THE 2015 AJCU  

Institutional Planning, Research, and Assessment Conference

SAN  FRANCISCO        CALIFORNIA  

October 1st and 2nd October 1st and 2nd October 1st and 2nd University of San Francisco University of San Francisco University of San Francisco

PROGRAM    

USF

Hotel

Distance from USF: Hotel 3.3 mi Ferry Building 3.7 mi Ocean Beach 3.3 mi G.G. Bridge 3.5 mi Golden Gate Park 0.5 mi

Lone Mountain

100

Parking Kiosk

Entrance

MAP—USF and Surroundings

Distance from Hotel: USF 3.3 mi Ferry Building 2.3 mi Fisherman’s Wharf 0.8 mi G.G. Bridge 3.5 mi Ghirardelli Square 0.4 mi

AJCU Institutional Planning, Research, and Assessment

Conference

The city of San Francisco is approx. 7 miles wide with Uni-versity of San Francisco con-veniently located in the center; 3.3 miles to the ocean, 3.7 miles to the Bay, and 3.5 miles South of the Golden Gate Bridge.

S A N F R A N C I S C O

Join Us at the Gate

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

William d. Murry

Director of Institutional Surveys

Office of Accreditation and Assessment Support 2130 Fulton Street

San Francisco, California 94117

Ph: 415.422.5486 Ce: 412.427.5558 wmurry@usfca.edu

www.usfca.edu

U N I V E R S I T Y O F S A N F R A N C I S C O

October 1st and 2nd

Robert Brodnick Vice President for Strategy & Innovation Strategic Initiatives Inc. Rob has served as an administrator and faculty member at three universities over the past twenty years and his work has focused on building institutional capacity and ef-fectiveness through strategy, planning, and innovation. He has direct experience with institutional effectiveness, assessment and program review, institutional accreditation, enrollment management to include retention, admissions, financial aid and registrar functions, and sustainability. Margaret Kasimatis Associate Provost for Strategic Planning & Educational Effectiveness Loyola Marymount University Margaret provides leadership, coordination, and support in the areas of academic programs and planning, academic program review, strategic planning, academic poli-cy, faculty development related to teaching effectiveness, evaluation of teaching, as-sessment of student learning, and continuing education programs. Jillian Kinzie Associate Director, Center for Postsecondary Research & National Survey of Student Engagement Dr. Kinzie conducts research and leads project activities on effective use of student engagement data to improve educational quality, and is currently co-principal investi-gator on the Spencer Foundation funded project, Learning to Improve: A Study of Evidence-Based Improvement in Higher Education. Rev. Paul J. Fitzgerald, S.J. President University of San Francisco Fr. Fitzgerald is currently concluding his first year as President of USF. Prior to USF, Fr. Fitzgerald served as Professor of Religious Studies and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Fairfield University. Fr. Fitzgerald taught courses and conducted research under the rubrics of both Systematic Theology and Sociology of Religion. He is the author of the book L'Église comme lieu de formation d'une conscience de la concitoyenneté (Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 1999) and numerous scholarly articles and popular essays.

F E A TU R E D S P E A K E R S:

SPEAKERS

All conference activities will take place in Lone Mountain room 100 Wednesday September 30th: Arrival and Hotel Check-in Thursday October 1st: 08:00 Shuttle to USF 08:30 – 09:00 Continental Breakfast 09:00—09:10 Benediction 09:00 – 09:30 Conference Opening and Welcome

[Rev. Paul J. Fitzgerald, S.J., President, University of San Francisco] 09:30 – 10:30 Presentation: Integrated Strategic Planning for Student Learning

[William d. Murry, Ph.D., Director of Institutional Surveys, University of San Francisco] “This session is designed to kick off our realignment to include Planning (strategic), Institutional Research, and Assessment. We will discuss the impetus for the change from a pure IR perspective to a more integrated ap-proach which has become a critical part of providing high quality and timely information for institutional deci-sion making. For many schools this has become a major paradigm shift in approaching authentic strategic plan-ning within their schools. An integrative model will be presented that illustrates the above integration and then the session will be opened for questions.”

10:30 – 10:45 BREAK 10:45 - 12:00 Presentation: Replacing the AJCU Fact Files

[Patrick Nolan, Executive Assistant to the President, AJCU] “This presentation will cover the history of the AJCU Fact Files and the reasons behind the decision to change their composition. Additional topics covered will include both a general description of AJCU’s current opera-tions as well as a discussion of future opportunities for inter-institutional collaboration. There will also be a demonstration of Longview’s business intelligence software in use by the AJCU Financial Officers’ Confer-ence, followed by a Q&A.”

