2014 Statewide Trustees Conference

Governor Deval Patrick speaks at the 2014 Annual Trustees Conference at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA.

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Luncheon
Plenary Session
Breakout Sessions Block 1
Breakout Sessions Block 2

Overview

• Conference Program

Luncheon

• Fostering Effective Institution-Foundation Relationships
  David Bass' presentation
• Effective Foundation Boards: A Guide for Members of Institutionally Related Foundation Boards (Excerpt)
  Handout
• Illustrative Memorandum of Understanding Between a Public Institution or System and an Affiliated Foundation
  Handout

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Plenary Session

• The Year Ahead: Uncertainties, Continuities and Challenges
  Richard M. Freeland's presentation
• Renaissance to Rocket ScienceRooted in the Value of Connected Multi Disciplinary Learning
  Keith Peden's presentation
• Engaging Students with Complexity and Change
  Carol Geary Schneider's handout
• How Liberal Arts and Sciences Majors Fare in Employment: A report on earnings and
  long-term career paths
  AAC&U publication
• LEAP Employer-Educator Compact: Making Quality a Priority as Americans Go to College
  AAC&U publication

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Breakout Sessions Block 1

• Finding the Right Fit: Thoughts on Trustee Recruitment
  Handouts
  Good governing boards have members with differing viewpoints, backgrounds and skill sets. Get ideas on how your Board, in collaboration with your President, can be involved in recruiting the best trustees for your institution. Judith McLaughlin, Chair of the Public Education Nominating Council (PENC) will provide some best practices insights. She will be joined by Rich Yagjian, Chair of the North Shore Community College Board of Trustee, who will discuss their process.
  
  Judith McLaughlin, Chair, Public Education. Nominating Council
  Rich Yagjian, Chair, North Shore Community College Board of Trustees
  
  
• Fundamentals of Trusteeship
  Handouts
  Trustees have enormous responsibilities. This broad overview is intended to orient new trustees and refresh veterans in the basic responsibilities of a governing board, as well as Massachusetts statutory requirements.
  
  Merrill Schwartz, Vice President, Association of Governing Boards
  Michael Mizzoni, Deputy General Counsel, Department of Higher Education
  
  
• Measuring Quality in Education
  Handouts
  Universities collect enormous amounts of data on student achievement, fiscal health, program evaluation and more. Hear how one University, the Rochester Institute of Technology, with the help of AGB, has synthesized the data to help trustees understand and evaluate the workings of the institution and fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities, with an emphasis on educational quality.
  
  Jeremy Haefner, Provost, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Breakout Sessions Block 2

• Enrollment Trends and Retention Ideas
  Handouts
  The DHE is currently reviewing system-wide enrollment trends and predictions for the years ahead. This session will also discuss the “high impact” activities institutions in our system are undertaking to increase retention rates (that could offset any potential enrollment declines) and other strategies to meet the growing job skill requirements of our knowledge-based economy.
  
  Sean Nelson, Deputy Commissioner for Administration and Finance, Department of Higher Education
  Carlos Santiago, Senior Deputy Commissioner for Academic Affairs, Department of Higher Education
  
  
• What’s That Diploma For, Anyway? Assessing Student Skills & Learning
  Handouts
  Graduating students need the right skills to succeed in the workforce, higher education and life but how these skills are measured is changing. Hear from our own experts on the changes in testing, teaching and assessing.
  
  Lane Glenn, President, Northern Essex Community College
  Bonnie Orcutt, Director of Learning Outcomes Assessment, Department of Higher Education
  
  
• Risk Management: A Campus Primer
  Handouts
  Risks are everywhere but only though proper identification and assessment can they be managed. AGB’s Vice President of Consulting will discuss the financial, strategic, operational and Board Governance risks that face every institution. This activity-based session will engage your thoughts around potential risks and how leadership teams can address them.
  
  Merrill Schwartz, Vice President, Association of Governing Boards 
  Pamela Carrington Scott, Chair, Salem State University Board of Trustees

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