Short-Cycle Higher Education in the United States and Europe: Educational Partnerships for Economic and Community Development
ATLANTIS EU-US Grant Project
International Symposium, October 15-17, 2009
Audio Visual Center, Owens Community College, Toledo, Ohio
Thursday, October 15, 2009: Short-Cycle Higher Education Partnerships for Economic Development
Session Coordinator: Snejana Slantcheva-Durst, Asst. Prof., University of Toledo
9:00-9:30 am
- Welcome: President Christa Adams, Owens Community College
- William McMillen, Vice President for Governmental Relations and Chief
of Staff, University of Toledo
- Hans Daale, Head, LEIDO, The Netherlands
- Snejana Slantcheva-Durst, ATLANTIS Project U.S. Team Leader, UT
9:30-9:55 am
9:55-10:25 am
10:25-10:35 am Coffee Break
Panel Coordinator: Stephen Katsinas, Director of Education Policy Center and Professor, University of Alabama
10:35-1:00
- Panel 1: Educational Partnerships that Promote Life-Long Learning
Opportunities
Keynote Address: Stephen Katsinas (AL), Director of Education Policy Center and Professor, University of Alabama
- Conway Jeffres (MI), President of Schoolcraft College, Chairperson of Michigan Community College Association
- Michael Snider (OH), Project Coordinator, Ohio Community College Association (OACC)
- Bob Helmer (OH), President, Lourdes College
- John Foley (OH), Superintendent, Toledo Public Schools
- Thomas Daniels, Owens Community College and Lourdes College alumnus, VP of Learning and Development, TNS
- Todor Radev, Rector, International University College, Bulgaria
- Charles Pickford, Foundation Degree Forward, United Kingdom
1:00-2:00 pm Lunch at Owens Community College (student program during lunch)
2:00-3:15 pm
- Keynote Address: Mark Milliron (NC), President and CEO, Catalyze
Learning International
3:15-3:30 pm Coffee Break
Panel Coordinator: Mark Milliron, President and CEO, Catalyze Learning International , 2
3:30-5:45 pm
- Panel 2: Partnerships between Education, Business and Government in
Identifying and Addressing Workforce Needs
- Paul Unger (OH), Executive Vice President/Provost, Owens CC
- Annette Parker (KY), State Director, KY Community and Technical College System
- Tom Brady (OH), Interim Dean of UT College of Education, Chairman & CEO, Plastic Technologies Inc.; former UT Board of Trustee’s member
- John McCann, Scotland, Deputy Chief Executive, Scotland’s Colleges
- Hans Daale, The Netherlands, Chair, LEIDO
6:00 pm Dinner at Owens Community College
Friday, October 16, 2009 - Short-Cycle Higher Education Partnerships for Community Development
Session Coordinator: David Meabon, Assoc. Prof., University of Toledo
9:30-11:15 am
11:15–11:30 am Coffee Break
Panel Coordinator: Gretchen Carroll, Prof., Owens Community College
11:30–1:45 pm
- Panel 3: Educational Initiatives in Developing and Promoting Vibrant
Communities
- D’naie Jacobs (OH), Associate Director, Regional and Economic Engagement, University of Toledo
- Bill Ivoska (OH), Vice President, Student Services, Owens Community College
- Shaun Yoder (OH), Executive Director, Ohio Business Alliance for Higher Education and the Economy
- Dean Monske (OH), Vice President, Business Development, Regional Growth Partnership
- Stanislav Ivanov, Bulgaria, Asst. Prof., International University College
- Liesbeth Hens, Belgium, Member of the Flemish Government
2:00 pm–3:00 pm Lunch at Owens Community College
Discussion Coordinator: Snejana Slantcheva-Durst, Asst. Prof., University of Toledo
3:00–4:30 pm
- Informal Discussion with our European participants: Higher Education Developments in Europe (The Bologna Process, The European Higher Education Area, Qualifications Frameworks, and others)
- Participants:
- Charles Pickford, The U.K.,
- John McCann, Scotland,
- Liesbeth Hens, Belgium,
- Hans Daale and Jan Nienhuis, The Netherlands,
- Todor Radev and Stanislav Ivanov, Bulgaria
4:30-5:30 Project Partners’ Meeting
6:00 pm Dinner – University of Toledo Faculty Club