MEETINGS AND PRESENTATIONS

ARKANSAS — April 27, 2009

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PRESENTATIONS

SESSION: Welcome and Introduction

• NTNM: Arkansas
  Jim Purcell, director, Arkansas Department of Higher Education

SESSION: Project Update

• Presentation
  Patrick Lane, project coordinator, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education

SESSION: One Step Further: Finding the Hard-to-find Ready Adults

• Oklahoma’s Degree Completion Program
  Jim Purcell, director, Arkansas Department of Higher Education

• Reaching the Hard-to-Find Ready Adults
  Getting Started: A Dozen Things You Should Know Before Conducting an Adult Learning Campaign
  Outline of Key Steps to Creating a CAM Campaign
  Alice Anne Bailey, project coordinator, Southern Regional Education Board’s Go Alliance

SESSION: Changing State Policies: Integrating the Adult Learner into Arkansas’ New State Policies

• Summary of Arkansas Lottery Legislation
  Summary of other available state financial aid resources
  Tara Smith, coordinator for financial aid, Arkansas Department of Higher Education

LINKS TO NEW LEGISLATION:

• Act 182 – Transfer of Credits
• Act 606 – Lottery Scholarships
• Act 971 – Remedial Exit Standards
• Act 1197 – Changes to math requirements for A.A.S. degrees
• Act 1213 – Broadening the Higher Education Opportunities Grant Program
• Act 1405 – Amending the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program

SESSION: They’re Here…Now What? Strategies to Improve the Persistence and Success Rates of Non-traditional Students

• Questions for Reflection
  The Elegant Solution
  LeRoy Walser, consultant, Choosing Excellence, LLC