CSCC 48th Annual Conference
April 20-22, 2006
Hyatt Regency Hotel (April 20)
Long Beach Convention Center (April 21-22)
Long Beach, California
Thursday, April 20, 2006, 8-9pm |
CSCC Reception, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Seaview Ballroom AB
Sponsored by: Michigan State University
Friday, April 21, 2006
7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. – Registration Promenade Foyer, Long Beach Convention Center
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. – Welcome and Introduction to the Annual conference, Room 104C
Marilyn Amey, President-Elect CSCC, Michigan State University
8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Invited Panel, Room 104C
Increasing Access to Postsecondary Education Among
Low-Income Students: Suggestions from Research and Practice
Facilitator: Jaime Lester, University of Southern California
Patricia McGrath, Luis Chavez, Mary K. Healy – Alta Alliance
Linda Serra Hagedorn – University of Florida
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Refreshment Break, Promenade Foyer
CONCURRENT PAPER PRESENTATIONSPlease note, presenters for all paper presentation sessions have 12 minutes for their presentations, with the remainder of the time reserved for questions and discussion. Session chairs will manage the time allotments. |
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. – Session 1A: Room 202A
Session Chair: Jim Palmer, Illinois State University
Adult Learners
Soko S. Starobin, Iowa State University, Elizabeth M. Cox, Iowa State University, & Frankie Santos
Laanan, Iowa State University
Pam Schuetz, University of California-Los Angeles
q Adult student identity (Paper)
Carol Kasworm, North Carolina State University
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. – Session 1B: Room 202B
Session Chair: Wei-ni Wang, Michigan State University
Faculty Issues
q Numerical parity at what cost: Female faculty in American community colleges
Richard L. Wagoner,
q Determining direction: Influences on community college faculty development
Pamela L. Eddy, Central Michigan University
q
From
president to professor: Lessons learned
Deborah L. Floyd,
Florida Atlantic University & Berta Vigil Laden, University of Toronto
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. – Session 1C: Room 202C
Session Chair: William Maxwell, University of Southern California
New Thinking about Transfer Students
q Reverse transfer and educational attainment
Po Yang, Columbia University
q Transfer and adjustment experiences of community college students of color in the sciences
June C. Chang, University of California–Los Angeles
q Outcomes of rural, suburban, and urban community college transfers
Latrice Eggleston, Northeastern Illinois University
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. – Program Networking Lunch Room 104C
Grab a quick lunch from the Promenade Café in the Convention Center and bring it with you for conversation and roundtable discussions on graduate program-related topics. A series of informal discussions on program-related topics facilitated by CSCC members will begin at 12:00. Two topics already scheduled include:
Considering a dissertation bootcamp?: The reflections of experience (Paper)
Janice R. Sandiford, Florida International University & Marybelle Keim, Southern Illinois
University - Carbondale
Workload in higher education doctoral programs
John P. Murray Texas Tech University & Dwight Gard, Texas Tech University
Additional topics include:
Student recruitment; Online programs and offerings; Adjunct faculty; Program competencies; Partnerships with community college districts
CONCURRENT PAPER PRESENTATIONS |
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. – Session 2A: Room 202A
Session Chair: Carol Kozeracki, Pierce College
Increasing Student Success
Elisabeth Barnett, Columbia University
Linda Serra Hagedorn, University of Florida, Winny (YanFang) Chi, University of Southern California &
Rita M. Cepeda, San Diego Mesa College
q The stories of ‘successful’ female, non-traditional, first-generation community college students
Linda Lujan, South Mountain Community College, Clifford P. Harbour, Colorado State University, Timothy Gray Davies, Colorado State University, & James H. Banning, Colorado State University
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. – Session 2B: Room 202B
Session Chair: Frankie Santos Lanaan, Iowa State University
Mission and Governance Issues
Wei-ni Wang, Michigan State University
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. – Session 2B: Room 202B (cont.)
