2023 Summer Meeting Agenda
Sunday, July 23
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Opening Reception
Monday, July 24
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM Welcome and Introductions – Jeremy Varner, NCSDCC Chair; Nate Mackinnon, Meeting Host
8:45 AM - 10:00 AM Title IX Regulations and Impact of the Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling – Catherine Lhamon, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Dept. of Education
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM Federal Policy Update – David Baime, Senior VP of Government Relations, American Association of Community Colleges
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM Latest Community College Initiatives at Jobs for the Future – Marty Alvarado, Vice President for Postsecondary Education and Training, JFF
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM Break
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM State Reports Round 1
Tuesday, July 25
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Rebuilding the Middle of the Labor Market: Three Perspectives on the Role Community Colleges Play – Ben Armstrong, Executive Director and Research Scientist, Industrial Performance Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM Assessing the Value of Non-Degree Credentials – Michele Van Noy, Director & Associate Research Professor, Education and Employment Research Center, Rutgers University
11:45 AM – 1:30 PM Lunch / State Reports Round 2
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM The NAF Bringing Adults Back Playbook – Iris Palmer, Senior Policy Analyst for Education, New America Foundation
5:00 PM – 10:00 PM Dinner and Red Sox Game at Fenway Park
Group will leave from the hotel lobby at 4:30.
Wednesday, July 26
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Addressing the Student Mental Health Crisis – Jeanie Tietjen, Institute for Trauma, Adversity, and Resilience in Higher Education
10:15 AM Adjourn