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The NEW Admissions Funnel – Shifting the Focus to Improve Yield
Dr. Andy Beedle, Norton|Norris, Inc.
Dianne Kleber, Norton|Norris, Inc.
The admissions funnel has been used for over 40 years by colleges and universities to increase predictability but doesn't appear to be working any longer. Join this interactive session to learn why there has been declining results since 2002 and how focusing on other phases of the enrollment process will improve the sector's reputation and help enroll (and retain) MORE students!
Level: Advanced
How to Comply with the New Telephone Consumer Protection Act Requirements
Ken Sponsler, CompliancePoint, Inc.
This session will inform the attendees of the new telephone consumer protection act prior written consent standards to include dates that the changes take place and strategies for complying with them. Of particular concern is the risk associated with the use of lead generator sources that have not collected consent to call mobile telephones.
Level: Intermediate
Crisis Management: Data Breach Response
D. Rico Munn, Baker & Hostetler LLP
Erica Gann Kitaev, Baker & Hostetler LLP
Andrew Wichern, Jones International University
The application of crisis management in the context of a data breach. Data privacy and protection are of paramount importance to institutions. The frequency and consequences of a data breach make it an ideal context to understand crisis management.
Level: Intermediate
The Intersection of Regional and National Accreditation: Uniting the Strategic and Institutional Effectiveness Plans
James Wilde, Brown Mackie Colleges
An Institution's Effectiveness Plan (IEP) operationalizes its Strategic Plan with discrete, measureable goals. Progress toward each goal is monitored with an IE dashboard. This session will use Noel Levitz satisfaction statements, mapped to both Regional and National accreditation criteria, for a illustrative example.
Level: Intermediate
Stand out with an Alumni Community: The Impact on the Career School Sector
Dr. Susan Schulz, Susan F. Schulz & Associates, Inc.
Alumni are part of the re-imagining of the career school sector. Engaged alumni refer students, assist on campus, provide job information, and stay in touch-- facilitating Gainful Employment data collection and other relationships. This workshop includes how to set up an Alumni Community and measure its impact on enrollment, retention, placement, and enhancing the career school image.
Level: Intermediate
Onboarding: Stepping Beyond Faculty Orientation
John Shaheen, Distance Learning Consortium
We'll share ideas on what makes an effective career school instructor, and how to orient, train, mentor, monitor, and evaluate faculty based on these objectives. The interactive session includes a sample faculty orientation syllabus, sample mentoring and monitoring checklists, and discusses how to properly evaluate online faculty in support of your school's student engagement and retention goals.
Level: Novice
Deliver Innovative Online Learning Solutions through Multifaceted Project Management
Xuan Ma, Pearson
This session details a partnership between university administrators, lead faculty and educational service provider in their collaborative efforts to design, develop and implement an innovative model for online quantitative and science courses. The presenter will focus on the three areas: (1) managing multiple stakeholders, (2) managing complex development process and (3) managing client and vendor expectations and relationships.
Level: Intermediate
The Strategic Planning Continuum from Values to Performance Planning
David Pauldine, DeVry, Inc.
Following a proper sequence in the strategic planning process positions the institution for maximum results. Attendees will be exposed to a five stage model for strategic planning which moves from macro to micro. Handouts of the model will be distributed and participants will be encouraged to interact with the speaker throughout the session.
Level: Advanced
Stitching Students in BEFORE They Start
Caroline Mug, Student Resource Services, LLC
Dr. Dennis Trinkle, Harrison College
Dr. Larry Banks, Daymar College
This retention workshop focuses on stitching students in before they begin their programs and covers the fundamentals of student retention by incorporating a holistic approach and campus wide ownership. FA, Admissions, Housing, Academics, and Career Services must collaborate on a daily basis regarding student concerns and obstacles so that students are prepared and ready for success.
Level: Intermediate
Default Aversion Through Counseling Strategies: Matching Messages to Different Debt-to-Income Scenarios
Jeff Webster & Chris Fernandez, TG
Using both quantitative and qualitative methods, this study presents (1) debt-to-income ratios for some of the most common U.S. majors, (2) differences in earnings and student loan debt across levels of education by occupation, and (3) promising practices for promoting responsible borrowing and career planning.
Level: Intermediate
Verification and SAP
David Bartnicki, U.S. Department of Education
This session will touch on two very important school policies necessary to properly administer the Title IV aid programs – verification and satisfactory academic progress (SAP). In verification we will explore the new verification items and documentation requirements for 2013-2014; while for SAP, we will review key concepts, procedures and recent policy guidance focusing on those areas often found confusing or problematic from a compliance standpoint. So bring your questions and get ready for a fast-paced, insightful tour of verification and SAP.
Level: Intermediate
Setting the Stage
Corey Greendale, First Analysis Corp.
We all know that enrollment numbers are down across the sector. As we kick off the second year for the exclusive CEO track at the 2013 APSCU Convention, in this session we will look at the facts. Come hear the research analysis numbers behind trends affecting enrollments such as a prolonged down economy, affordability, increased competition, disruptive innovation, increased regulatory scrutiny, and negative media. This discussion will set the stage for the four CEO sessions to follow that will focus on key themes surrounding requirements for growth moving forward.
International Students/Faculty and the U.S. Immigration Laws: What You Need to Know
Katherine Brodie, Ritzert & Leyton, PC
Steve Chema, Ritzert & Leyton, PC
This session will provide background on the U.S. immigration laws that apply to institutions of higher education that recruit and enroll international students. Adding international students at a school student body, or increasing the enrollment of such students, is a decision that must be made with a full understanding of an institution's compliance responsibilities under U.S. immigration laws. The purpose of the session is to provide a basic overview of the regulatory regime in this area for schools that are already recruiting and admitting foreign students, or who are thinking about doing so for the first time.
Level: Intermediate
Detecting Potential Default Scenarios
Sally Samuels, FAME
With Ed focusing on reducing loan debt and default aversion this interactive session will give you tools and resources to ensure compliance. Share best practices with your colleagues and learn from their experience.
Level: Intermediate
The 5 W's of Creating and Maintaining a Compliant Financial Aid Policy and Procedures Manual
Chryl Ayers, Global Financial Aid Services, Inc.
Discuss the requirement to create and regularly update the Financial Aid Policy and Procedures Manual by discussing –Who, What, Where, When, and Why?
Level: Intermediate
The Culminating Education Experience: How Capstone Education Courses are Improving the Student Academic Experience
Dr. Charles Ware, Professional Fitness Institute, a division of Pinnacle Career Institute
The session is designed to provide the participant with knowledge regarding the value of summative evaluation and how it is related to the capstone education experience and the attainment of curricular outcomes.
Level: Intermediate
Using Data to Maximize Your Higher Education Programs
Ellen Silva, CareerBuilder
Brian Points, Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. (EMSI)
This session focuses on sharing relevant data on employment growth, market analysis and graduation rates to help you evaluate and spark questions about your curriculum, career services and competition. Pairing your questions with the CareerBuilder and EMSI big data, together we can find the big answers.
Level: Advanced
Building an Effective Faculty Development Program Spanning The Faculty Lifecycle … From Pre-Hire to Old Pro
Dr. John King, Lincoln Educational Services
Marya Withers, Lincoln Educational Services
This session will discuss effective and efficient methods and components of a faculty Development program that spans the entire lifecycle of a faculty member from the Pre-hire stage to faculty retraining and skills upgrade.
