PRESENTATIONS: HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION

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Research Session, “Providing Evidence for Civic Engagement,” AAC&U Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. (January)

2023

“The Higher Learning Commission has made Civic Learning an Accreditation Standard: How can institutional-level accreditation help make college civid learning both inclusive and high-impact? CLDE Forum: College Civid Learning for an Engaged Democracy, online (December).

2022

“The Higher Learning Commission’s Commitment to Civic Engagement,” International Consortium for Higher Education, Civic Responsibility, and Democracy, Dublin, Ireland (June).

2022

Seminar Session: “Civic Engagement and the Public Square,” AAC&U Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (January).

2020

Panel Presentation: “The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Is an External Partnership Right for Your Institution?” Online Learning Consortium “Accelerate” Conference, Orlando, (November).

2019

“Licensed Professions, Higher Education Accreditation, and the Public Good,” HLC State Agency’s Meeting(SHEEOs), Chicago (November).

“Accreditation and the Assurance of Quality in Higher Education: Disruptions, Innovations, Consequences,” AASCU: American Academic Leadership Institute’s “Becoming a Provost Academy,” Minneapolis (July).

2019

“Making Sense of Competency-Based Education,”

2019

• Academic Planning Committee, Ohio State University, Columbus (November);
• Institute for Professional Educators, DePaul University and Harold Washington College, Chicago (May).

“Regional Accreditation, Civic Engagement, and the Public Good,” co-presented with Jamie Stanesa, Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement conference, Anaheim (June).

2018

Presentations on “Higher Education, Civic Engagement, and the Public Good:

2017

Panel Presentations: “Seeking Common Ground on Accreditation,” and “Academic Freedom and Civic Engagement,” State Higher Education Executive Officers’ (SHEEO) Annual Policy Conference, Pittsburgh (August).

2016

“Civic Engagement, Civic Action, Civic Learning: A New Commitment for the Open Pathway,” Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference (April).

2016

Presentation: “Competency Based Education and Direct Assessment,” Higher Learning Commission and State Agency SHEEO Meeting, Chicago (November).

Featured Speaker: “Innovation and Higher Education: Recent Trends affecting Accreditation,” Iowa Board of Regents’ “WAY-UP” conference (November).

Featured Speaker: “An Accreditor’s Crystal Ball: Challenges for Continuing Higher Education,” UPCEA Central Regional Conference, Madison, WI, (October).

Presentation: “The Future of Accreditation and its Importance for Planners,” Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) annual meeting, Chicago (July).

Invited Speaker: “Trends in Innovation Affecting Higher Education Accreditation,” Independent
Colleges of Indiana, (May).

Invited Speaker: “Accreditation Issues Facing Continuing Higher Education: Prior Learning Assessments, Dual Credit, Competency-Based Education,” UPCEA Midwest Annual Meeting, Denver, (October).

Panel Organizer/Speaker: “Defining Quality in the New Direct Assessment Competency Based Programs,” with Provosts from University of Wisconsin Extension, Northern Arizona University, and Capella University:

• Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference, Chicago, (April).
• WICHE, Community College Leaders, Albuquerque, (April).
• UPCEA Annual Meeting, Miami, (March).
• WICHE, Higher Education Leaders, Phoenix, (March).
• UPCEA Online Summit, San Diego, (January).
• AAC&U, Washington, D.C., (January).

Presentation: American Higher Education Accreditation, Ontario College Quality Assurance Service, Toronto, (March).

Presentation: “Online Learning and Accreditation,” Wisconsin Technical College System, West Bend (December).

Panelist: Council on Accelerated Programs, Annual Conference, Denver (July).

Panelist on Accreditation: Midwestern Higher Education Compact; Annual Meeting, Omaha (November).

Invited Speaker, Competency-Based Education: Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education, Chief Academic Officers’ Meeting, Dayton (May).

Presentation: “The Future of Higher Education: Staying Competitive in a Technology-Driven Environment,” Arizona Board of Regents, Phoenix (April).

“Accreditation and the Assurance of Academic Quality,” Presentations at the University of Chicago to Faculty and Administrative Delegations from China: Renmin University (October); Hunan Province (December); Henan University (January).

“Accreditation and Regulation in Distance Learning Today,” UPCEA Central Regional Conference,
Kansas City, MO (October).

“New Partnerships in Allied Health: A Research University Responds to Workforce Development,” presentation delivered at the UCEA conference, “Workforce Development in Changing Times,” Scottsdale, AZ (January).

Moderator: “General Session: Point/Counterpoint,” Martha Kanter, Undersecretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education, and Jane Oates, Undersecretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor; UCEA conference, “Workforce Development in Changing Times,” Scottsdale, AZ (January).

Panelist: “Alternative Financial Models: Issues of Cost and Price in Building Institutional Capacity,” UCEA Executive Assembly, Chicago (September).

Moderator: “Assessment and Accreditation: A Commitment to Accountability,” UCEA Annual
Conference, Boston (April).

“Clinical Laboratory Science,” paper delivered to the “WOW” new programs meeting of the Deans and Directors session, 2008 Annual Conference, University Continuing Education Association, New Orleans, LA (April).

Presentation: “Loyola Values: Brand Extension Supports Continuing Education,” 18th Annual
Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education, American Marketing Association, presentation with Kelly Shannon, San Diego, CA (November).

Moderator: “Civic Engagement and Liberal Learning: How University Continuing Education is
Making a Difference in the Lives of Communities” UCEA Annual Conference, Vancouver, B.C. (April).

Presenter: “Liberal Learning Community of Practice Session,” and, Moderator: “Partnering with
Cultural Organizations to Promote Arts, Humanities, and Science Education,” UCEA Annual Conference, Boston, MA (April).

Presenter/Panel Participant, “Measuring the Value of Continuing Education – Application of the Value Creation Index, Part 2,” and, Panel Participant, “Summer Session Financial Models,” UCEA Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX (April).

Panel participant: “Measuring the Value of Continuing Education – Application of the Value Creation Index,” UCEA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL (April).

Between 2012 and 2023, Jeff delivered more than 100 presentations at the
Annual Conferences of the Higher Learning Commission.