assistant to the Vice President for Instruction, Prince George's Community College

Disciplinary-transcendent Learning: A Principle Based Approach to General Education (ppt)
The panel presented a principle-based approach to general education that permeates the entire curriculum across the arts, sciences, and professional schools
Scott Evenbeck, Dean of University College, Sharon J. Hamilton, Associate Dean of the Faculties, and Trudy Banta, Vice Chancellor for Planning and Institutional Improvement, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Proactive Innovation Leading the Way to Academic Excellence (ppt)
This presentation described the Babson student experience which develops intentional learners through a competency based, developmental, and integrated approach that was created and is delivered via a strong partnership between Academics and Student Affairs.
Patricia Greene, Dean, Undergraduate School, and Carol Hacker, Associate Vice President for Student and Community Services, Babson College

Exploring the Impact of Student Affairs/Academic Affairs Partnerships (ppt)
This session described the Boyer Partnership Assessment Project, (pdf) a FIPSE-funded national study of academic and student affairs partnerships.
Cynthia A. Wells, Boyer Fellow, and Glenn Bucher, Executive Director, Boyer Center, Messiah College

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Pathway 1

New Heights in Learning: Results from the National Study of Living-Learning Programs (pdf)
This session presented research conducted in early 2004 by the National Study of Living-Learning Programs, describing living-learning environments that positively influence student outcomes.
Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas, Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling & Personnel Services, University of Maryland, Aaron M. Brower, Professsor and Director, School of Social Work & Integrated Liberal Studies and Bradley Learning Community, University of Wisconsin, and Kristen Vogt, Research Assistant, Department of Counseling & Personnel Services, University of Maryland

Pathway 1

Creating Intentional Learners: Research, Policy, and Institutional Transformation
Sara Lundquist, Vice President, Student Services, Santa Ana College

Pathway 2

Creating a Campus Culture for Seamless Learning
At Wagner College, the Dean of the College and the Coordinator of the Academic and Cultural Enrichment (ACE) Program have specific responsibilities that span the traditional academic and student affairs domains and require collaboration between students and faculty. These two jobs were presented as case studies to illustrate features that facilitate collaboration.
Anne Goodsell Love, Dean of the College, Felicia Ruff, Assistant Professor, Theater, and Devorah Lieberman, Provost, Wagner College

Pathway 2

Dispelling Misperceptions Between Faculty and Student Life
Christian W. Hoeckley, Administrative Director, Institute for the Liberal Arts, Westmont College

Pathway 3

Enhancing Students' Critical Thinking Skills (pdf)
This session focused on specific ways that we can encourage students to participate more actively in, and become more self-conscious about, their own learning through course design and co-curricular programming.
Patricia Armstrong, Assistant Director of the Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University and Katherine Stanton, Assistant Director, McGraw Center for Teaching & Learning, Princeton University

Pathway 3

Promoting Intentional Learning through Learning Partnerships
Marcia B. Baxter Magolda, Distinguished Professor, Educational Leadership, Miami University, Terry Wildman, Director, Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, and Rebecca Mills, Vice President, Student Affairs, University of Nevada, Las Vegas,

Pathway 4

Community-based Academic and Student Affairs Collaborations
Patrick G. Love, Associate Professor, Higher Education, Sara Bleiberg, Community Development Educator, New York University; Kimberly Yousey, Assistant Director of Residence Life, Rochester Institute of Technology, Bridget O'Connor, Professor of Business Education, New York University and Lynn Bacon, Adjunct Instructor Technology Systems, Pace University

2:45 - 3:45 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Pathway 1

Faculty Development Across Disciplines to Promote Self-Regulated Learning
Harriet Shenkman, Director, Center for Teaching Excellence, Professor of Education and Reading, Vrunda Prabhu, Professor, Mathematics, Bronx Community College; and Cynthia Jones, Lecturer, English Department, Hostos Community College

Pathway 1

New Opportunities for Student Learning and Empowerment in the Professions
David Reichard, Assistant Professor, History, California State University, Monterey Bay, Anthony J. Marchese, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Rowan University, and Whitney May Schlegel, Assistant Professor of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, School of Medicine, Indiana University