Level: Intermediate
Does the Social Aspect Really Matter in HigherEd? See How KnowU is Doing to Find Out
Raymond Blackwood, Campus Management Corporation
Jason Stele, Harrison College
One year ago, Harrison College implemented KnowU , a social learning platform designed to allow online students to engage more deeply in their learning community. Is it working, what lessons have been learned and how can a social platform impact your retention rates?
Level: Intermediate
"Flipped" Leadership!
Jay Hollowell, MaxKnowledge, Inc.
In a time of workforce reductions, change and declining morale, proactive leadership is more important than ever. This upbeat session examines how to "flip" our leadership process into an interactive and supportive model, and presents specific techniques for motivating a diverse staff and faculty during challenging times.
Level: Intermediate
Matters of Interest for Small Schools
Joe Martin, ITI Technical College
David Pauldine, DeVry, Inc.
Steve Gunderson, APSCU
Please join APSCU leadership in an open discussion of issues specific to single campus, family owned, and/or small to mid-sized schools. What can the Association do better to serve the needs that are unique to your schools and your employees? We invite you to gather in an open forum to address the current and future benefits of being an APSCU member.
All Levels
Improve Student Retention Through Proactive Outreach and the Development of a Student Success Ecosystem
Carey Hilderbrand, Neutron Interactive
Tina Stavredes, Starting Point Education
This session will discuss ways to improve student retention through the development of a student success ecosystem. Learn why students are not successful in school and understand how a combination of motivation and ability strategies can help students change behavior in order to increase their ability to persist and graduate.
Level: Intermediate
Developing an Institutional Annual Report to the Community
Bob Martin, Imagine America Foundation
Michael Cooney, Career Education Review
Dan Inman, Daymar Colleges Group
Jenny Faubert, Imagine America Foundation
Effective communications and community outreach can be enhanced by utilizing the updated 2013 Imagine America Foundation Fact Book, the new IAF Civic Engagement Survey and custom designed communications tools. Selected pilot institutions will share their experiences, best practices and outcomes.
Level: Intermediate
Top 10 Audit Findings
Cassandra Weems, U.S. Department of Education
This session will give you an overview of FSA's top ten audit findings, including approaches or solutions on how to avoid them at your institution.
Level: Intermediate
Surviving and Thriving in the New World Order of Private Sector Education
Dr. Wallace Pond, EduK Group
Peter Homer, HomerBonner
Shaun McAlmont, Lincoln Educational Services
Following closely behind the opening CEO session on the root causes of enrollment softness in our sector, we will now discuss in depth effective responses to these challenges and how to get back on a path to growth. Whether it be reduced funding, increased competition, declining student population, disruptive innovation, or increased regulatory challenges, this diverse panel will lead a discussion on how we might collectively deal with the challenges of this new world order.
How Social Media Marketing Can Destroy…and What You Can Do About It
Gregg Meiklejohn, Enrollment Resources, Inc.
Shane Sparks, Enrollment Resources, Inc.
There is so much hype about Social Media these days, yet if used incorrectly it can 'really' hurt the performance of your school. Learn about the side of Social Media that no one really wants you to know.
Level: Advanced
Student Loan Counseling: How to Implement a More Effective Solution
Kris Alban, iGrad
Deb Barker-Garcia, Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
One of the major influencers of student dropout and default is over-borrowing. A recent survey showed that most student loan borrowers accept the maximum loan award without determining how much they actually need. We will cover several eye-opening statistics from this survey, and explain how to implement a program which will actually change student behavior and dramatically improve this statistic. Specific examples will be given to account for the following challenges; implementing changes across multiple campuses, accounting for the differences between online and ground schools, and getting the executive management team on-board with new initiatives.
Level: Intermediate
Complying with the Requirements for Professional Licensure: New Challenges for Schools Offering Professional Degrees
Greg Ferenbach, Dow Lohnes Higher Education Practice Group
David Adams, Kaplan Higher Education
Jeannie Yockey-Fine, Dow Lohnes PLLC
Vanessa Richmond, Porter and Chester Institute
This session will explore new compliance challenges for schools offering professional and graduate degrees in fields such as nursing or teaching. Specific new federal requirements under the misrepresentation rules contrast with less clear and still evolving state and accreditation requirements. Schools offering professional degree programs online face special challenges in determining the need for (and in obtaining and maintaining) authorization by all appropriate agencies.
Level: Intermediate
Engaging Underserved Students Prior to Enrollment with Effective GED Test Prep Programs
Roy Hurd, Empire College
Karen Allanson, Pearson Learning Solutions
In this session, attendees will learn how they can significantly improve students' chances for success on test day and beyond. They will hear from EmpireCollege's Director of Education, Vickie Savino, who has witnessed firsthand the tremendous benefit of rigorous online test preparation programs for the GED® exam.
Level: Intermediate
Understanding The Benefits and Strategies of Social Media in Your Career Services Division
Julie Warden, West Virginia Junior College
Understanding the Benefits and Strategies of Social Media in your Career Services Division gives an in-depth look into the current free tools in the social media market that our students are utilizing and how we can use these tools to brand and promote our students professionally. In addition to using the programs for student success, this presentation also reviews how Career Services Divisions can use social media sites to implement new placement strategies, extend employer and company outreach, improve alumni relations, promote professional networking and highlight beneficial community involvement events.
Level: Intermediate
Writing: The Lost Art Form/ Career Colleges Writing Metric
Dr. Connie Duke, ITT Technical Institute
Writing is often mystifying, especially for practitioners. This session will give attendees a quick method for teaching writing across the disciplines. Students in career schools are not English majors, yet they must know how to get their ideas across clearly. They need a process.
Level: Novice/Intermediate
Fun-Learning: Using Educational Videogames to Reinforce Learning Outcomes
Lester Frederick, Full Sail University
Do your digital native learners need to improve their learning outcomes? Integrating educational video games into the curriculum can assist educators with facilitating instruction. Discover how game-based learning can be used to reinforce learning outcomes.
Level: Intermediate
Talent Acquisition and Management
Debbie Muno, Muno, Summers & Associates
Now, more than ever it is paramount for schools to employ the right people in each position. Employees are the greatest assets of an organization and while the right employees can drive success, ill-suited employees can create devastation. This session will discuss the disconnect between the seemingly "perfect candidate" and their actual job performance, style and cultural fit with your school. We will investigate the reasons behind why this happens and discuss methodologies to avoid this in the future. Additionally, we will calculate the cost of employee turnover and discuss actions to reduce costly "people problems".
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
How to Help the Instructor Recognize and Address the Student with PTSD Issues
Dr. Randy Flynt, Intellitec College
Dr. Flynt, a Clinical Psychologist and Dean of Students, will give guidance on how an instructor can recognize and address the student in the classroom who is suffering PTSD symptoms. Focus will be on techniques for handling classroom situations.
Level: Intermediate
The Challenges and Payoff of Conducting an Academic Program/Degree Market Feasibility Study
Daniel Meges, Chmura Economics & Analytics
We will focus on our experience in conducting several market feasibility studies and highlight the crucial assumptions and factors that need to be included for an accurate and credible estimate of the untapped market potential or the level of market saturation in a given locality.
All Levels
Top 10 Program Review Findings
Cassandra Weems, U.S. Department of Education
This session will give you an overview of FSA's top ten program review findings, including approaches or solutions on how to avoid them at your institution.
Level: Intermediate
Discussion with the Chronicle of Higher Education on the Accountability Movement
Goldie Blumenstyk, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Higher Education has entered the era of accountability, with governments, students, parents all increasingly demanding information about how colleges of every sector are performing. Along with the many governmental regulations and tools, like the Obama Administration's College Scorecard, many higher education associations and states are creating their own systems to measure college outcomes.
