San Antonio, TX Sheraton Gunter Hotel January 25-26, 2007

Are you preparing for an accreditation visit or self study?

Need to gather data to justify a new program?

Looking for ways to use your assessment data to make changes in your advising program? 

Then This Is The Seminar For You!

Today, in higher education, accountability is a key issue being driven by state legislatures, regional accrediting bodies, and the public at large. With the drive for accountability comes the need to collect and use data effectively by administrators in decision making and program development to increase the success of students across the institution.

This seminar will provide participation with:

• Strategies for effectively collecting data on their campuses
• Strategies for the analysis of data for decision making purposes
• Strategies for the effective utilization of data analysis

Participants will work with survey data to gain experience in analyzing data and utilizing it to make decisions concerning problems or issues on campuses as well as to develop successful proposals to initiate significant changes on their campuses.

Join us in 4 PLENARY SESSIONS titled:

Ready at the Gate: Setting the Stage for Data-driven Decision

Operating at 30,000 Feet: Using Data to Support Change

Now in the Driver’s Seat: Generating Meaningful Data on Your Campus

Alone on the Information Highway: Integrating, Prioritizing, and Moving Ahead

This is a working seminar, please come a day early or stay an extra day to enjoy San Antonio.

                                                                  Meet the Faculty

Susan Campbell - earned her undergraduate degree in speech and theatre from Ball State University, her M.S. in Adult Education from the University of Southern Maine, and her Ed. D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst . At the University of Southern Maine, Campbell has held a number of administrative positions including serving as the coordinator of off-campus centers, director of summer session, director of financial aid, and director of admission. She became the director of academic advising in 1993, was promoted in 2001 to Executive Director of the Division of Advising and Academic Resources, and in 2005 to Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs.

For NACADA, Susan is the 2006-2007 President of the association and also serves as the chair of the Assessment Institute Advisory Board. Publications include the NACADA Guide to Assessment Advising (2005), co-editor of the 2005 NACADA Monograph, Peer Advising: Intentional Connections to Support Student Learning, and is a contributing author to The Distance Learner’s Guide (1999 and 2004) published by Prentice-Hall. Susan is the recipient of the 2004 Service to NACADA Award, and the 2005 Virginia N. Gordon Award for Excellence in Academic Advising.

Gary Levy - University of Utah - Gary has been the Director of the Office of Budget & Institutional Analysis at the U since 2001, and has adjunct professor positions (and teaches courses) in several departments, namely Educational Leadership & Policy, Family & Consumer Studies, and Mathematics. He has also served as an Assistant Dean of Continuing Education at the U, as well as Director of the Center for Teaching and Director of Summer Sessions at the University of Wyoming . In 1999-2000, Gary was an American Council on Education (ACE) Administrative Fellow. In his life before “full-fledged” administration, Gary completed two postdoctoral fellowships after completing his Ph.D. in Psychology from Syracuse University , and was a tenured Professor of Psychology at the University of Wyoming . Gary also holds a M.S. in Business Organization & Management from Capella University.

Wendy Troxel - is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Administration and Foundations teaching research methods courses in both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, and program evaluation and assessment. She also served as the Director of the University Assessment Office at Illinois State University from January 2000 to March 2005, coordinating student learning outcomes research on campus and assisting faculty and staff with the development, implementation, and use of assessment activities to improve learning and development at all levels of student engagement. She is a frequent presenter, consultant, and workshop facilitator at national and international conferences and special events on a wide range of topics related to the assessment of student learning.

**If you have a free evening on the 26th or 27th you may want to check out the Majestic Theatre, located directly across the street from the Gunter Hotel.

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