Lisa's+Session-Work+Groups+and+Commissioned+Papers

March 11, 2009 Dear Commissioned Work Groups on Student Success:

On behalf of the //National Postsecondary Education Cooperative// (NPEC) and the //National Symposium for Student Success//, we thank you for submitting your project proposals for improving practitioner and policymaker decisions for student success in Indiana. We would like to invite you to post response(s) to your work group page to prepare for your upcoming presentations to our funding board.

Begin by visiting your session facilitator's group page on the __ C750 Wiki Site __. You will find your name listed under an assigned work group (see below). Each work group is assigned a commissioned paper to present at our funding board meeting on Wednesday, March 25th at 6:30 pm.  To find your assigned paper, please visit our [|750 OnCourse Site] and go to the __ Resources folder __. After you review your paper, revisit the Wiki and find your assigned Work Group page listed by commissioned author(s): __ Work group #1-Thomas & Perna __: A framework for reducing the student success gap and promoting success for all  __Work group #2-Kuh et al.: __ What matters to student success: A review of the literature **IUPUI members: Gao Ling, Michele, Jessica ** __ Work group #3 __-Tinto & Pusser: Building a model for student success **IUPUI members: Kristin, Danny, Ximing **  __Work group #4 __-Braxton: Faculty professional choices in teaching that foster student success **IUB members: Mahauganee, Chip, Debbie ** <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontweight: bold;"> __<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Work group #5 __<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-Smart et al.: Holland’s theory and patterns of college student success **<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #00b050; font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">IUB members: Tony, John, Dawn, Hongcai ** <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontweight: bold;">Next, each group member will post responses to the following questions on your group's work page. Please respond to the following: <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontweight: bold; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontweight: bold;">What are the authors proposing? <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontweight: bold; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontweight: bold;">Tell us why you agree or disagree with their approaches, recommendations, theories, and/or models? <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontweight: bold; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontweight: bold;">Please describe how you would improve or add to the proposed project. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontweight: bold; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontweight: bold;">Post comments/feedback on one of your group members post.
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #00b050; font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">IUPUI members: Krista, Stephen **

Finally, during our session on Wednesday, March 25, each work group will be asked to present their proposals to request project funding from members of the NPEC board. During the session, each group will be given 12 minutes to collaborate and prepare a 3 minute presentation.

The committee recommends the following for each group: <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontweight: bold; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontweight: bold;">Start by summarizing your paper <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontweight: bold; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontweight: bold;">Highlight key findings <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontweight: bold; mso-list: Ignore; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontweight: bold;">Discuss your recommendations

In 3 minutes or less, each work group will present their project (ideas) to the funding board. At the end of the presentations, two committee members from the National Symposium for Student Success and the NPEC will select __two projects__ to fund for next three years in the amount of 2.1 million dollars!

Please contact the session facilitator for any questions.

Good Luck,

Lisa Wallace Session Facilitator wallacel@indiana.edu Type in the content of your new page here.