Pathway 2

Supporting Student Success in the Academic Setting
Peggy Garcia Bockman, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, College of Communications, Robert L. Palmer, Vice President, Student Affairs, and Thomas Klammer, Dean, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, California State University, Fullerton

Pathway 2

Crossing the Boundaries: Creating Collaborative Programs (ppt)
To encourage collaboration between academic and student affairs departments, Rollins created an innovative cross-over position that reports to both the Dean of Student Affairs and the Dean of Faculty.The session explored the difficulties and opportunities such a staff person experiences.
Hoyt L. Edge, Associate Dean of the Faculty, Bill Boles, Associate Professor of English, and Doug Little, Coordinator of Freshmen Programs, Rollins College

Pathway 3

Fostering Spiritual Depth and Understanding in a Multi-Cultural Setting
Robert K.C. Forman, President, The Forge Institute, Diana Denton, Assistant Professor of Speech and Communication, University of Waterloo, and Peter Laurence, Executive Director, Education as Transformation, Wellesley College

Pathway 3

Leadership and Global Understanding: A Model for Integrative and Intentional Learning
Marjorie S. Allen, Associate Professor and Co-Director, Leadership and Global Understanding, Robert Vogel, Professor and Co-Director, Leadership and Global Understanding, and Louise Giugliano, Co-Director, Leadership and Global Understanding, La Salle University

Pathway 4

Using Data and Outcomes Assessment to Nurture an Intentional Learning Environment (pdf)
This presentation aimed to help those starting or seeking to institutionalize assessment of learning outcomes. WPI faculty buy-in of assessment was discussed and assessment materials were shared.
Lance Schachterle, Associate Provost, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Pathway 4

Cross-Institutional Collaboration: Connections for Intentional Learning (ppt)
Academic and Student Affairs leaders at the College of St. Catherine are forging a model for cross-institutional collaboration, with intentional student learning at the center (pdf), operating from a principle of connectivity (ppt) and networks while accomplishing the core purposes of the institution. (pdf)
Jan Czechowski, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Brian Bruess, Dean of Students, and Marla Hanley, Professor of Social Work, The College of St. Catherine

4:15 - 5:15 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Pathway 1

Is the Intentional Learner a Naturally Autonomous Learner? : A Case Study of an Online Course (ppt)
Case studies (pdf) were presented to illustrate how students gradually become less dependent on the instructor and demonstrate best practices to promote autonomy.
John Laurence Miller, Director of Online Learning, Assistant Professor of Education, and Jaya Kannan, Assistant Professor of Human Services, Metropolitan College of New York

Pathway 2

A Debate on Intentional Learning
This debate suggested that intentional learning is impossible to accomplish without exposure by students to real-world experience combined with concurrent and collective reflection on that real-world experience.
Michael A. Baer, Senior Vice President, Division of Programs and Analysis, American Council on Education; Richard Porter, Professor of Mathematics, Joseph A. Raelin, Asa Knowles Chair, Center for Work and Learning, Susan Setta, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion, and James R. Stellar, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Northeastern University

Pathway 2

Advisees as Intentional Learners/Advisors as Intentional Teachers
Victoria McGillin, Assistant Provost and Dean of Studies, Thomas Brooks, Associate Provost, Wheaton College; Thomas J. Grites, Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

Pathway 3

Making Civic Empowerment A Whole-Campus Enterprise
Diane M. Lee, Vice Provost and Special Assistant to the President, , Patricia A. Perillo, Director, Office of Student Life, and David Hoffman, Coordinator, Leadership and Engagement Initiatives, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Pathway 4

Academic Affairs-Student Life Collaboration in First-Year Programs (ppt)
Faculty and student life staff from St. Lawrence discussed their First-Year Program, which is a living-learning course required of all first-year students. The session presented the structure of the program (pdf), both academically and administratively, and discussed some of the achievements and challenges of engaging in collaborative work across divisional boundaries.
Steven Horwitz, Associate Dean of the First Year, Shawn-Eric Brooks, Director, Residential Learning Communities, and Elizabeth Regosin, Director, Academic Advising, St. Lawrence University

