Conference/Symposium
Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference
Date:
–
Time:
All Day
Hyatt Regency Denver/Colorado Convention Center
Laura W. Perna
Presidential Address
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Laura W. Perna is James S. Riepe Professor and founding Executive Director of the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy (AHEAD) at the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) and past-Vice President of the American Educational Research Association’s Division J (Postsecondary Education). Dr. Perna’s research examines the ways that social structures, educational practices, and public policies promote and limit college access and success, particularly for individuals from lower-income families and racial/ethnic minority groups. Her scholarship is published in a variety of outlets, including books, journal articles, and policy reports. Recent books include The Attainment Agenda: State policy leadership for higher education (with Joni Finney, 2014, Johns Hopkins University Press) and The state of college access and completion: Improving college success for students from underrepresented groups (with Anthony Jones, 2013, Routledge). Her research has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Atlantic, Education Week, and Huffington Post, as well as on National Public Radio programs and in other outlets. In 2003, Dr. Perna received the Promising Scholar/Early Career Achievement Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education. In 2010, Penn honored her with Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching. In 2011, she received the Robert P. Huff Golden Quill Award from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. In 2014, she was named a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, a Penn Fellow, and the inaugural James S. Riepe Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Cheryl Crazy Bull
Featured Keynote Address
Friday, November 6, 2015
Dr. Crazy Bull (Lakota) is the former President of Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, Washington, and is the President & CEO of the American Indian College Fund. Dr. Crazy Bull has more than 30 years of experience in tribal education. Her extensive experience with the tribal college movement includes initiatives that support Native student success, expansion of academic and workforce programming, community-based research, and intellectual capacity-building focused on leadership and tribal sovereignty. She has advanced the efforts of the tribal colleges to be more responsive to community opportunities and student needs. Dr. Crazy Bull has broad experience with building networks of supporters of tribal students and tribal education and with all aspects of fundraising. She also served as Chair of the Board of Directors of American Indian Higher Education Consortium.
Presidential Address
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Laura W. Perna is James S. Riepe Professor and founding Executive Director of the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy (AHEAD) at the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) and past-Vice President of the American Educational Research Association’s Division J (Postsecondary Education). Dr. Perna’s research examines the ways that social structures, educational practices, and public policies promote and limit college access and success, particularly for individuals from lower-income families and racial/ethnic minority groups. Her scholarship is published in a variety of outlets, including books, journal articles, and policy reports. Recent books include The Attainment Agenda: State policy leadership for higher education (with Joni Finney, 2014, Johns Hopkins University Press) and The state of college access and completion: Improving college success for students from underrepresented groups (with Anthony Jones, 2013, Routledge). Her research has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Atlantic, Education Week, and Huffington Post, as well as on National Public Radio programs and in other outlets. In 2003, Dr. Perna received the Promising Scholar/Early Career Achievement Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education. In 2010, Penn honored her with Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching. In 2011, she received the Robert P. Huff Golden Quill Award from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. In 2014, she was named a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, a Penn Fellow, and the inaugural James S. Riepe Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Cheryl Crazy Bull
Featured Keynote Address
Friday, November 6, 2015
Dr. Crazy Bull (Lakota) is the former President of Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, Washington, and is the President & CEO of the American Indian College Fund. Dr. Crazy Bull has more than 30 years of experience in tribal education. Her extensive experience with the tribal college movement includes initiatives that support Native student success, expansion of academic and workforce programming, community-based research, and intellectual capacity-building focused on leadership and tribal sovereignty. She has advanced the efforts of the tribal colleges to be more responsive to community opportunities and student needs. Dr. Crazy Bull has broad experience with building networks of supporters of tribal students and tribal education and with all aspects of fundraising. She also served as Chair of the Board of Directors of American Indian Higher Education Consortium.