12:00 – 14:15 LUNCHEON PLENARY: Expedition Mapping as a Strategic Planning Tool [Robert Brodnick. Ph.D., Vice President for Strategy & Innovation, Strategic Initiatives Inc.] “Over lunch, you will hear from Dr. Robert Brodnick on the topic of “Three Trends and Three Tools for Higher Education Planning”. The presentation will explore trends impacting education in general such as Disruption, Uncertainty, and Change as well as more specific trends for planners like Big Data and Prediction versus Fore-casting. He will then go on to describe three new tools to address the trends – Futuring, Optimizing Student Success with Analytics, and Expedition Mapping. Following lunch, we will explore the final tool, “Expedition Mapping as a Strategic Planning Tool”, in an interactive session establishing current problems, building our own maps, and learning from each other. The session will close with Q&A.”

14:15 – 14:30 BREAK 14:30 – 15:30 Presentation: Aligning the NSSE Consortium Items with the Jesuit Mission

[William d. Murry, Ph.D., Director of Institutional Surveys, University of San Francisco] “In this presentation we will examine how we measure student perceptions of the Jesuit Mission. We will ex-amine the Jesuit Consortium items used with the NSSE for alignment with the Mission and discuss possible changes based on psychometric analysis. In addition, we will take this examination further to the creation of a rubric we can all utilize at our respective institutions. This will be an open discussion session once the analysis is presented.”

15:30 – 16:30 Presentation: Collaborative Multi-Institutional Outcomes Assessment [Laura J. Massa, Ph.D., Director of Assessment, Loyola Marymount University] “Loyola Marymount University, Santa Clara University and two additional Catholic universities in California have collaborated to develop a model for establishing benchmark data for rubrics. The process, lessons learned and next steps will be shared.”

16:30 – 17:30 Reception [Cash Bar—Beer and Wine] 17:45 Shuttle to Hotel, Dinner on your own. Prior to leaving for dinner we will ask if any groups would like to form to carry-on the discussions above. Plenary Speaker Robert Broderick has expressed an interest to form a dinner group.

AGENDA—Thursday October 1st

Friday October 2nd: 08:00 Shuttle to USF 08:30 – 09:00 Continental Breakfast 09:00 – 10:30 Panel Discussion: Aligning Planning, IR, and IA for Accreditation Purposes

[Kate Yerkes, AVP Planning and Institutional Effectiveness, University of Scranton] “Aligning Planning, IR, and Institutional Assessment for Accreditation Purposes" will be convened by Ms. Kathryn (Kate) Yerkes, Assistant Vice Provost for Planning & Institutional Effectiveness at the University of Scranton. Ms. Yerkes will be joined by panel members Robert Dullea, Seattle University’s Vice President for University Planning/Vice Provost, and Dr. Brad Petifils, Senior Director of Student Success and Institutional Research & Effectiveness at Loyola University New Orleans. The presenters will discuss their most recent regional accreditation experience; share some of the successes and challenges of that experience with respect to the practices of planning, institutional research, and institutional assessment; and describe particular activities currently underway at their home institutions to align these areas to meet the needs of their institutions, and expectations of their regional accreditation agencies. Perspectives will be shared in the context of three accredi-tation regions: the Middle States (MSCHE), the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), and The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACSCOC).”

10:30 – 10:45 BREAK 10:45 - 12:00 Presentation: Taking Action on Assessment Results: The Case of Student Engagement

[Jillian Kinzie, Associate Director, Center for Postsecondary Research & National Survey of Student Engage-ment, NSSE] “The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) provides participating institutions diagnostic infor-mation about the quality of students’ experiences in practices that matter for learning. However, the ultimate goal of NSSE is not to gather data. It is to catalyze improvement in undergraduate education. What fosters the shift from collecting data to action? What approaches are associated with institutions that use evidence to im-prove? This session provides an opportunity to consider NSSE results, and learn about approaches taken by institutions that have made effective use of results, and to discuss strategies for taking action on results.”

12:00 – 13:00 LUNCHEON PLENARY: Integrative Strategic Planning at LMU [Margaret Kasimatis, Ph.D. Associate Provost for Strategic Planning and Educational Effectiveness, LMU] “This presentation will describe LMU’s process for developing its strategic plan, as well as ongoing processes for implementing strategic initiatives, evaluating progress on the plan, and linking budgeting to planning. Ex-amples will be shared of how data were used in the development of the plan; how we aligned unit level plan-ning with the university level plan; how we have coordinated activities across units; how we assess achieve-ment of strategic goals; and how we ensure that allocation of limited resources is aligned with the university’s highest strategic priorities.”