Pathway 4

The Development of General Education Courses by Academic and Student Life
Laura E. Niesen de Abruna, Dean of Arts, Humanities & Communications, Lucien T. Winegar, Dean of Natural and Social Sciences, and Tracy A. Tyree, Dean of Student Life, Susquehanna University

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast and Roundtable Discussions

The Consequences and Challenges of Re-Visioning the Academic Mission of a Liberal Arts College (pdf)
This presentation highlighted the early initiatives that have grown out of Hanover's recently ratified Academic Vision Plan, based on the themes of integration and collaboration.
Stephen Dine Young, Associate Professor, Psychology, Katy Lowe Schneider, Associate Dean of Students, and Melissa Eden, Associate Professor, English, Hanover College

Advancing Intentional Learning Through Strategic Partnerships: Living Learning Communities at Miami University (ppt)
In this presentation, attendees from Academic and Student Affairs were asked to share their perspectives on the promise of living learning communities for advancing intentional learning.
Michele M. Welkener, Coordinator of Living Learning Community Programs, Miami University

Bridging Academic and Student Affairs: A Small College Model
Andrea Warren Hamos, Associate Dean of the College, and Laurie Neff, Dean of Students, Randolph-Macon College

Increasing Student Satisfaction, Intentional Learning, and Retention through a Comprehensive Learning Community (ppt)
This presentation described a learning community for undeclared freshmen to increase satisfaction and retention while promoting intentional learning, social and academic integration, and self and major exploration.
Joanne K. Damminger, Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs, Rowan University

Academic Triage: A Cross-Training Model (pdf)
Students having academic difficulty are often unclear on the source of the problem and where to go for help. By cross-training advisors, clinicians and learning disability specialists, student need can be assessed and addressed in one setting.
Adina Glickman, LCSW, Assistant Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University

Creating a Community of Connection: A Process for Creating the Intentional Learner
Martha Phillips, Associate Professor, Biology, The College of St. Catherine

Creating Community: Student Leadership and Diversity Training in the Ignatian Tradition
Felicia Lee, Dean of Students, Zachary White, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies, and Stephen Corder, S.J., Ignatian Fellow, University of San Francisco

Creating a Social Space for Intentional Intellectual Development
Jane H. Oitzinger, Professor, English & Philosophy, and Daniel C. Kallgren, Associate Professor, History, University of Wisconsin-Marinette

Uniting Experiential Learning, Academic Advising and Campus Life
This roundtable focused on the integration of curricular and co-curricular learning, collaboration to advance intentional learning, and shared responsibilities of individuals working in and across academic affairs and student affairs, using the The Wagner Plan as a case study.
Anne Love, Dean of the College, and Julia M. Barchitta, Dean of Career Development and Experiential Learning, Wagner College

9:00 - 10:15 a.m.

Plenary Session

Using Assessment to Focus Students and Departments of Goals Across the Curriculum
Two national leaders involved with campuses in rethinking the outcomes of an undergraduate education shared their insights and frameworks for educational accountability and student accomplishment.
Carol Geary Schneider, President, AAC&U and Peter Ewell, Vice President, National Center for Higher Education Management

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Pathway 1

From Service to Learning: One Student Affairs Division's Transition (ppt)
This program shared the story of the transformation of a student affairs division from a service to a student learning orientation.
Terry D. Piper, Vice President of Student Affairs, California State University, Northridge, Marcia B. Baxter Magolda, Professor, Educational Leadership, Miami University, and Timothy J. Trevan, Director, Residential Life and University Conference Services, California State University, Northridge

Pathway 1

New Student Transitions: From High School to Higher Education (ppt)
The presenters discussed how Susquehanna University is applying learning theory and student development theory to first-year transition programs. The effect of popular culture on student learning was also discussed.
David Satterlee, Director of First-Year Programs, and Tracy M. Tyree, Dean of Student Life, Susquehanna University

