Events
CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
2009 Workshops | 2009 Speakers
2009 Conference Sponsors
2009 Workshops By Category:
Keynote Presentations
Program Track
- Helping Underrepresented Students Succeed at the SAT/ACT
- Innovative Ideas from Your Colleagues on How to Sustain and Grow Programs (No PowerPoint presentation)
- Organizational Culture: How to Balance the Needs of Students and Staff
- Working with Volunteers to Enhance Your Program and Mission
Management Track
- Sustainability: Tips and Tools for Maintaining and Growing Your Program in Challenging Times
- Best Practices for Recruiting and Hiring in the Social Sector
- Strategic Planning: Braving the Journey
- Toward Excellence with Equity: Research on the Achievement Gap and Implications for Action
- Ron Ferguson conducted a survey during his session. Here are the results.
Student Services Track:
- New Admission Policies Call for New Admission Standards
- Student Transitions: From Middle School and Beyond
- Resources for Supporting Students on the Path to College
Research, Policy & Evaluation:
- The Education Policy Landscape: What Do We Know and How Can We Influence Policy?
- The Importance of Evaluation and Assessment in the Field of Educational Access
- Characteristics of Effective Summer Programs
Tools of the Trade:
- Financial Aid Landscape
- Swing Dean: One Institution’s Model to Improve Student Retention (No PowerPoint presentation)
- Student Progress: Tracking, Retention, Support (No PowerPoint presentation)
- The Tuning Protocol: A Problem-Solving Tool for All Organizations