13:00 Conference Closes 13:00 —14:00 IPRA Governance Mtg. All interested parties

AGENDA—Friday October 2nd

Take Special Note: Conference Dress— comfortable and casual-business casual. Restaurants do not require jackets. Weather—Check weather channel before coming. Typically for this time of year it will be sunny and

warm (65-70 degrees) and cool in the evenings. If the fog rolls in early and the wind kicks up you will need a sweater or hoodie. Dress in layers, don’t leave home without a jacket or sweat shirt is the general rule of thumb. You can always take it off but you can’t put it on if you don’t have it with you! If you go over to the GG Bridge without something warm you are guaranteed to return as an icicle.

Stick around town for the weekend: October is a busy month in San Francisco. For events and what is going on check out http://www.sftourismtips.com/san-francisco-events-in-october-2015.html. For example:

October 2nd—4th: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival: A FREE festival in Golden Gate Park, San Francis-co featuring over 100 musical artists on 7 stages. http://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/2015/

October 4th: Castro Street Fair 11:00—6:00, Castro District. http://www.castrostreetfair.org/ Arts and crafts booths, live entertainment, dancing and music are all part of the fun at this gay-friendly street festi-val.

October 4th: Glide Bridge to Bridge Run, Golden Gate Bridge to Bay Bridge, 415-995-6868 www.bridgetobridge.com; www.rhodyco.com/event-schedule.html Participants run from the Bay Bridge to the Golden Gate in this seaside 12K and 7K race.

See a ball game: Giant’s v. Colorado Rockies Friday, 10/2/2015 at 7:15 PM; Saturday, 10/3/2015 at 1:05 PM; Sunday, 10/4/2015 at 1:05 PM; AT&T Park. http://www.sftourismtips.com/san-francisco-giants-schedule.html#october

Catch a football game: See the 49ers in their new stadium. Sunday, 10/4/2015 at 1:25 PM San Francisco 49ers vs. Green Bay Packers, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, CA. http://www.sftourismtips.com/san-francisco-49er-tickets.html

Special Notes

San Francisco is 49 square miles. It has been said that an individual could eat at a different restaurant each night for 10 years and never eat at the same place twice! These are just a few selections around the hotel listed in Open Table, there are hundreds more to chose from around the city. Open Table options around Comfort Inn by the Bay 2775 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA 1.. Amarena $ $

2162 Larkin Street Italian | Russian Hill | 0.3 mi

2. Belcampo $ $

1998 Polk Street Organic | Russian Hill | 0.5 mi

3. Betelnut Pejiu Wu $ $ $

2030 Union Street Pan-Asian | Marina / Cow Hollow / Presidio | 0.5 mi

4. Bobo's $ $ $

1450 Lombard St. Steak | Marina / Cow Hollow / Presidio | 0.1 mi

5. Capannina $ $

1809 Union St Italian | Marina / Cow Hollow / Presidio | 0.3 mi

6. Frascati $ $ $

1901 Hyde Street Mediterranean | Russian Hill | 0.4 mi This Restaurant has a cut off time for same day.

7. Gioia Pizzeria $ $

2240 Polk Street Italian | Russian Hill | 0.3 mi

8. Harris' $ $ $ $

2100 Van Ness Avenue Steak | Russian Hill | 0.4 mi

9. Killer Shrimp - San Francisco $ $

1516 Broadway American | Downtown / Union Square | 0.4 mi

10. La Folie $ $ $ $

2316 Polk St. French | Russian Hill | 0.2 mi

11. Lord Stanley $ $ $

2065 Polk Street Contemporary European | Russian Hill | 0.4 mi

Restaurants Around Hotel (see map)

12. The Matterhorn Swiss Restaurant $ $ $ 2323 Van Ness Ave. Fondue | Marina / Cow Hollow / Presidio | 0.3 mi

13. McCormick & Kuleto's Seafood Restaurant $ $ $

900 North Point Street at Ghirardelli Square Seafood | Fisherman's Wharf | 0.4 mi

14. Palm House $ $

2032 Union Street Caribbean | Marina / Cow Hollow / Presidio | 0.5 mi

15. Pane e Vino Trattoria $ $ $

1715 Union St. Italian | Marina / Cow Hollow / Presidio | 0.3 mi

16. Perry's Union Street $ $

1944 Union Street American | Marina / Cow Hollow / Presidio | 0.4 mi

17. The Pub BBQ at Ghiradelli Square $ $

851 Beach St Barbecue | Fisherman's Wharf | 0.4 mi

18. Reverb Kitchen & Bar fka Verbena $ $

2323 Polk Street Californian | Russian Hill | 0.2 mi

19. Ristorante Milano $ $ $

1448 Pacific Italian | Russian Hill | 0.5 mi

20. Stones Throw $ $ $

1896 Hyde Street American | Russian Hill | 0.4 mi

21. Tamashi Soul Sushi Bar $ $ $

1849 Union Street Japanese | Marina / Cow Hollow / Presidio | 0.3 mi

MAPS—Restaurants Around Hotel

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