q An examination of community college trustees’ knowledge of and commitment to the learning college
Irvin T. Clark, III, Northampton Community College & Christine Johnson-McPhail, Morgan State University
q Multiple case study of the governing boards of two multi-level collaborations
Kerry Youngblood, Mesa State College, Timothy Gray Davies, Colorado State University, Clifford P. Harbour, Colorado State University, & James H. Banning, Colorado State University
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. – Session 2C: Room 202C
Session Chair: Albert Smith, Baylor University
Student Experiences
q The compensatory effect: Examining the relationship between student engagement and educational outcomes for Black and Hispanic students in community college
Thomas Greene, University of Texas-Austin, Kay McClenney, University of Texas-Austin, & Nathan Marti, University of Texas-Austin
q Street-level-bureaucrats: Actions granting justice to non-traditional students
John Levin, North Carolina State University
Clifford E. Adelman, U.S. Department of Education
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. – Joint Refreshment Break with the National Council of Instructional
Administrators -- Promenade Foyer
Sponsored by TG
CONCURRENT PAPER PRESENTATIONS |
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. – Session 3A: Room 202A
Session Chair: Jan Ignash, University of South Florida
Considering Gender in Community College Research
Soko S. Starobin, Iowa State University & Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University
q The community college as an educational and workplace site for women (Paper)
Barbara Townsend, University of Missouri-Columbia & Susan Twombley, University of Kansas
q Setting the stage for gender equity: Gendered performances in community colleges
Jaime Lester, University of Southern California
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. – Session 3B: Room 202B
Session Chair: Richard L. Wagoner, Texas Tech University
Institutional Accountability and Communication Issues
Ozan Jaquette, University of Michigan
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. – Session 3B: Room 202B (cont.)
Clifford P. Harbour, Colorado State University, Timothy Gray Davies, Colorado State University, & Roxanne Gonzales, Park University
Diane L. Hegeman, Red Rocks Community College, Timothy Gray Davies, Colorado State University, & James H. Banning, Colorado State University
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. – Session 3C: Room 202C
Session Chair: David Ayers, University of North Carolina- Greensboro
q Two year deans of instruction: Demographics and educational backgrounds
Marybelle C. Keim, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
q Responsive Evaluation Theory: Prescription, application, and implications for the evaluation of community college instructional support programs (Paper)
Nathan R. Durdella, Cerritos College
q Cultural enrichment activities in community colleges: An analysis of government funding and support
David E. Hardy, University of Alabama, Sherry Terry, Bevill State Community College, & Stephen G.
Katsinas, University of Alabama
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. – Graduate Student Discussion with Professors & Social: Room 104C
Session Chairs: Elizabeth Cox, Iowa State University, & Carolyn Ozaki, Michigan State University
Featuring: David Ayers, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Pamela Eddy, Central Michigan University, Carol Kozeracki, Pierce College, John Murray, Texas Tech University, Jim Palmer, Illinois State University, Richard Romano, Broome Community College/State University of New York, Barbara Townsend, University of Missouri–Columbia, and Desna Wallin, University of Georgia
Saturday, April 22, 2006 |
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. – New Directions for Community Colleges’ Breakfast: Room 104C
Sponsored by Jossey-Bass Publishers
CONCURRENT PAPER PRESENTATIONS and ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS |
8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. – Session 4A: Room 202A
Session Chair: Leila Gonzalez Sullivan, North Carolina State University
Student Educational Pathways
q How effective are programmatic articulation agreements in facilitating baccalaureate completion? (Paper)
Marcus Long, University of Missouri-Columbia & Barbara Townsend, University of Missouri-Columbia
Julia Panke Makela, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign & Debra D. Bragg, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. – Session 4A: Room 202A (cont.)
Tatiana Melguizo, University of Southern California & Alicia C. Dowd, University of Massachusetts- Boston
8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. – Session 4B: Room 202B
Session Chair: Katherine Douglass, Holyoke Community College
Understanding Transitions in Programs, Partnerships, and Mergers
Elisabeth Barnett, Columbia University
q Building a partnership model: K-14 collaborations
Pamela L. Eddy, Central Michigan University, Carolyn K. Ozaki, Michigan State University, Jesse S.