During the APSCU Convention, Goldie Blumenstyk, Senior Writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education will be conducting a special conversation on accountability, where she will also provide a preview at "College Reality Check," the Chronicle's new interactive online tool for comparing colleges on graduation rates, graduates' earnings, and other metrics.
Student Prospects Keep Changing the Channel: How to Make Sure Your Admissions Team Is Tuning Them Back In
Martin Lind, Leads360, Inc.
Gregg Meiklejohn, Enrollment Resources, Inc.
Even with today's sophisticated technologies, many marketing and admissions managers are still guessing at how to best combine phone, email and even text into the most effective contact strategy to support the enrollment process. Some have rules based on hunches, others based on experience, but it's unlikely that any have done a multivariate analysis to determine how best to insert different communication types into a communication stream with an inquiry. In this first of its kind study, Leads360 will examine the results of nearly a million inquiries to determine which factors make emails, phone calls and texting to prospective students the most valuable.
Level: Intermediate
Digital Evolution - Understanding the Ever-Changing Student Search Path
Kristin MacGregor, Google
Tracy Kreikemeier, PlattForm Advertising
Searching for school continues to evolve in a 4 screen world and the path your students are taking to research and find you is ever changing. Gain additional insight on what that process looks like, current trends and new media on the horizon.
Level: Intermediate
How the New FSA Audit Guide Will Affect your School
Ted Blendermann, McClintock & Associates
Ronald Holt, Dunn & Davison
Rick Thomas, Salmon Sims Thomas & Associates
Ben Darcy, Kessler Orlean Silver & Co.
George Fogel, Rasmussen College
The new Audit Guide has been in draft form for a couple of years and is being revised to comply with a number of regulatory provisions. This Guide will add a number of new provisions which auditors must perform. Attend this session to ensure you understand the changes and how this will affect your annual audits. Schools need to ensure their auditors are following the new Guide or risk having the audit reports rejected by the U.S. Department of Education.
Level: Intermediate
APSCU Federal Legislative and Regulatory Update
Sally Stroup, APSCU
Rebecca Campoverde, Kaplan Higher Education Corporation
While the Department restarts negotiated rulemaking and continues its regulatory agenda, Congress is busy dealing with interest rate issues and the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Where do their efforts intersect? Where do they diverge? What happens with gainful employment and state authorization/misrepresentation/incentive compensation? What can our institutions realistically expect from Congress and the States?
Level: Intermediate
First Generation Students and the Key Characteristics of Successful Online, On-Ground and Hybrid Students
Dr. David Harpool, Dunn and Davison, LLC
Chris Dunham, Regis University
To ensure student success in reaching graduation institutions need to evaluate student needs as compared to institutional services provided. A wealth of research clearly indicates that there is a significant difference in the ability of first generation college students as compared to other students (even second generation) in terms of possessing and/or developing the key characteristics of successful online learners.
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Emerging Career Services Technologies: Business Not As Usual
Matthew Berndt, CSO Research, Inc.
Mary Anne Thompson, Going Global
Randy Bitting, InterviewStream
Mason Gates; CSO Connect
This session addresses the role technology can serve in (a) communicating with students and each other, (b) providing career services, and (c) recruiting candidates. It presents examples and strategies for maximizing your web-presence, using career services enterprise software and leveraging social media. And it introduces new technologies useful in connecting students and employers "virtually."
All Levels
The 5 C's of Learner Engagement
Dr. Ana Donaldson, Wiley
This session will offer specific ideas for developing activities that promote engaged learning. Participants will examine the phases of engagement and discuss the adaptation and development of activities that match each phase. Examples of activities will be provided.
Level: Novice
Impact of Adaptive Learning on Student Learning and Success
Dr. Ulrik Juul Christensen, Area9
Personalized learning, on a global scale, that is also affordable, is available. In this session, attendees will discover how software technologies can help educators and content providers develop personalized educational and training solutions to ensure learners truly understand what matters.
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Get Control of Your Course Materials: Reducing Costs Through Standardization
Bruce Schneider, Ambassador Education Solutions
Dr. Joel English, Centura College
Sue Wierenga, Alta Colleges
Curriculum management takes work on the part of academics and operations alike. Learn how both groups can work together to standardize course materials, reduce costs, analyze the use of course materials, achieve economies of scale, and more.
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
APSCU Best Practices for Military & Veteran Education
Jeff Cropsey, Grantham University
Jim Hendrickson, Colorado Technical University
Joe Wescott, National Association of State Approving Agencies
Ryan Gallucci, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.
Mike Dakduk, Student Veterans of America
Steve Gonzalez, American Legion
When the media, Capitol Hill, the Administration, and many veteran service organizations (VSOs) began to question some private sector colleges and universities commitment to providing a quality education to military and veteran students and the protection of military and veteran education benefits emerged as a top, legislative priority, APSCU made a calculated risk to pursue a proactive, thoughtful course of action. Consequently, APSCU released the "Five Tenets of Veteran Education," which, among other things, established APSCU's Blue Ribbon Taskforce. Comprised of APSCU and non-APSCU members, the Taskforce released the culmination of their efforts in a February 2013 Report entitled, "Report of the APSCU Blue Ribbon Taskforce for Military and Veteran Education." The Report provides an overview of the military and veteran student, a recommendation for measuring the academic outcomes of these populations, and, notably, Best Practices in Military and Veteran Education.
Level: Intermediate
The Value of Corporate Sponsorships and Employer Advocacy
Shaun McAlmont, Lincoln Educational Services
The effectiveness of our sector is defined in terms of student career preparation. It is further defined by the rate at which sector graduates succeed in finding employment and enhance their ability to advance in their careers. The relationship to the industries for which we prepare our students, and the associated validation by those who hire our graduates, add value to our institutional operations. This session will consider the operational benefits of effective models that reflect such corporate sponsorship and employer advocacy for the benefit of students.
How the Department of Education Is Helping Students Make Informed Decisions About Higher Education
Michael Itzkowitz, U.S. Department of Education
More and more, Americans understand the critical role that earning a college degree plays in their lives, with prospects for higher earnings and further advancements that extend throughout their careers. However, one of the greatest challenges Americans face is the rising cost of higher education. To help students and families make informed decisions about their choice for higher education, the U.S. Department of Education has provided students with a set of consumer tools to help guide their choices. This session will provide a rundown as to the benefits of these resources—explaining the nuts and bolts of each in the process.
Level: Intermediate
Frankly My Dear – Marketing is Essential! So What is Working?
Gregory Gragg, Gragg Advertising
Darryl Mattox, Gragg Advertising
David Mohr, Illinois School of Health Careers
In this session Gragg Advertising will share our research and analysis of marketing data from all media types, revealing what marketing channels are working, national averages and what impact branding has on overall success.
How to Survive in Today's Turbulent World of Student Lead Generation
Andy Kelley, Effective Student Marketing
Chuck Steenburgh, National College
The world of online lead generation is changing and your school needs to adapt to escape the "rat race." Learn how to spend your marketing money more efficiently through a comprehensive online strategy that includes PPC, social media, content creation, and your own website.
