2014 Statewide Trustees Conference

Governor Deval Patrick speaks at the 2014 Annual Trustees Conference

Breakout Sessions Block 1

Finding the Right Fit: Thoughts on Trustee Recruitment
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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