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Keynote:  

Dr. John S. Wilson, Jr.

Executive Director

White House Initiative on

 Historically Black Colleges and Universities  

 

Keynote Title:

"Signal-to-Noise Ratios: the Change Imperative Facing Historically Black Colleges and Universities"

 

Date:  

Monday, May 2, 2011

 

Time:  

8:30am - 9:45am

 

John Silvanus Wilson, Jr. serves as the executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), where the challenge is to ensure that HBCUs are a significant force in helping the nation to reach the goal set by President Barack Obama of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by the year 2020.

 

Before working with the White House Initiative, Wilson was an associate professor of higher education in the Graduate School of Education, and an executive dean at the George Washington University. He spent the first 16 years of his career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he ultimately served as director of foundation relations and assistant provost. He received a bachelor's degree from Morehouse College, a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard University, and both a master's and a doctoral degree in administration, planning and social policy, also from Harvard University. While working at MIT, he served as a teaching fellow in Harvard University's Afro-American Studies Department as well as in Harvard's Graduate School of Education.

  

 
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May 1- 4, 2011 in St. Louis, MO! 
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Program


Time
 
Day 1 - Sunday, May 1, 2011
10am - 5pm
 
Registration
2pm - 5pm
 
   
Time
 
Day 2 - Monday, May 2, 2011
8am - 5pm
 
Registration
8:30am - 9:45am
 
Opening Keynote
"Signal-to-Noise Ratios: the Change Imperative Facing Historically Black Colleges and Universities"
10:00am - 11:00am
 
11:15am - 12:15am Concurrent Sessions 2 
12:30pm - 1:45pm
 
Luncheon
"The New Reality: Federal Enforcement of State Regulation of Distance Learning"
2:00pm - 3:00pm
 
3:15pm - 4:15pm Concurrent Sessions 4 
4:30pm - 5:30pm Concurrent Sessions 5 
5:45pm - 7pm Opening Reception
7:15pm Cardinals Baseball Game (Pre-registration Required) 
   
Time
 
Day 3 - Tuesday, May 3, 2011
8am - 5pm
 
Registration
8:00am - 9:00am
 
9:15am - 10:15am Concurrent Sessions 7 
10:30am - 11:30am Concurrent Sessions 8 
Noon - 1pm
 
Luncheon
Dr. Susan C. Aldridge, President, University of Maryland University College (UMUC)
"From the Sidelines to the Mainstream:  Reengineering the Case  for E-Education"
1:15pm - 2:15pm
 
2:30pm - 3:30pm Concurrent Sessions 10 
3:45pm - 4:45pm Concurrent Sessions 11 
6pm - 8pm
 
Poster Sessions/Reception and Awards Dinner
   
Time
 
Day 4 - Wednesday, May 4, 2011
8am - 10am
 
Registration
8:00am - 9:00am
 
9:15am - 10:15am Concurrent Sessions 13 
10:30am - 11:30am Concurrent Sessions 14 
11am - Noon
 Conference Wrap-Up/USDLA 2012 Planning Meeting 

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