Transparency and the Prospective Student: Effectively Using Disclosures to Achieve Positive Outcomes and Mitigate Future Disputes
Michael Schafer, EdPartners LLC
Peter Homer, HomerBonner
Keith Zakarin, Duane Morris, LLP
Kathy Megivern, CAAHEP
Carol Moneymaker, ABHES
This session will provide the foundation and rationale for institutional leadership to adopt or enhance a clear and understandable approach to describing accreditation status (institutional and programmatic) to prospective students and adopting this language throughout the student lifecycle for admissions, operations, legal, academics and career services.
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
APSCU's Proposals for the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act
Diane Auer Jones, Career Education Corporation
Tom Babel, DeVry, Inc.
Mark Pelesh, Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
Jeff Arthur, ECPI University
The reauthorization of the Higher Education Act is on the horizon. This panel will discuss the ideas and proposals put forth by the APSCU Taskforce on reauthorization, and other proposals of interest currently being discussed on Capitol Hill.
All Levels
A Changing Paradigm for Quality Assurance in Higher Education: What Role will Accreditation Play?
Elise Scanlon, Elise Scanlon Law Group
John Przypyszny, Drinker Biddle & Reath
Dr. Michale McComis, Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC)
This session will explore how technology, the economy and other factors are shaping a new quality assurance paradigm in higher education, the implications for higher education policy and a potential changing role for accreditation.
APSCU Best Practices in Career Services
Martha Lanaghen, Sparrow Group
Jeanne Herrmann, Globe University
Career outcomes are increasingly critical to APSCU member schools and the Blue Ribbon Taskforce on Career Services Best Practices has gathered recommendations for ways that your school can impact student preparedness and program effectiveness to drive best-ever employment outcomes and student satisfaction. You'll not only learn about the Best Practices, but you'll also learn about how you can implement these ideas and bring them to life on your campus.
All Levels
What Is It About Today's Students, Anyway? Examining Generational Psychographics
Dr. Marylin Newell, College Matters
Wondering how to reach today's students? They seem so---different. And they are! Wired from birth and closely monitored by helicopter parents, reaching today's 18-30 year old (and older students, too) takes an understanding their IAO (interests, attitudes, opinions)—psychographics.
To MOOC or not to MOOC: The Mystery and Might of Massive Open Online Courses
Dr. Diana Martin, Keiser University
Dr. James Hutton, Keiser University
Rebecca Whitehead, Campus Management Corporation
Omar Habayeb, Harrison College
Dr. Wallace Pond, EduK Group
What are MOOCs and why are they getting so much attention? How might they "change the game" going forward? What issues might MOOCs solve and what challenges do they present? What role might they play in private sector schools? Join in this panel discussion about one of the hottest topics in higher education.
Level: Novice/Intermediate
The Impact of Healthcare Reform on APSCU Member Schools
Bo Hartsfield, Cobbs, Allen & Hall
Tracy Leeth, Cobbs, Allen & Hall
Bill Ojile, Alta Colleges
Christy Strong, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C.
Hayley Hanson, Husch Blackwell LLP
"The Impact of Healthcare Reform on APSCU Member Schools" is an in-depth discussion of the impacts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on APSCU member schools. Affordability and eligibility concerns for schools of all sizes will be addressed.
Weathering the 'Perfect Storm' for Loan Defaults
Teresa Spruill, USA Funds
Dean Riling, Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology
Several factors have conspired to produce a "perfect storm" for student loan default. Postsecondary institutions should adopt an institution-wide approach, founded on solid planning and a "life of the student" approach to improve their cohort default rates.
Bold Responses in Challenging Times
Renee Herzing, Herzing University
Jason Konesco, Harrison College
Brad Kuykendall, Western Technical College
Noah Black, APSCU
Join three next generation leaders as they discuss how they are applying bold responses to challenging times. What are programs, protocols and procedures are they continuing? What they are considering (or already have) changed? Specifically, with a changing media landscape at a national and local level, how are these institutions leveraging assets to raise and protect their profile and presence? How are they using digital media tools to promote their programs and institutional success, while protecting their online reputation?
Level: Advanced
Not All Leads are Created Equal: Vendor Tactics that Ruin Marketing Budgets & ROI
Al Huizenga, Cunet
Ross Shanken, LeadiD
Through an in-depth analysis of 30 million education lead records, we identify common ways in which providers can manipulate data to maximize profits. We will explore the frequency of these patterns and the impact that they have on marketing ROI.
New Technologies and Tips to Help Enrollment Marketers Be More Efficient with Less Money
Steve Winchester, Datamark
Martin Lind, Leads360, Inc.
Jeff Greenfield, C3 Metrics
Brittany Smith, Datamark
New technologies, evolving processes and greater access to data can make your enrollment marketing organization more productive and efficient. Learn the not-so-obvious ways to make your dollars go further and your staff more effective.
Student Recruitment, Third-Party Vendors, and the Federal Trade Commission
Jonathan Pompan, Venable LLP
Lois Greisman, Federal Trade Commission
The FTC and other consumer protection enforcement agencies are actively scrutinizing the for-profit education sector, including third-party marketing companies. This panel discussion, which features one of the FTC's top enforcers, will provide an update and strategies to help avoid enforcement actions.
Level: Novice/Intermediate
Implementation of the Principles of Excellence and H.R. 4057
Rob Worley, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Mike Dakduk, Student Veterans of America
Steve Gonzalez, American Legion
In 2012, President Obama signed an Executive Order to strengthen oversight, enforcement, and accountability of military and veteran educational benefit programs by the U.S. Departments of Defense, Education, and Veterans Affairs. During the 112th Congress, legislation (H.R. 4057) supported by APSCU and other veteran education stakeholders to improve outcomes for veteran students was signed into law. This session allows key agency representatives to provide an update on the implementation of the EO and P.L. 112-249.
Level: Intermediate
APSCU Best Practices in Financial Literacy
Tommy Sims, ECMC Solutions
Kris Alban, iGrad
Heidy Santizo, DeVry Inc.
This presentation will cover various "Best Practices in Financial Literacy" based on a broad group of APSCU schools and servicers, ranging in size and resources, as they educate students regarding financial management. It is our hope that after this presentation schools will be able to take back to their campus various strategies and financial literacy concepts that can enhance student outcomes. This will be a panel discussion in an effort to identify various key components as well as answer questions from experts that have been successful in implementing financial literacy campaigns at schools.
Level: Intermediate
Experience Counts! Leveraging Internship/Externship Experience to Secure Employment for your Graduates
Mary Beth Ryder, RXinsider Higher Education Group
Ann Cross, Sparrow Group
Connie Johnson, Colorado Technical Institute
This session is an interactive and engaging workshop about standardizing and implementing institutional wide externship best practices. This is not a theoretical workshop- You'll hear stories of success, see data that supports employment outcomes and leave with tools that you can take back to your institution and use immediately.
Level: Advanced
Teaching DON'TS
Mike Lanouette, Remington College
Even the best instructors can accidentally step on educational landmines every now and then. When they do, their effectiveness is well . . . affected. Being an effective instructor means not only doing the things you are supposed to do, but avoiding those things in the classroom you should not be doing. One way to minimize this from happening is to specifically identify the DON'Ts of the classroom. This presentation identifies, examines, and gives alternative practices to common DON'Ts that unassuming and even well-meaning instructors tend to do in a typical classroom setting.
Level: Novice
Educational Technology – What Should We Expect and How is it Changing The Classroom Today and Tomorrow
Dr. John King, Lincoln Educational Services
Randi Butcher, Lincoln Educational Services
Jessica Nepom, Knewton
Robert Rupert, Laerdal Medical
Dr. Michale McComis, Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC)
Troy Anderson, MindTap/MindLinks
Educational Technology is advancing at a rapid pace challenging education to Keep pace. This session will discuss the educational landscape and discuss how and Why Educational Technology is and will change the way students learn and succeed.
