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WASC ARC 2008

The Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities' Annual Meeting offers educators an opportunity to hear cutting edge educational research, dialogue with regional counterparts on best practices, and network with other professionals. The program is designed to support the work of the whole campus community, from administrators and faculty to student affairs personnel, institutional researchers, librarians, and professional staff in many capacities. As an attendee from the 2007 conference put it, “this is THE event of the year” for postsecondary educators in the west.

ARC History

WASC’s Annual Meeting, held since 1924, is now known as the Academic Resource Conference, or ARC. The WASC ARC offers everything from hands-on workshops and campus examples to keynotes that put the higher education enterprise into a larger social and economic context. Now in its 84 th year, the conference provides an opportunity for the most diverse and influential group of higher educations professionals in the western region (1) to participate in educational workshops and programs, (2) discuss current issues and (3) share best practices.

2008 Theme - Illuminating Learning, Accrediting Quality

Never in living memory has the demand for US higher education been higher, and never have the voices of critics been louder. Breakthroughs in brain research, advances in pedagogy, and new assessment methods have moved us down the road toward greater learning-centeredness. At the same time, institutions are under intense pressure to lower costs, increase retention and graduation rates, and improve the quality of students’ learning. Amid all these crosscurrents, it makes sense for us as a regional community to step back and ask some simple but profound questions.

* What is educational quality?	* How do we achieve quality and how do we document it.
* What is the learning we most want our students to gain?	* How can we best communicate with our many audiences?

The resources and services sponsors and exhibitors will offer will be of keen interest to attendees as they grapple with the questions that will frame our conversation at the 2008 WASC ARC.

Date and Location

Wednesday, April 16 th – Saturday, April 19 th, 2008, at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, San Diego, CA

Who attends the ARC?

2007 welcomed nearly 900 participants representing 160 institutions and over 800,000 students. Participants include:

* Presidents	*Deans	* Student Affairs Personnel
* Provosts	*Department Chairs	* Librarians
*CAO	* Faculty	* Institutional Researchers

In addition, 2008 ARC will draw 2 year and community colleges. The ARC attracts top-tier decision makers with purchasing power.

Sponsorship Opportunites

ARC sponsorship opportunities can be designed to suit your organization’s budget and serve your target audience. Let us work with you to ensure high visibility and brand recognition before, during and after the ARC. Organizations that support and serve the higher education community and can address the needs and demands of conference attendees are ideal sponsors of the ARC. To download, the 2008 WASC ARC sponsorship packet, click here (insert pdf link)

2007 Annual Meeting Handouts

Present at the Creation: Teaching, Deep Learning, and the Creation of Understanding and Skill

Milt Hakel, Professor of Psychology, Bowling Green State University

Creative Strategic Planning: A Case Study of Innovation and Interdisciplinarity

William DeLauder, President emeritus, Delaware State University

Achieving Bok's Vision: An Exploration of What It Might Take

David Conn, Vice Provost for Academic Programs & Undergraduate Education; Cheryl Ney, Associate Vice Provost, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Mary Allen, former Director of the California State University Institute for Teaching and Learning, and Professor emerita, California State University; Linda Buckley, Associate Vice President for Academic Planning and Educational Effectiveness, San Francisco State University

Accreditation Liaison Officer's Workshop

CEO Forum

President/Executive Director Update

2007 Workshop Presentations

WASC 101: The WASC Accreditation Process

The Capacity and Preparatory Review

The Educational Effectiveness Review (Click on links below)

Powerpoint 1: Overview

Powerpoint 2: The Educational Effectiveness Review

Powerpoint 3: The WASC External Review

Powerpoint 4: California Lutheran University EE Process

Proposal Development for Substantive Change