Since the mailing of the preliminary program for the CAO/CSAO Institute in St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, additional sessions and speakers have been scheduled, including a closing plenary session on increasing enrollment and improving student retention. In this presentation, national experts Catherine R. Cook, Chief Executive Officer, Miller/Cook & Associates, Inc; William B. Miller, President, Miller/Cook & Associates, Inc; and Michael S. Witherspoon, Vice President for National Business Development, James Tower, will explain effective enrollment strategies that utilize information technology, explore approaches that are best used with specific segments of the prospective student population, and suggest opportunities as well as responsibilities of CAOs and CSAOs in enrolling and re-enrolling undergraduate students.

Two international educators with a desire to work in partnership with U.S. private colleges and universities will participate in the Institute. Dr. Mohammed Dahbi, Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco, and Dr. Ibrahim Badran, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Philadelphia University, Amman, Jordan, will lead breakfast discussion groups and be available for individual consultations.

Conference participants will also receive a preview of CIC’s Historic Campus Architecture Project, the first national architecture and landscape database and website of independent college and university campuses, that is scheduled for launch late in 2006. The website will be useful to academic administrators as well as student affairs leaders who wish to gain a better historical understanding of the physical fabric of their home institutions as well as similar colleges and universities around the country. CIC Senior Advisor Barbara S. Christen will offer a brief preview of the website and will be available to help CAOs and CSAOs explore its uses.

The 2006 Chief Academic Officer Award will be presented to Wallace Campbell, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College at Pikeville College (KY) since 1998, for contributions to his colleagues at private colleges and universities, including 28 years of service to Appalachian College Association institutions.

Other newly scheduled sessions include:

The Equity Scorecard: Closing the Achievement Gap
for Underrepresented Students
Elsa Macias, Director, Research and Development, Center for
Urban Education, University of Southern California
Susan D. Gotsch, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Whittier College (CA)
Jeanne Ortiz, Dean of Students, Whittier College (CA)

Effective Strategies for First-Year Programs
Sue DeWine, Provost and Dean of Faculty, Marietta College (OH)
Horace Fleming, Provost, Mercer University (GA)
Doug Pearson, Dean of Students, Mercer University (GA)
Lon S. Vickers, Dean of Student Life, Marietta College (OH)

Building a Culture of Integrity on Campus
Timothy M. Dodd, Executive Director, The Center for Academic Integrity
Shirley V. Hoogstra, Vice President for Student Life, Calvin College (MI)

The Culture of Sports
James Shulman, coauthor of The Game of Life: College Sports and Educational Values

Accreditation: Strengthening Student Learning
Barbara Brittingham, Director, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education,
New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Jean A. Wyld, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Springfield College (MA)

More information about the CAO/CSAO Institute and registration materials are available here.