in partnership with American Council on Education, State Higher Education Exectutive Officers,
and National Conference of State Legislatures.

POSTMEETING MATERIALS

Policy Exchanges Changing Direction: A National Policy Forum

MEETING PROGRAM

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Presentation Materials

PLENARY SESSION

Setting the Stage: Integrating Appropriations, Tuition, and Financial Aid Policies

The opening plenary speaker and panel will engage leaders in a discussion of major issues around alignment of financing and financial aid policy to improve access to and success in higher education for all students. Representatives from key constituencies – public policy and institutions – will discuss their perspectives on the challenges that these issues raise.

119 KB	PowerPoint Presentation Senator Don Carlson, Washington
112 KB	PowerPoint Presentation Dennis Jones, President, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)
49 KB	PowerPoint Presentation Paul Lingenfelter, Executive Director, State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Connecting the Dots: Federal and State Decision-Making

Among the federal policy issues facing higher education are financial aid and proposed federal legislation that would penalize colleges that raise tuition too high by preventing them from participating in some federal student financial aid programs. This interactive session will provide a forum in which participants can discuss how these decisions at the federal level interrelate with decisions made at the state level.

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Travis Reindl, Director of State Policy Analysis and Assistant to the President, American Association of State Colleges and Universities

Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel? The Outlook for Revenue Streams and Higher Education

The question on many people’s minds is what does the future hold for the financing of higher education? After years of states increasing their financial support for colleges and universities and contributors being extremely generous, the honeymoon is over. In this session, participants will examine the changes that have occurred in revenue sources, tuition, and financial aid in the recent past and will look at near-term indicators and examine the sentiment among policymakers and institutional leaders as to the likelihood that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Retention Strategies that Work

A new project at Syracuse University is conducting a six-year longitudinal quantitative and qualitative study of the impact of innovative academic assistance programs on the long-term success of underprepared and underrepresented urban college students. This session will examine how state and systemwide policy can complement institutional efforts to increase student retention.

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Vincent Tinto, Distinguished University Professor of Education, Syracuse University, New York

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