On Friday, May 18, Cappy Hill will speak on a panel about higher ed affordability at the Education Writers Association National Seminar in Los Angeles. The session runs from 9:00 am – noon. For more details and to register, please visit the EWA website. Session abstract: Deep Dive: Higher Ed Affordability: – You want a story that gets clicks? “Student loans” gets more Google search love than Prince Harry, Paula Abdul or Robert Mueller! Learn everything you need to know…
Past Events
Catharine Bond Hill, John B. King, Jr. and David Brooks at the ATI Presidential Summit
Museum Inclusion: Roger Schonfeld and Liam Sweeney at AAM
American Alliance of Museums Annual Conference
On Tuesday, May 8, Roger Schonfeld and Liam Sweeney are presenting on the case studies in museum diversity at the American Alliance of Museums Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. They will be joined by Nicole Ivy, the director of inclusion at the American Alliance of Museums. For more information and to register, please see the AAM website. About the program: Several case studies were conducted as a follow-up to the groundbreaking 2015 Art Museum Staff Demographic Survey funded…
The Turn to Researcher Workflow and Key Implications for Publishers and Libraries
Roger Schonfeld at the Fiesole Collection Development Retreat
On Friday, April 27, at 9:00 am, Roger Schonfeld will speak on “The Turn to Researcher Workflow and Key Implications for Publishers and Libraries” at the Fiesole Collection Development Retreat in Barcelona, Spain. For more information, please visit the retreat’s website. About the retreat: The 2018 Fiesole Retreat will once again examine new technologies and service models, as well as issues in collection development and librarianship. We will also look at the role of the Library as a laboratory…
The Future of Access
Roger Schonfeld Moderates Panel at the STM US Annual Conference
Roger Schonfeld is moderating a panel on “The Future of Access” at STM’s US Annual Conference on Wednesday, April 25, at 3:15. The panelists include Gaby Appleton, managing director of Mendeley, Yann Mahé, director of innovation & business development at MyScienceWork, and Rob McGrath, CEO of Readcube. The conference is taking place in Philadelphia, and registration is open through the STM website. Panel abstract: The fate of the music business looms over STM publishers like darkening storm clouds. Content providers…
Breaking Down the Silos
Roger Schonfeld at the STM Society Day Conference
On Tuesday, April 24, Roger Schonfeld is participating in the STM Society Day Conference in Philadelphia. This year’s theme, “Breaking Down the Silos,” takes as its starting point Roger’s recent Scholarly Kitchen post, “Workflow Strategy for Those Left Behind: Strategic Context.” Roger will also speak during the 1:15 panel on “Coordinating all aspects of research.” He will be joined by Penelope Lewis, American Chemical Society, Erin Lavik, University of Maryland, and Karen McCord, Breezio. Phil Jones, Digital Science, will moderate…
Martin Kurzweil at the DEAC Annual Conference
Distance Education Accrediting Commission
On Monday, April 23, Martin Kurzweil is speaking on a panel at the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC) Annual Conference in San Diego. The panel, “Disrupting the Ecosystem,” runs from 10:45 – noon. For more information and to register, see the conference website. Panel description: The once stable ecosystem of policies, processes, services and technologies that surrounds every learner is under disruptive stress. The affordances of technology as experienced through shared content, open educational resources (OERs) and outsourced services…
Limitations on Access: The Independent Scholar and Lifelong Learner
Roger Schonfeld at CNI
On Friday, April 13, at 9:00 am, Roger Schonfeld, Cecilia Preston, and Sarah Hare will discuss “Limitations on Access: The Independent Scholar and Lifelong Learner,” at the CNI Spring Meeting in San Diego. For more information about the conference, please see CNI’s website. Panel abstract: The vast majority of university students are at peak lifetime access to scholarly resources. After graduation, despite some alumni provisions and public library efforts, their access to indices, databases, and content platforms shrinks substantially.