Level: Novice/Intermediate
Where Do We Go From Here? Succession Planning for the Next Phase
Diane DiFebbo, CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP
Brian Buwalda, CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP
Have you considered the next phase for your school and do you have a plan that ensures your school's success into the future? This session will discuss things you need to consider for your succession plan.
Level: Intermediate
Closing the Gap: Career Education's Role in the Drive to Economic Recovery
Michael Platt, Career College Central
Chris Hoehn-Saric, Sterling Partners
Eric Winegardner, Monster
Richard Vedder, Center for College Affordability and Productivity
Michele Wilson, Stevens-Henager College
Our nation is at a crossroads as we face an economic crisis fueled by a growing skills gap and capacity gap. This panel of industry experts will discuss how career education is a large part of the solution and will drive economic recovery.
Level: Intermediate
Watch your Language: Higher Education Appropriate Terminology
David Pauldine, DeVry, Inc.
Most agree the number one challenge facing our sector is image. Our reputation is our greatest asset and clearly it has been under stress the past few years. Of course, the most important way to improve an image is to do so with actions. Much of this conference will address key initiatives to improve student outcomes and sector efforts to hold all of higher ed to acceptable standards of practice. In addition to actions, words are important. The terminology that we use day in and day needs to change to reflect the reality that our business is higher education. This session will give specific examples of how words, statements and images matter and how the reputation of private sector college and universities depends upon our commitment to make changes in these areas.
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Dr. James Hutton, Keiser University
Mitch Talenfeld, MDT Direct
APSCU's Professional Development Committee has been tasked with the mission of creating Best Practice recommendations in various areas centering on APSCU's commitment to excellence program. This interactive session will present ideas developed by the marketing and admissions task force members for audience comment in an effort to present a final recommendation to APSCU's Board of Directors. Be prepared to present ideas and provide input in all areas involving student recruitment practices.
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Jeannie Yockey-Fine, Dow Lohnes PLLC
Matt Johnson, Dow Lohnes PLLC
Alexis Clements, Ashford University
This session will provide an overview of the various levels of regulation of federal VA education benefits, focusing on the relationship between state approving agencies, regional VA offices, and the VA central office and providing suggestions for navigating these agencies.
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Managing Risk in the Current Regulatory and Legal Environment
Bruce Denson, Cobbs Allen & Hall, Inc.
Bill Ojile, Alta Colleges
Keith Zakarin, Duane Morris
Peter Homer, HomerBonner
William Calhoun, Corinthian Colleges
This session will look at how to manage risk by preventing risk through sound operations and by shifting risk back to vendors or transferring it to insurance companies.
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Negotiated Rulemaking - Here We Go Again
Rebecca Campoverde, Kaplan Higher Education Corporation
Tom Babel, DeVry, Inc.
Norman Blome, Alta Colleges
Elaine Neely, MedTech College
Come hear about the recent department of Ed hearings which light the way for the upcoming negotiated rulemaking sessions. We expect the hearings to cover issues such as gainful employment, clock/credit hour, state authorization for programs offered through distance education, state authorization for foreign locations of institutions located in a state, campus safety and security changes required by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, adverse credit for plus loans, debit card use, and other topics. Who knows what more may come up at the Department's regional hearings in May or what issues will actually be included when the negotiated rulemaking committee convenes?
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Financial Literacy-Addressing The Need of The Non-Traditional Student
Donna Miller, iGrad
Paula Craw, ECMC
Don Tillery, Kaplan
We often assume that students fresh out of high school know little about financial literacy and money management but many people also assume that a typically older, more experienced non-traditional student has a better grasp on their finances. Why is this and is it really true? Join us for this entertaining session on how non-traditional students can be just as uninformed and how other schools and entities are addressing the need.
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Driving Outcomes and Student Retention with Course Materials
Sarah Riddlebarger, ED MAP, Inc.
Dr. Fred Stielow, American Public University System
New technologies are creating uncertainties within higher education. Course materials are the hidden linchpin. They must balance among Web transformations, traditional resources and finances. Such union is vital for student success, but also the creation of Web pedagogies.
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Stretching Career Services: Challenges and Ideas in Serving Online and Other Remote Populations
Dan Beaudry, Going Global, Inc.
Madeleine Slutsky, DeVry University
Joey Lauter, International Academy of Design & Technology Online
Stephen Shipley, Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
Many private sector universities are growing online programs, recruiting internationally, or providing career services to alumni. How can career services departments meet the needs of a student body that could be located almost anywhere?
Measuring Learning Outcomes and Faculty Performance with Interactive Performance-Based Assessments
Ken Silber, Wonderlic
Dr. Larry Banks, Daymar Colleges Group
Dr. Fawzi BenMessaoud, Campus Performance
This session shows how to use interactive performance-based learning outcomes assessments mapped to industry-defined competencies and skills to measure student and faculty performance, evaluate teaching effectiveness, prescribe individual learning paths, diagnose issues to improve teacher performance, and determine gaps and deficiency where timely adjustments can be made. The result is students who are better prepared to take on jobs, teachers who are better instructors, and curricula that are aligned to industry and employer needs.
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Vinnie Torralbes, GlobalHealth Education
Kristen Rumble, Campus Management
Rodrigo Menchaca, DialogEDU
The decision to license a learning management system is multidepartmental and is one of the most important decisions an institution can make today. The selection of a Learning Management System and the integration of a Student Information System is core to a high-quality teaching environment and the professional management of an institution of higher education.
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Women Leading in Proprietary Education
Vickie Schray, Bridgepoint Education
Dr. Connie Johnson, Colorado Technical University
Dr. Trenda Boyum-Breen, Rasmussen College
Diane Auer Jones, Career Education Corporation
Dr. Tina Parscal, University of the Rockies
Sally Stroup, APSCU
This session will focus on the successes and challenges that a female leader may face in leadership roles. This presentation will include techniques that the presenters have successfully used as tools to remove barriers and how women can challenge and mentor female colleagues to raise their professional goals and to enhance leadership opportunities.
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Outstanding First-Year Experiences that Drive Retention and Student Success
Martha Lanaghen, Sparrow Group
Brooks Doherty, Rasmussen College
From application to the second term – there is no time in a student's lifecycle when they are more at risk. Presenters will walk you through best practices collected from dozens of schools around the country. You'll learn about remediation, orientation and early-tenure student retention – and you'll take home practical tools that you can implement immediately to improve start rates and student success.
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What Motivates Prospective Students? Examining the Decision-to-Enroll Process
Joel Borgmeier, Datamark
Joeri Weyenberg, Kaplan University
Steve Winchester, Datamark
The enrollment process combines logical, functional steps with emotional considerations. In this second part of our extensive research with private sector prospects, applicants and enrollees, we'll dive into the thought processes and feelings they experience, and the reasons they do or do not enroll.
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2534 Mandela Pkwy, Oakland, CA | Directions 9460737.820375 -122.288838
Closed Monday. Open Tuesday - Saturday, 7am to 3pm, Sunday 8am to 3pm
Neighborhoods: Clawson, West Oakland
The lightest airiest waffles with a sweet apple cider syrup complement the fried chicken perfectly.
Oakland Police Department Should Not Be On The Menu – Food is good, staff is great, owner...questionable! She called the police on us after we had eaten. In West Oakland? After people eat, they converse. Yes I said converse, not conversate. Yet we fit the description of suspicious activity to her? I will not eat there again until I get a personal apology from her.
