Alum featured in Birmingham News

Don Kelly, a graduate of the Ed.D. program, was recently featured in a Birmingham News editorial.

http://blog.al.com/rdemonia/2009/11/change_comes_to_alabamas_two-y.html

"Don Kelly, who teaches at Central Alabama Community College and recently completed a doctorate in higher education administration, has literally written the book on two-year college corruption. His dissertation’s title says it all: “Unethical Leadership in Higher Education and the Precarious Journey to Recovery: A Case Study of the Alabama Community College System.” Kelly concludes, of course, that no amount of reform can prevent every corrupt act. More ominously, he contends some recent reforms concentrate power in the chancellor’s office and might make it easier for corruption to flourish if the wrong person has the job. Now, that’s scary. Fortunately, Kelly has solid ideas about lowering the risk. "

Campus discussion on diversity

The Dean of Students office is hosting a “Brown Bag” lunch with Dr. Brian K. Bridges, Vice Provost for Diversity, Access and Equity at Ohio University. Dr. Bridges is charged with leading efforts to increase the compositional diversity on campus and promoting a climate that embraces difference. Dr. Bridges will host an open forum on diversity at The University of Alabama. This event will take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 from 12:00 Noon-1:00 p.m. in the Morris Mayer Room (312) of the Ferguson Student Center.

Association for the Study of Higher Education

Association for the Study of Higher Education
Annual Conference
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
November 4-7, 2009

Funding and Access at Community Colleges: A Review of Surveys of the Members of the National Council of State
Directors of the Members of the National Council of State Directors of Community Colleges
Presenter: Stephen Katsinas, University of Alabama
Discussant: Deborah Floyd, Florida Atlantic University

Estimating College Age Population Trends, 2007-2024
Presenters: Stephen Katsinas, David Hardy, and Matt DeMonBrun, University of Alabama
Chair: Derek Lester, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Interdisciplinary Strategy and Collaboration in Higher Education
Michael Harris/University of Alabama

A Comparison of the Experiences, Perceptions and Demographics of Community College-to-University and University-to-University Transfer Students
Jessica G. Simmons/The University of Alabama

Trust in Times of Challenge: Exploring the Relationship between Faculty and Administrators at Private Liberal Arts Colleges
Cherron Hoppes/Golden Gate University
Karri Holley/University of Alabama

The Relevance of Qualitative Research Synthesis to Higher Education Policy, Practice, and research
Claire Major/University of Alabama
Maggi Savin-Baden/Coventry University

Measuring STEM Students Success in Community Colleges: Perspectives to Advance Research Inquiries for Policy and Practice
Symposia
Soko Starobin/Iowa State University
Frankie Santos Laanan/Iowa State University
Linda Serra Hagedorn/Iowa State University
Jaime Lester/George Mason University
David Hardy/University of Alabama

The New Carnegie Basic Classification for Community College Policy and Research
Symposia
Steve Katsinas/University of Alabama
Chun-Mei Zhao/Carnegie Foundation
Linda Serra Hagedorn/Iowa State University
David Hardy/University of Alabama
Vincent Lacey/Southern Illinois University
Kristie Rankin/Lawson State Community College

Developing Doctoral Students and Faculty : Deconstructing the Journey from Doctoral Students to Job Market to Colleagues
Symposia
Discussant: Claire Major/University of Alabama
David Callejo Perez/Saginaw Valley State University
Sebastian Diaz/West Virginia University
Elizabeth Jones/West Virginia University
Sarah Selmer/West Virginia University

Private Scholarship Aid, Access, and Success for African American and Hispanic Students Attending a Public, Large, Rural-Serving Associate’s College
Austin Lane/Lone Star College, Montgomery
David Hardy/University of Alabama
Aaron Kuntz/University of Alabama
Pat Moeck/El Centro College
Pamela Parker/University of Alabama

Bridging the Divide: Improving Theory, Research, and Practice in Doctoral Education
Symposia
Vicki L. Baker/Albion College
Karri Holley/University of Alabama
Susan K Gardner/University of Maine
Meghan Pifer/Penn State University
C. Sean Robinson/Argosy University

All for One and One for All: Do Academic Administrators Share a Common Set of Expectations for Deans’ Behavior?
Nathaniel J Bray/University of Alabama

History of Education Society

History of Education Society
Annual Conference
Philadelphia, PA
October 22-25, 2009

The Problems of Professionalization: The Debates over Access to Professional Schools in the US, 1930-2000
Chair: Wayne Urban, University of Alabama
Debating Access to the Professions, 1940-1980
Lara Couturier, Brown University
The Growth of Professional Schools in Indiana
Shaila Mulholland, San Diego State University
Pre-Professionalization, Race, and the Liberal Arts
Philo Hutcheson, Georgia State University
The Making of an African American Medical School: Morehouse School of Medicine
Marybeth Gasman, University of Pennsylvania
Kijua Sanders-McMurtry, Agnes Scott College
Discussant: Wayne Urban, University of Alabama

Student affairs colloquium

Join the Division of Student Affairs for a colloquium to showcase divisional staff who have recently presented at national conferences or who have published research. This session will highlight Ellen Pate, Career Consultant & Coordinator of Assessment and Data, for a presentation regarding "Finding one's life calling through self-discovery" followed by Corrie Harris, Director of Student Involvement, and Becky Reamey, Coordinator of the Blackburn Institute, who will present on "Teaching civic engagement through deliberative discourse." Each presenter will provide a brief overview of their work followed by a question and answer session. Please bring your lunch and join us as we highlight the experts we have right here on campus!

Date:Thursday, October 29, 2009
Time:12:00 to 1:00

http://events.ua.edu/EventDetails.aspx?data=Nghe9Mdf%2b6oH8RZfmtCzdasqhYqtv02NgsFDztcHupM%3d

Faculty publications

David Hardy and Steve Katsinas, along with V. Barbara Bush, recently published "What the numbers say about community colleges and athletics" in New Directions for Community Colleges. The issue was edited by Linda Hagedorn and David Horton.

Tuition raised at Alabama community colleges

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20091023/NEWS/910229955/1007/NEWS02?Title=Tuition-raised-at-Alabama-Community-Colleges

From The Tuscaloosa News:

"The state Board of Education voted Thursday to increase tuition at Shelton State and Bevill State community colleges and other two-year schools in the spring, followed by two more rounds of increases. Board members said that because of proration and the recession, their only options were to increase tuition or cut services. They weren’t willing to do the latter.

“We are at a point we have no choice,” said board member Mary Jane Caylor. State board member Gary Warren of Haleyville said the choices weren’t appetizing. “We didn’t want to cut services,” Warren said. “We need to provide more services and keep going in times that are hard.” Two-year college presidents in West Alabama said a bad economy has forced cuts in the education budget, which in turn necessitated tuition increases. “It’s difficult when we want to provide access on the one hand and on the other side we are trying to maintain high-quality programs as the cost of those go up,” said Mark Heinrich, president of Shelton State Community College."