Pathway 2

Identity, Learning, and the Liberal Arts (pdf)
This session presented the foundation for underlying pedagogic rationales for collaboratively integrating liberal learning and student affairs campus wide -- from advising to class room pedagogy; from campus organizations to service learning -- creating living/learning environments.
Ned Scott Laff, Academic Coordinator, Loyola University Chicago

Pathway 2

Acknowledging and Sharing Responsibility for Student Success
Peggy Burke, Associate Vice President for Student Development, Charles Strain, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Timothy Spraggins, Associate Vice President for Diversity Education, DePaul University

Pathway 3

The Union of Academic and Student Affairs: Intentional Structures to Develop Intentional Learners
This session examined UNCA's process for institutional transformation, from planning to implementation, with a view to establishing a holistic learning environment.
Mark W. Padilla, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs, Edward J. Katz, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs - University Programs, and Patricia P. McClellan, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Pathway 3

Promoting Engaged Learning through Student Leadership
Catharine O'Connell, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, Defiance College, George Stroud, Director of Residence Life, Cabrini College, Douglas Howard, Associate Provost and Dean for First Year Programs, St. John Fisher College, and Jacquelyn Flick, Student, Cabrini College

Pathway 4

Professional and Program Development Collaborations for Diversity
Martha J. LaBare, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, K. Denise Bane, Associate Professor of Psychology, and Patrick Lamy, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, Bloomfield College

Pathway 4

Exploring the Challenges and Rewards of Collaboration
Terra L. Peckskamp, Director of Learning Communities, Student Affairs, Sandra N. Hurd, Director of Learning Communities, Academic Affairs/Faculty Member, and Barbara A. Yonai, Director, Center for Support of Teaching and Learning, Syracuse University

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

Pathway 1

Identifying Dimensions of Student Intentionality in Academic and Career Planning
Several northeastern liberal arts colleges collaborated to study the transition of first-year students into college. Analysis of the data led to the identification of several dimensions of student intentionality.
Christine Brooks Cote, Director of Institutional Research, Bowdoin College, Robert Froh, Associate Director, New England Association of Schools and Colleges, and Elizabeth Reilly, Research Associate, Institutional Research, Bowdoin College

Pathway 2

Designing a Broader Intellectual Community
Julie Kimmel, Assistant Professor, Bridget Haines-Frank, Director of Student Development, and Judith Carter, Assistant Director Academic Achievement Program, Philadelphia University

Pathway 2

Rethinking the Premise for an Academic Success Center
Audrey Kleinsasser, Director, Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning, and Rollin Abernethy, Associate Vice President Academic Affairs, University of Wyoming

Pathway 4

Thematic Undergraduate Colleges For All New Students
Peter M. Baigent, Associate Vice President, Student Affairs, SUNY Stony Brook

Pathway 4

Administrative and Academic Collaboration to Develop Intentional Learners
Ellen V. Whitford, Dean, School of Education and Professional Studies, Susan E. Pease, Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, and Elene S. Demos, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Central Connecticut State University,

Pathway 4

Organization-wide Change Initiatives for Creating an Academic Master Plan (ppt)
This presentation (pdf) examined academic and student affairs collaboration within a community college. It highlighted organization-wide change initiatives, an academic master plan, and academic advising.
Frank Wetta, Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Daniel Duffy, Vice President, Student Affairs, Ocean County College

Pathway 4

From Diffuse Frustration to Intentional Learning: Harnessing the Will, Resources and Partnerships to Advance Academic Pluralism
Diane Douglas, Executive Director, Center for Liberal Arts, Leslie Lum, Instructor, and Myra Van Vactor, Director, Library Media Center, Bellevue Community College

2:45 - 4:00 p.m.

Plenary Session

Realizing Collaboration for Student Engagement and Achievement
Larry Roper, Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Oregon State University, and Deborah DeZure, Director of Faculty and Organizational Development, Michigan State University

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