Watson, Michigan State University, & Marilyn J. Amey, Michigan State University
David E. Hardy, University of Alabama, Brian Gann, Bevill State Community College, & Stephen G. Katsinas, University of Alabama
8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. – Session 4C: Room 202C
Roundtable Sessions
q Arab and Muslim Americans in community colleges, Contact Theory revisited: The case for ethnic clustering among students of perceived targeted discrimination
Diane Shammas, University of Southern California & William E. Maxwell, University of Southern California
q Transforming the accreditation model for the community colleges of Iowa: A case study
Jan E. Snyder, Northwest Iowa Community College, Larry H. Ebbers, Iowa State University& William
Silag, Iowa Department of Education
10:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Break
CONCURRENT PAPER PRESENTATIONS and ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS |
10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. – Session 5A: Room 202A
Session Chair: Pamela Eddy, Central Michigan University
Institutional Policy and Decision Making
q Economic development and community colleges: Internal and external challenges reported by chief academic officers and chief executive officers
Stephen G. Katsinas, University of Alabama, David E. Hardy, University of Alabama, & H. Adam Hall, University of Alabama
Clifford P. Harbour Colorado State University & Ozan Jaquette, University of Michigan
q Understanding before Action: Using data-drive inquiry as a strategy to bring about student success
Estela Mara Bensimon, University of Southern California, Frank Harris III, University of Southern California, Lindsey Malcom, University of Southern California, Shaun Hagemann, University of Southern California & Hannah Oh, University of Southern California
10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. – Session 5B: Room 202B
Session Chair: Carolyn Ozaki, Michigan State University
q Postcollege earnings of career and technical education students in Iowa community colleges
Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University, Jonathan Compton, Iowa State University & Soko S. Starobin, Iowa State University
q Hope as a correlate of adult student degree completion: Lessons from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) (Paper)
Jeffrey S. Savage, Michigan State University & Albert B. Smith, Baylor University
q Community college student latent persistence trajectories
C. Nathan Marti, University of Texas-Austin
10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. – Session 5C: Room 202C
Roundtable Sessions
q Theoretical Issues In Race and Ethnic Relations Research Among Community College Students
William Maxwell, University of Southern California & Diane Shammas, University of Southern California
q Knowledge creation as a means of assessing the effectiveness of professional development seminars
Leila Gonzalez Sullivan, North Carolina State University & Colleen Aalsburg Wiessner, North Carolina
State University
11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. –– Lunch, Business Meeting & Awards: Room 104C
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. – Featured Address: Room 104B
“Call to Action: Lessons for Research and Practice
from the California Community College System”
Facilitator: Deborah Floyd, Florida Atlantic University
Mark Drummond, Chancellor, California Community College System
Clifford Adelman, U.S. Department of Education, Respondent
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. –– Joint Refreshment Break with the National Council of
Instructional Administrators Promenade Foyer
Sponsored by Blackboard, Desire2Learn, and the University of Nebraska
CONCURRENT ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS |
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. – Session 6A: Room 202A
Roundtable Session
q Publishing and Research – Making the Transition Between Presentation and Publication
Representatives from Community College Review, Community College Journal of Research and Practice, and Journal of Applied Research in Community Colleges
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. – Session 6B: Room 202B
Roundtable Session
q Using the New Associate’s Degree Carnegie Classifications.
Stephen G. Katsinas, University of Alabama, David E. Hardy, University of Alabama, & Alexander McCormick, Carnegie Foundation
CSCC 2005-2006 Officers &
Board of Directors
Officers
President: Past President:
John Levin Al Smith
North Carolina State University Baylor University
President Elect: Vice President for Research
Marilyn Amey and Publications:
Michigan State University Trudy Bers
Oakton Community College
Secretary:
David Ayers Treasurer:
University of North Carolina at Greensboro Arthur Cohen
University of California-
Newsletter Editor: Los Angeles
Mary Bendickson
Hillsborough Community College Historian:
Marybelle Keim
By-Laws Committee Chair Southern Illinois University,
Daniel J. Phelan Carbondale
Jackson Community College