Yummy! – Went here with some childhood friends and the food was incredible! I had the waffles and chicken....can't wait till I go back again! The only negative...we had an 1 1/2 hr wait, but it was worth it!
Oakland Soul Food, Disappointed. – Disappointed. Thought the location was hip and trendy, in a more industrial, Port-Authority - shipyard area, and just over the Bay Bridge from Oakland, near Ikea in Emeryville, could the location be more hip. I went at 1:30/2pm, they serve their signature dish "waffles and chicken" all day. I believe they're open for breakfast and dinner. It's a good space, clean and I like the open counter space, you can see the dishes being prepared. The place was full, just a short wait, I was hoping for the best, but, I was very disappointed.
I had the signature waffle and chicken dish with the apple syrup/butter and just to test the soul-fullness the black-eyed pea salad. Hmmm? Let's say this, my hot food was served cold to me. The biggest disappointment was the waffles. The butter didn't melt on the waffles and they were just short of being a thin crispy cracker, it was truly sad. The chicken, even though cold, I picked at it for flavor. The only thing I could taste was the tabasco sauce and maybe paprika that was in the coating, other wise it lacked flavor. The black-eyed pea salad must have been the bottom of the bowl. I couldn't taste the peas for the onions, red pepper and vinegar were far to overpowering and the peas; the skins were tough. They had an ice tea that was interesting. Was my food sitting around somewhere, couldn't say but that's what I was served so this is the review.
I can only say "take a chance" you might have to leave the food on the counter it's never worth the $27 tab. Oh and yes, the waitress told me " you can stay as long as you like but, you have to pay-up now." Hmmmmmm? Reader's Choice
Healthy Soul Food! – I've been here a few times. I'd go more if the wait wasn't sometimes an hour long. The reason for the wait? The food.
Some of my favorite menu items: Chicken and waffles with apple syrup, pulled pork sandwich with homemade (very FRESH) cole slaw, mac and cheese.
They also have pies and other dessert treats.
The dining room is very modern and streamlined. Unfortunately, the service is not. It often takes awhile to get your water or coffee refilled, or to get the bill. Oh, and it is a bit pricey for a breakfast spot - so don't bring your unemployed friends unless you're footing the bill.
The food is worth the hassle though...when you have the time to spare.
Soul-food spot serves standard southern brunch fare in the mornings and wood-smoked BBQ for lunch--with local flourishes. – In Short
Down-home cooking takes up residence in an industrial area away from any other attractions in West Oakland. Yet the quick sell-out of "home" baked goods--pecan pie, ginger molasses cake and sticky buns--is proof that the soul-food fare is fine enough to pull in Bay Area diners. Dishes such as cheddar cheese grits, buttermilk biscuits, crusted ctfish and shrimp po' boys are southern classics. Yet there's also love affair with the locals--Acme bread, Blue Chair Fruit Co. preserves, Blue Bottle Coffee and Marin County Three Twins Ice Cream are featured.
Hits: Caffeine junkies will get their fix with locally roasted, French-pressed Blue Bottle coffee.
Misses: With wait staff moving at their own pace and sometimes inaccurate bill calculations that may work for or against you, service is undeniably spotty.
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Bunker Hill
A City, a Siege, a Revolution
Nathaniel Philbrick - Author
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Nathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Mayflower, brings his prodigious talents to the story of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution.
Boston in 1775 is an island city occupied by British troops after a series of incendiary incidents by patriots who range from sober citizens to thuggish vigilantes. After the Boston Tea Party, British and American soldiers and Massachusetts residents have warily maneuvered around each other until April 19, when violence finally erupts at Lexington and Concord. In June, however, with the city cut off from supplies by a British blockade and Patriot militia poised in siege, skirmishes give way to outright war in the Battle of Bunker Hill. It would be the bloodiest battle of the Revolution to come, and the point of no return for the rebellious colonists.
Philbrick brings a fresh perspective to every aspect of the story. He finds new characters, and new facets to familiar ones. The real work of choreographing rebellion falls to a thirty-three year old physician named Joseph Warren who emerges as the on-the-ground leader of the Patriot cause and is fated to die at Bunker Hill. Others in the cast include Paul Revere, Warren's fiancé the poet Mercy Scollay, a newly recruited George Washington, the reluctant British combatant General Thomas Gage and his more bellicose successor William Howe, who leads the three charges at Bunker Hill and presides over the claustrophobic cauldron of a city under siege as both sides play a nervy game of brinkmanship for control.
With passion and insight, Philbrick reconstructs the revolutionary landscape—geographic and ideological—in a mesmerizing narrative of the robust, messy, blisteringly real origins of America.
Preface: The Decisive Day
On a hot, almost windless afternoon in June, a seven-year-old boy stood beside his mother and looked out across the green islands of Boston Harbor. To the northwest, sheets of fire and smoke rose from the base of a distant hill. Even though the fighting was at least ten miles away, the concussion of the great guns burst like bubbles across his tear-streaked face.
At that moment, John Adams, the boy's father, was more than three hundred miles to the south at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Years later, the elder Adams claimed that the American Revolution had started not with the Boston Massacre, or the Tea Party, or the skirmishes at Lexington and Concord and all the rest, but had been "effected before the war commenced . . . in the minds and hearts of the people." For his son, however, the "decisive day" (a phrase used by the boy's mother, Abigail) was June 17, 1775.
Seventy-one years after that day, in the jittery script of an old man, John Quincy Adams described the terrifying afternoon when he and his mother watched the battle from a hill beside their home in Braintree: "I saw with my own eyes those fires, and heard Britannia's thunders in the Battle of Bunker's hill and witnessed the tears of my mother and mingled with them my own." They feared, he recounted, that the British troops might at any moment march out of Boston and "butcher them in cold blood" or take them as hostages and drag them back into the besieged city. But what he remembered most about the battle was the hopeless sense of sorrow that he and his mother felt when they learned that their family physician, Dr. Joseph Warren, had been killed.
Warren had saved John Quincy Adams's badly fractured forefinger from amputation, and the death of this "beloved physician" was a terrible blow to a boy whose father's mounting responsibilities required that he spend months away from home. Even after John Quincy Adams had grown into adulthood and become a public figure, he refused to attend all anniversary celebrations of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Joseph Warren, just thirty-four at the time of his death, had been much more than a beloved doctor to a seven-year-old boy. Over the course of the two critical months between the outbreak of hostilities at Lexington Green and the Battle of Bunker Hill, he became the most influential patriot leader in the province of Massachusetts. As a member of the Committee of Safety, he had been the man who ordered Paul Revere to alert the countryside that British soldiers were headed to Concord; as president of the Provincial Congress, he had overseen the creation of an army even as he waged a propaganda campaign to convince both the American and British people that Massachusetts was fighting for its survival in a purely defensive war. While his more famous compatriots John Adams, John Hancock, and Samuel Adams were in Philadelphia at the Second Continental Congress, Warren was orchestrating the on-the-ground reality of a revolution.
Warren had only recently emerged from the shadow of his mentor Samuel Adams when he found himself at the head of the revolutionary movement in Massachusetts, but his presence (and absence) were immediately felt. When George Washington assumed command of the provincial army gathered outside Boston just two and a half weeks after the Battle of Bunker Hill, he was forced to contend with the confusion and despair that followed Warren's death. Washington's ability to gain the confidence of a suspicious, stubborn, and parochial assemblage of New England militiamen marked the advent of a very different kind of leadership. Warren had passionately, often impulsively, tried to control the accelerating cataclysm. Washington would need to master the situation deliberately and—above all—firmly. Thus, the Battle of Bunker Hill is the critical turning point in the story of how a rebellion born in the streets of Boston became a countrywide war for independence.
