NEAIR 34th Annual Conference
November 3-6, 2007
Hyatt Regency
New Brunswick, NJ

 
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Events Summary

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD

Conference registration
12:00 – 6:30 pm   

Pre-conference workshops
1:30 – 4:30 pm     

Welcome Reception
5:00 – 6:30 pm     

Departure for “Trip to the Big Apple”
5:15 pm               

Saturday evening dinner groups
6:30 pm               

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH

Conference registration
8:00 am – 6:15 pm

Pre-conference workshops
9:00 am – 12:00 pm 

Vendor exhibit area opens (remains open through Monday)
 1:00 – 5:00 pm
    
Lunch on your own
 12:00 – 1:00 pm      

Posters on display for viewing
12:00 – 7:00 pm      

Pre-conference workshops
 1:00 – 4:00 pm       

Mentor program participants meeting
4:00 – 5:00 pm       

Opening Panel
5:00 – 6:15 pm

“Current Accountability Initiatives in Higher Education”
Jerome Rackoff, Assistant Vice President for Planning and IR, Bucknell University; Chair, Board of Directors, Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium (HEDS)
Michael F. Middaugh, Assistant Vice President of IR and Planning, University of Delaware; Commissioner & Executive Committee Member,
Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
C. Anthony Broh, Director of Research Policy, Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE)

Reception
6:15 – 7:15 pm   

Banquet
7:15 – 9:15 pm       
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH

Continental breakfast
7:00 – 8:30 am            

Special Interest Groups and Table Topics
7:45 – 8:30 am            

Posters on display for informal viewing
9:00 am – 4:00 pm       

Vendors on display in Atrium
9:00 am – 5:00 pm       

Keynote Address
8:45 – 10:10 am

“Getting Reform Back on Track: A Not So Modest Proposal”
Dr. Robert Zemsky, Professor, University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Research on Higher Education; Chair, The Learning Alliance

Morning break
10:10 – 10:30 am    

Concurrent sessions
 10:30 – 11:25 am    

Concurrent sessions
 11:40 am–12:10 pm

Annual Business Meeting Lunch
 12:15 – 1:45 pm      

Concurrent sessions
 1:45 – 2:40 pm       

Afternoon break
2:40 – 3:00 pm       

Concurrent sessions
3:00 – 3:55 pm       

Concurrent sessions
4:10 – 5:05 pm       

Data with a Twist Reception/Formal Poster Session
5:30 – 7:00 pm       

Monday Night Hockey
New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

Monday evening dinner groups
7:00 pm      

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH

Continental breakfast
7:00 – 8:30 am       

Special Interest Groups/Table Topics
7:30 – 8:15 am       

Opening Concurrent Panels
8:15 – 9:00 am       

U. S. News & World Report Update
Mr. Robert Morse, Director of Data Research, U.S. News & World Report

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Studying Transfer Student Transitions
Sharon A.  La Voy, Director of Assessment, Office of IR, Planning and Assessment
Chad Muntz, Senior Research and Policy Analyst, Office of IR, Planning & Assessment, University of Maryland.

Concurrent sessions
9:10 – 10:05 am           

Concurrent sessions
10:20 – 11:15 am 

Morning break       
11:15 – 11:30 am

Closing Concurrent Panels        
11:30 am – 12:25 pm    

Tips and Tricks of the IR Trade
Charlotte Woodward, Marywood University
Janet Easterling, Seton Hall University
Allan Medwick, Kean University
Terra Schehr, Loyola College in Maryland

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What Hast Thou Wrought….Lately?  A Colloquium for Experienced Practitioners
James Trainer, Villanova University
Michelle Appel, University of Maryland
Michael Dooris, Pennsylvania State University


Conference Close and Annual Raffle
12:30 – 12:45 pm