Pre-Conference Sessions
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Veteran and Military Students’ Transfer Credit Challenges: Effective Policies, Practices, and Resources
Improving Transfer Transition and Progress to Graduation
From Conference to Practice: Implementing Change
From Recruitment to Retention: Focusing Campus Efforts to Promote Transfer Student Success
Online Advising: The Next Big Thing?
Fostering Successful Transitions through Transfer Student Orientation
Transferpalooza and the STEP Awards
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III
Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, has
served as President of The University of
Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
since May, 1992. Dr. Hrabowski is
committed to ensuring assess for all
students and has written extensively on
the obstacles and opportunities for
improving access to higher education
for low-income, returning adult, and
under-represented students. Under Dr.
Hrabowski’s leadership, UMBC has
created a legacy of supporting transfer
students, which make up 40% of the
undergraduate population at UMBC. For
example, the Arthur T. Johnson
Transfer Scholarship Fund recognizes
the academic achievements of
outstanding Maryland community
colleges transfer students. The campus
also recognizes transfer student
accomplishments through merit-based
awards, presenting this honor to over
120 incoming transfer students last
year. Ultimately, Dr. Hrabowski’s
emphasis on minority participation and
performance has enhanced transfer
success at UMBC.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Jack Scott
Dr. Jack Scott began his term as the
14th Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges on January 1,
2009. A former state legislator and
community college administrator, Dr.
Scott has demonstrated a deep
commitment to California’s Community
Colleges and the opportunities they
offer to millions of Californians each
year. A member of the State Legislature
since 1996, Dr. Scott served as Chair of
the Senate Committee on Education
and the Senate Budget Subcommittee
on Education. He authored 146 bills in
the Assembly and Senate that were
signed into law, including several key
bills important to the community
colleges.Prior to being elected to the
State Legislature, Dr. Scott was
President of Pasadena City College
(1987–95). The hallmark of Dr. Scott’s
presidency was the launch and
completion of a $100 million master plan
to meet the college’s needs into the 21st
century. Dr. Scott also served as
President of Cypress College (1978–
87), Dean of Instruction at Orange
Coast College (1973–78), and as a
teacher and administrator at Pepperdine
University (1963–73). Dr. Scott is a past
president of the Association of California
Community College Administrators and
the former chair of the Accrediting
Commission of Western Association of
Schools and Colleges. He is a
Distinguished Professor of Higher
Education at Pepperdine University and
is the first person to be honored as
President Emeritus of Pasadena City
College.
PLENARY SPEAKER
Linda Hagedorn
Dr. Linda Serra Hagedorn is a Professor
and Director of the Research Institute
for Studies in Higher Education (RISE)
at Iowa State University. Dr. Hagedorn’s
research focuses on community college
student success, retention, and transfer.
She is especially interested in issues
pertaining to underrepresented student
groups, and equity. Prior to joining the
faculty at Iowa State University, she
directed the Institute of Higher
Education at the University of Florida.
She was also the Director of the
Transfer and Retention of Urban
Community College Students Project
(TRUCCS); a longitudinal study of over
5,000 students enrolled in the Los
Angeles Community College District.
Although Dr. Hagedorn performs both
quantitative and qualitative research,
she is especially known for developing
techniques to analyze enrollment data
and other college files. She has created
new rubrics and designs for longitudinal
analyses of transcript data (transcript
analysis). Her most recent published
works include; Looking in the Rearview
Mirror: Factors Affecting Transfer for
Urban Community College Students ;
An investigation of critical mass: The
role of Latino representation in the
success of urban community college
students and Hispanic Community
College Students and the Transfer
Game: Strikes, Misses, and Grand
Experiences .