This is also the story of two British generals. The first, Thomas Gage, was saddled with the impossible task of implementing his government's unnecessarily punitive response to the Boston Tea Party in December 1773. Gage had a scrupulous respect for the law and was therefore ill equipped to subdue a people who were perfectly willing to take that law into their own hands. When fighting broke out at Lexington and Concord, militiamen from across the region descended upon the British stationed at Boston. Armed New Englanders soon cut off the land approaches to Boston. Ironically, the former center of American resistance found itself gripped by an American siege. By the time General William Howe replaced Gage as the British commander in chief, he had determined that New York, not Boston, was where he must resume the fight. It was left to Washington to hasten the departure of Howe and his army. The evacuation of the British in March 1776 signaled the beginning of an eight-year war that produced a new nation. But it also marked the end of an era that had started back in 1630 with the founding of the Puritan settlement called Boston. This is the story of how a revolution changed that 146-year-old community—of what was lost and what was gained when 150 vessels filled with British soldiers and American loyalists sailed from Boston Harbor for the last time.
Over the more than two centuries since the Revolution, Boston has undergone immense physical change. Most of the city's once-defining hills have been erased from the landscape while the marshes and mudflats that surrounded Boston have been filled in to eliminate almost all traces of the original waterfront. But hints of the vanished town remain. Several meetinghouses and churches from the colonial era are still standing, along with a smattering of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century houses. Looking southeast from the balcony of the Old State House, you can see how the spine of what was once called King Street connects this historic seat of government, originally known as the Town House, to Long Wharf, an equally historic commercial center that still reaches out into the harbor.
For the last three years I have been exploring these places, trying to get a fix on the long-lost topography that is essential to understanding how Boston's former residents interacted. Boston in the 1770s was a land-connected island with a population of about fifteen thousand, all of whom probably recognized, if not knew, each other. Being myself a resident of an island with a year-round population very close in size to provincial Boston's, I have some familiarity with how petty feuds, family alliances, professional jealousies, and bonds of friendship can transform a local controversy into a supercharged outpouring of communal angst. The issues are real enough, but why we find ourselves on one side or the other of those issues is often unclear even to us. Things just happen in a way that has little to do with logic or rationality and everything to do with the mysterious and infinitely complex ways that human beings respond to one another.
In the beginning there were three different colonial groups in Massachusetts. One group was aligned with those who eventually became revolutionaries. For lack of a better word, I will call these people "patriots." Another group remained faithful to the crown, and they appear herein as "loyalists." Those in the third and perhaps largest group were not sure where they stood. Part of what makes a revolution such a fascinating subject to study is the arrival of the moment when neutrality is no longer an option. Like it or not, a person has to choose.
It was not a simple case of picking right from wrong. Hindsight has shown that, contrary to what the patriots insisted, Britain had not launched a preconceived effort to enslave her colonies. Compared with other outposts of empire, the American colonists were exceedingly well off. It's been estimated that they were some of the most prosperous, least-taxed people in the Western world. And yet there was more to the patriots' overheated claims about oppression than the eighteenth-century equivalent of a conspiracy theory. The hyperbole and hysteria that so mystified the loyalists had wellsprings that were both ancient and strikingly immediate. For patriots and loyalists alike, this was personal.
Because a revolution gave birth to our nation, Americans have a tendency to exalt the concept of a popular uprising. We want the whole world to be caught in a blaze of liberating upheaval (with appropriately democratic results) because that was what worked so well for us. If Gene Sharp's From Dictatorship to Democracy, the guidebook that has become a kind of bible among twenty-first- century revolutionaries in the Middle East and beyond, is any indication, the mechanics of overthrowing a regime are essentially the same today as they were in the eighteenth century. And yet, given our tendency to focus on the Founding Fathers who were at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia when all of this was unfolding in and around Boston, most of us know surprisingly little about how the patriots of Massachusetts pulled it off.
In the pages that follow, I hope to provide an intimate account of how over the course of just eighteen months a revolution transformed a city and the towns that surrounded it, and how that transformation influenced what eventually became the Unites States of America. This is the story of two charismatic and forceful leaders (one from Massachusetts, the other from Virginia), but it is also the story of two ministers (one a subtle, even Machiavellian, patriot, the other a punster and a loyalist); of a poet, patriot, and caregiver to four orphaned children; of a wealthy merchant who wanted to be everybody's friend; of a conniving traitor whose girlfriend betrayed him; of a sea captain from Marblehead who became America's first naval hero; of a bookseller with a permanently mangled hand who after a 300-mile trek through the wilderness helped to force the evacuation of the British; and of many others. In the end, the city of Boston is the true hero of this story. Whether its inhabitants came to view the Revolution as an opportunity or as a catastrophe, they all found themselves in the midst of a survival tale when on December 16, 1773, three shiploads of tea were dumped in Boston Harbor.
Preface: The Decisive Day
Part I: Liberty
CHAPTER ONE: The City on the Hill
CHAPTER TWO: Poor Unhappy Boston
CHAPTER THREE: The Long Hot Summer
CHAPTER FOUR: The Alarm
CHAPTER FIVE: The Unnatural Contest
Part II: Rebellion
CHAPTER SIX: The Trick to See It
CHAPTER SEVEN: The Bridge
CHAPTER EIGHT: No Business but That of War
CHAPTER NINE: The Redoubt
CHAPTER TEN: The Battle
Part III: The Siege
CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Fiercest Man
CHAPTER TWELVE: The Clap of Thunder
EPILOGUE: Character Alone
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"Lively…Philbrick, guides us beautifully through Revolutionary Boston…"
—New York Times Book Review
"Masterly narrative… Philbrick tells the complex story superbly… gripping book…"
—Wall Street Journal
"A masterpiece of narrative and perspective…"—Boston Globe
"You will delight in the story and the multitude of details Philbrick offers up."—USA Today
"Riveting, fast-paced account…"—Los Angeles Times
"Philbrick writes with freshness and clarity…"—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"This is popular history at its best: a taut narrative with a novelist's touch, grounded in careful research."—Miami Herald
"Philbrick … has a flair for using primary sources to create scenes that sweep readers into the thick of history…BUNKER HILL is a tour de force, creating as vivid a picture as we are likely to get of the first engagements of the American Revolution…Philbrick is a gifted researcher and storyteller…"—Chicago Tribune
"Philbrick…offers…surprising revelations and others in BUNKER HILL, a comprehensive and absorbing account of a battle…Extraordinary events produce extraordinary individuals, and Philbrick's portrayals are remarkably penetrating and vivid…Given the scale of the story, Philbrick, confirming his standing as one of America's pre-eminent historians, somehow manages to address all the essential components in a concise, readable style"—Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Like a masterly chronicler, [Philbrick] has produced a tightly focused and richly detailed narrative that just happens to resonate with leadership lessons for all times….Philbrick is at his most vivid in conveying scenes of battle, both on the road between Boston and Concord and on the ridges of Bunker Hill. But what adds depth to the narrative is his fine sense of the ambitions that drive people in war and politics."
