The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Higher Education (ISKME) is offering scholarships for their 2011 Big Ideas Fest. The conference is scheduled for December 4-7 in Half Moon Bay, California. The website describes the event as “a unique three-day immersion into collaboration and design with a focus on modeling cutting-edge thinking in K-20 education.” Last year, there were a few DEI folks in the house; Kathleen Cleary from Sinclair Community College described some of her experiences here on the DEI blog.
Registration for the conference is $695 (not including hotel and travel), but ISKME scholarships can cover some or all of that amount. Applications are due next Tuesday, November 15. You can link to the scholarship form here. ISKME encourages faculty, staff, and students to apply.
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We’ve featured the Chaffey College Opening Doors to Excellence (ODE) program a couple of times on Accelerating Achievement. ODE is a program designed to help probationary students get back in good standing and increase their chances for college success. This month, MDRC released four-year findings from their study of the program. While we were particularly interested in how Chaffey had scaled the program to reach their entire target population, now you can read more about program outcomes and cost-effectiveness. You can link to the full report here.
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Last week, Bruce Vandal from ECS and Brad Phillips of the Institute for Evidence-Based Change commented on the importance of aligning K-12 and postsecondary education at the state-level, especially as states tackle common core standards implementation. You can read a little more about—and link to—their Education Week article here on the Getting Past Go blog.
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