Roger Schonfeld at CNI
The Turn to Research Workflow and the Strategic Implications for the Academy
On Thursday, April 12, at 3:45 pm, Roger Schonfeld and Don Waters (The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) will discuss “The Turn to Research Workflow and the Strategic Implications for the Academy” at the CNI Spring Meeting in San Diego. For more information about the conference, please see CNI’s website. Panel abstract: This session will provide an overview of the development of research workflow platforms, with an emphasis on the strategic implications for the academy. In many laboratory-based and quantitative…
Webinar on the US Faculty Survey 2018: A National Survey with Local Impact
Join us for a webinar as we prepare to field the US Faculty Survey this fall. National Survey: Local Impact April 5, 2018 Noon – 1:00 pm (EDT) REGISTER As in previous cycles, the survey explores the research and teaching practices, perceptions, and needs of scholars at four-year colleges and universities. This year, we’re developing new thematic areas, including research dissemination, instructional practices and open educational resources, and teaching and learning…
What We’ve Learned from Scaling & Studying Proactive Advising Nationwide
Ithaka S+R at the University Innovation Alliance Summit
Rayane Alamuddin, Martin Kurzweil, and Daniel Rossman will discuss the Monitoring Advising Analytics to Promote Success (MAAPS) project as part of a an Ed Talk Breakout at the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) National Summit in Atlanta on April 4. They will share the evaluation findings from the first year of implementation. The project is a large-scale randomized-controlled trial supported by a U.S. Department of Education First in the World validation grant to Georgia State University, one of the 11 participating institutions…
Supporting Research Across Asian Studies: Findings from a Large-Scale Qualitative Study
Danielle Cooper at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference
On Sunday, March 25, from 8:30 -10:30 am, Danielle Cooper is taking part in a roundtable discussion at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference in Washington DC. For more information about the conference and to register, please visit the association's website. At the conference, Danielle will report on findings from the Asian Studies Research Support Services project. The full report will be published in Spring, 2018. From the conference program: The roundtable discussion shares findings from…
Roger Schonfeld Moderates “Big Deal” Panel
An SSP/ Scholarly Kitchen Webinar
On Tuesday, March 13, at noon, Roger Schonfeld is moderating “The Future of the Big Deal: No Deal, or an Even Bigger Deal?” This Society of Scholarly Publishing webinar, hosted by The Scholarly Kitchen, includes Rick Anderson, associate dean for collections & scholarly communications at the University of Utah Library, Jean P. Shipman, vice president of global library relations and global strategic networks at Elsevier, and Liam Earney, director of Jisc Collections. To register for the webinar, please visit the…
Meeting the Needs of Humanities Librarians Roundtable
Danielle Cooper Speaks on Conveying Value to Faculty, Students, and Researchers
On Sunday, March 11, Danielle Cooper will take part in the “Meeting the Needs of Humanities Librarians Roundtable” in Washington, DC. The roundtable is part of the National Humanities Alliance (NHA) Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day. Danielle, Katherine Dohe, Digital Programs & Initiatives Manager at the Universities Libraries of the University of Maryland, and Melissa Jones, English & Humanities Librarian at Georgetown University, are speaking on “Conveying Value to Faculty, Students, and Researchers.” The panel, sponsored by NFAIS, takes place…
Elizabeth Davidson Pisacreta at the College Board Middle States Regional Forum
On March 8, Elizabeth Davidson Pisacreta will be speaking on a panel about the American Talent Initiative at the College Board Middle States Regional Forum in Philadelphia. She will be joined by William Hite, Jr., Superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia; Dimity Palmer-Smith, Director of Partnerships, College Access & Success – America Achieves ; Courtney McAnuff , Vice President of Enrollment Management, Rutgers University; and Michele Minter, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity at Princeton University. Abstract The American…
Strategies to Help Lower-Income Kids Go To College
Catharine Hill at SXSW EDU
On March 7, Catharine Bond Hill will be joined by Dan Porterfield, president of Franklin & Marshall, and Harold Levy, executive director of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, on a panel discussion at SXSW EDU in Austin, Texas. The panel will take place in Salon G, Hilton Austin Downtown, from 3:30 – 4:30 pm. Strategies to Help Lower-Income Kids Go To College Attaining a higher education is more important than ever. By some estimates, the earnings premium for holding a bachelor’s degree…
Completion, Quality and Success
Martin Kurzweil at the NUTN Colloquium on Digital Learners
Martin Kurzweil is leading a discussion on “Completion, Quality and Success” at the NUTN Colloquium on Digital Learners. Martin’s session will be held from 9 – 10:15 am on Wednesday, February 28, at the SUNY Global Center in New York City. For more information and to register, please see the NUTN website. About the colloquium: Learning on the Dawn of the Digital Horizon Make no mistake, higher education is changing. It’s changing faster and more radically than it has…
Catharine Bond Hill at Inside Higher Ed Conference
Has Higher Ed Lost the Public?
On Thursday, February 15, Cappy Hill is speaking on a panel convened by Inside Higher Education, “Has Higher Ed Lost the Public?” Cappy will be joined by Ted Mitchell, President of American Council on Education and former U.S. Under Secretary of Education, and Dean Zerbe, National Managing Director at alliantgroup and former Senior Counsel and Tax Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. This panel is part of Inside Higher Education‘s one-day conference on Higher Ed in an Era of Heightened Skepticism. As questions…
What Is the New Normal for Accreditation and What Should It Be?
Martin Kurzweil Speaks at CHEA Annual Conference Plenary Session
On Tuesday, January 30, Martin Kurzweil is speaking at the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) Annual Conference on “What Is the New Normal for Accreditation and What Should It Be?” Barbara Brittingham, president of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, New England Association of Schools and Colleges is moderating the panel which also includes Ed Klonoski, president of Charter Oak State College. This plenary session will run from 10 – 11:00 am. The CHEA Annual Conference is being…
Catharine Bond Hill at the AAC&U Annual Meeting
On January 26, from 4:15-5:30 pm, Catharine Bond Hill is taking part in a panel discussion on “Publics, Privates, and the Public Good” at the Association of American Colleges & Universities Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. She will be joined on the panel by Saul Fisher of Mercy College, Brian Pusser of the University of Virginia, and Siva Vaidhyanathan of the University of Virginia. For more information about the AAC&U Annual Meeting, please see the preliminary program.
Innovative Trends in Academic Libraries
Danielle Cooper Yeshiva University Symposium
On Thursday, January 11, from 2:00 – 3:00 pm, Danielle Cooper is speaking on “Digital Humanities: Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Religious Studies Scholars” at Yeshiva University. Her talk is part of Yeshiva’s “Mini Symposium on Innovative Trends in Academic Libraries.” For more information, see the conference website. Danielle’s talk is drawn from the Research Support Services project on religious studies.