—Washington Post
"Another fine history from Nathaniel Philbrick…"—The Economist
"Though you know the ending, you whip through the pages…"—Entertainment Weekly
"Quite masterfully, Philbrick does not sink to simply good and evil distinctions in the run-up to Bunker Hill. The author reminds us that the freedoms colonists wanted were never intended to apply to blacks, American Indians or women. This was a messy time when decisions were sometimes dictated by ambition instead of some nobler trait."—Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"[Philbrick] captures the drama—martial and emotional—of the months before and after this legendary clash."—The New Yorker
"Philbrick spices his text with first-person accounts from many participants in the drama, including patriots, loyalists, generals, privates, spies, even the victim of a tar-and-feathering. This is easy-reading history, uncluttered by footnotes and assisted by some excellent maps."—Seattle Times
"Fascinating….No one can tell you about the history you thought you knew quite like Philbrick…"
—Cape Cod Times
"Philbrick … will be a candidate for another award with this ingenious, bottom-up look at Boston from the time of the December 1773 Tea Party to the iconic June 1775 battle….A rewarding approach to a well-worn subject, rich in anecdotes, opinion, bloodshed and Byzantine political maneuvering."—Kirkus (Starred Review)
"Exhaustively researched, intelligent, and engaging narrative with a sophisticated approach. Collections … should certainly acquire this…."—Library Journal
"Philbrick tells his tale in traditional fashion—briskly, colorfully, and with immediacy….no one has told this tale better."—Publishers Weekly
"Crackling accounts of military movements…a superior talent for renewing interest in a famed event, Philbrick will again be in high demand from history buffs."—Booklist
"Philbrick shows us historic figures, not only as if they had stepped away from their famous portraits, but as if we had read about them in last week's newspaper…Philbrick has developed a style that connects the power of narrative to decisive moments in American history." —Nantucket Today
"A compelling, balanced and fresh narrative." —Christian Science Monitor
"Philbrick's research is phenomenal …I suggest you pick up this enjoyable read." —Washington Independent Review of Books
"You'll never have history told like this in school. If it were, you might find more kids interested in it." —The State Journal-Register
"A gripping, suspense-driven recounting of the battles of Bunker and Breed's Hill…I couldn't put this book down with its seductive, detail-sharpened, heart-stopping narrative made all the more human by the people involved…powerful, eloquent, infinitely compelling, and just plain awesome." —Providence Journal
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Saints Prey on Bobcats in Battle of Ranked Teams
– The 27th-ranked North Georgia baseball team put three runs
on the board in the first inning on Friday evening and never looked
back, cruising to 10-2 victory over 23rd-ranked Georgia College
& State University at John Kurtz Field in Peach Belt Conference
The Saints extend a pair of streak with the victory as the club has now won all six of their series openers this season, while picking up their fourth straight victory and making it seven victories in their last eight games.
North Georgia improves to 12-5 overall on the season and 3-1 in Peach Belt Conference action, while the Bobcats see their seven game winning streak go down in flames, falling to 7-5 overall and 0-1 in league action. After starting the season with four straight defeats, GCSU had won seven straight to jump into the national rankings before falling to the Saints in their first conference game of the season.
North Georgia made a statement in the first inning with a rally that started with two outs and the bases clear. Following a strike-'em-out, throw-'em-out to clear the bases, Andre Airich legged out a triple, setting up a Chad Sage single to bring home the first run of the game. Troy Snitker then followed with a double, sending Sage around from first to make it a 2-0 game. Brad Hall capped the three-run first inning with a single to score Sage and give North Georgia the early lead.
The Bobcats posted a second-inning run as a two-out double from Jason Veyna plated Andrew Evans who singled earlier in the inning, cutting the Saints' lead to a pair at 3-1.
The potent North Georgia offense went back to work in the fourth inning, sending two more runs home to score on just one hit as Jordan Erisman came to the dish with the bases jammed and grounded out to bring home a run, and Airich followed and was plunked, sending Alan Fredriksson trotting home to give the Saints a 5-1 lead.
Airich recorded his second triple of the game to leadoff the seventh inning, and came home on another Sage RBI single to make it a 6-1 game, setting up a rally in the ninth that put the game out of reach.
In North Georgia's final at-bat, Hall added another RBI double, Kenny Bellavance notched an infield hit to score a run, and Craig Brisson capped the scoring with a two-run single to left field, giving the Saints a 10-1 lead. The Bobcats added a single run in the ninth inning on a Richard Pirkle leadoff homer, his seventh long ball of the year.
The Saints got another gem from senior right-handed pitcher Chris Rearick (4-0) who tossed 8.1 innings, allowing eight hits and two runs, both earned, while striking out nine and not walking a batter. Justin Yackee came on to close the game, striking out the final two Bobcat batters.
The Bobcats and Saints return to action on Saturday for a doubleheader to close the series. Game one of the double dip is set for 2:00 p.m. at John Kurtz Field
Game Notes:
- The North Georgia offense has scored 46 runs in the last four games.
- The Saints have now scored double-digit runs in 11 games this season.
- Brisson's third-inning double extended the senior's hitting streak to five games.
- Bellavance's four-hit performance makes him the sixth player this season to record four hits in a game.
- Sage's three-hit day was his ninth multiple hit game of the season.
- Hall's has a team-high eight multiple RBI games after driving in two runs.


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Creighton closed Wednesday's third preseason practice with a Kodak moment.
Veteran broadcaster Bill Raftery, who will serve as the lead analyst on Fox Sports 1's coverage of the new Big East this season, was in Omaha to check out the Bluejays. He posed for pictures with the team and then with coach Greg McDermott after the 2�–hour workout at the Vinardi Center.
Raftery had been in Chicago on Monday to watch DePaul and in Milwaukee on Tuesday to take in Marquette's practice. He said he'll get a chance to look in on all 10 teams before the regular season begins early next month.
Raftery said he's intrigued by the prospects for the new league. Some preseason prognosticators have listed the league among the top three or four in the nation, with four to seven of the 10 teams considered preseason contenders.
"They've lost some great teams, but the replacements are obviously programs that people respect," Raftery said. "They've had great consistency over the years. What they have been able to do here has been pretty impressive."
Creighton, Xavier and Butler joined the seven schools that broke away from the old Big East to form the next conference. The 70-year-old Raftery was the head coach at Seton Hall from 1970 to 1981.
"This reminds of 1979," said Raftery, referring to the old Big East's inaugural season. "I just think it's neat that with football taking over that they've been able to attract some of these new clubs and gain some degree of national respect that had been established prior with UConn, Syracuse, etc, etc.
"These are good programs with good players, good coaches and good reputations."
As a player at LaSalle, Raftery twice played against Creighton. The Bluejays scored a 91-72 road win in 1962 when Raftery was a junior and a 77-62 win at home in 1963.
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He remembers facing Creighton All-American Paul Silas both seasons.
"I just looked it up in the book (media guide). I held Silas to 30 rebounds," said Raftery, smiling. "We still laugh about it when we see one another. I really got to know him when he came to the Nets as an assistant. He's a great guy."
During practice, Creighton continued to install different aspects of its offensive and defensive schemes.
"It's been a typical first week," McDermott said. "We're still trying to get guys in the right spots at the right time. When you're new to all of this, when you're trying to play and think at the same time, sometimes that doesn't work so well.
"We're moving forward, though, and we're still 10 days away from when we usually start. We have a lot of stuff in."
Freshman forward Toby Hegner missed his second straight workout after taking an elbow to the head in the opening workout. McDermott said he hopes Hegner can return when the Bluejays resume practicing Monday.


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