AGENDA
The Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission On Higher Education

Longwood Colege
April 8, 1999
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.




  1. Welcome and Announcements - 9:30 - 9:40 a.m.

    Mr. Edward L. Flippen
    Commission Chairman

  2. The Potential of Student Outcomes Assessment - 9:40 - 10:40 a.m.

    Dr. Karl Schilling, Deputy Director, Policy
    State Council of Higher Education for Virginia

  3. A National Perspective - 10:40 - 11:30 a.m.

    Dr. Thomas Dary Erwin
    Director of Student Assessment and Professor of Psychology
    James Madison University

    BREAK - 11:30 - 11:40 a.m.

  4. An Inspirational Model - 11:40 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

    Dr. Georgine Loacker, Director of Assessment and Professor of English
    Alverno College

    LUNCH - 12:30 - 1:45
    Dr. Patricia Cormier, President
    Longwood College

  5. Grades: For What They're Worth, A Presentation on Grade Inflation - 1:45 - 2:05 p.m.

    Dr. Brad Wilson, Executive Director
    National Association of Scholars

  6. The History of Assessment in Virginia - 2:05 - 2:20 p.m.

    Dr. Donna R. Brodd, Associate Director for Academic Affairs
    State Council of Higher Education for Virginia

    BREAK - 2:20 - 2:30 p.m.

  7. Panel on Institutional Approaches to Measuring Student Outcomes - 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.

    Moderator - Dr. Jon D. Mikalson, Professor of Classics
    University of Virginia

  8. What We've Learned about Quality - 4:00 - 4:30 p.m.

  9. Concluding Comments and Administrative Matters - 4:30 p.m.

    Mr. Edward L. Flippen
    Commission Chairperson

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Posted: April 12, 1999
By The Educational Policy Institute of Virginia Tech
sjanosik@vt.edu