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2009 NC State Undergraduate Assessment Symposium
Aligning Pedagogy, Curriculum & Assessment
Embassy Suites, Cary, NC
April 24-26, 2009

2009 CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Proposals will be accepted September 1, 2008, through October 31, 2008.
Click here for detailed information regarding creating and submitting your proposal. If you would like to be notified when the call for proposals begins, please email Virginia McCollum.

SYMPOSIUM MISSION

The mission of the Symposium is to provide a forum for higher education professionals to exchange ideas, discover new practices and form partnerships to enhance the full undergraduate educational experience through assessment. The Symposium is designed to address both practical concerns and larger policy issues by providing attendees with ideas and tools that can be immediately shared and implemented at their home institutions, which range from community colleges to large research universities.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
	Arthur Levine, President of Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Arthur Levine is the sixth president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Before his appointment at Woodrow Wilson, he was president and professor of education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He also previously served as chair of the higher education program, chair of the Institute for Educational Management, and senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Dr. Levine is the author of multiple books, articles, and reviews, most recently When Hope and Fear Collide: A Portrait of Today's College Student (with Jeanette S. Cureton). Much of his research and writing in recent years has focused on increasing access to higher education and improving equity in the schools. Dr. Levine's numerous opinion editorials appear in such publications as The New York Times; The Los Angeles Times; The Wall Street Journal; The Washington Post; and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Dr. Levine has received numerous honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Carnegie Fellowship, as well as the American Council on Education's "Book of the Year" award (for Reform of Undergraduate Education), the Educational Press Association's "Annual Award" for writing (three times), and 17 honorary degrees. In 1998 Change magazine listed him as "One of the Most Outstanding Leaders in the Academic Community." He currently sits on the Boards of Blackboard, Inc., DePaul University, and All Kinds of Minds. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Levine was also previously President of Bradford College (1982-1989) and Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Foundation and Carnegie Council for Policy Studies in Higher Education (1975-1982). He received his bachelor's degree from Brandeis University and his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo.