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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Join SimpleK12 on Saturday, November 12th, 2011 for Free Webinars!

Keynote Kickoff: Are You GaGa for Google?



9:00-9:30 AM Eastern Time, USA


Watch a brief "Day of Learning" Orientation and learn some new, fun,


and educational ways to take full advantage of Google applications.


Register now:


https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/248024618


Flipping Your Classroom: It's Easy with Khan Academy


10:00-10:30 AM Eastern Time, USA


Do you wish you had more time for hands-on work, collaborative


projects, or labs during class? Learn how to do all of that and


more by flipping your classroom.


Register now:


https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/256149370

Social Networking with Students and Parents: It's Safer Than You Think


11:00-11:30 AM Eastern Time, USA


Learn a number of reasons why you should create a social network


site for school or classroom use, and look at an example of a safe


social networking site.


Register now:


https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/112455658


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Stories on the Go: Digital Storytelling with Mobile Devices


1:00-1:30 PM Eastern Time, USA


Discover some free and very inexpensive applications that help


learners showcase their learning by creating digital stories.


Register now:


https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/958575570


20 Web Tools in 20 Minutes: Revitalize Lesson Plans and Motivate Students


2:00-2:30 PM Eastern Time, USA


Whether you are looking for some ideas to help you present material


to your students or for kids to demonstrate understanding of


content, this webinar will provide you a variety of intriguing technologies.


Register now:


https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/533714770



Creating Global Citizens with Meaningful Blogging


3:00-3:30 PM Eastern Time, USA


Do you want your students to be global citizens who are connected


with other children around the world? If so, then student blogging


is for you!


Register now:


https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/129448466


Students Write More; You Grade Less!


4:00-4:30 PM Eastern Time, USA


Learn how to use online discussions and group collaboration to


support a variety of writing assignments and spend a fraction of


the time grading.


Register now:


https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/610337538


First session begins at 9:00 AM Eastern Time on November 12th


All of these webinars are free and open to the public,


so make sure to share this registration link with your friends!


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Campus Technology: NCWIT Trying To Increase Number of Women in Technology Field


STEM News By Tim Sohn 10/25/11
A program by the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) is looking to graduate 1,000 additional women with information technology-related degrees by next year. MORE
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2011-2012 Digital Commons Community Webinar Series


Welcome to the third season of our regular DC community webinar series! Presented by members of the Digital Commons community and free to DC subscribers and selected institutions who are interested in learning more about Digital Commons, these webinars aim to share how individual Digital Commons subscribers are successfully addressing a variety of topics related to institutional repositories. In the past, webinars have covered topics such as journal publishing and conference management in Digital Commons, staffing, usage reports, and archiving law reviews. If you missed them, you can view them here: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/webinars/


This season, the series will address topics of faculty engagement, service provision, attaining IR buy-in, and copyright and authors’ rights. We will continue to post information and registration links here as the series progresses. We hope you’ll be able to join us!


Thursday, October 13, 2011, 11am Pacific


Title: Building Content by Building Community: Engaging Faculty at Cornell’s ILR School


Presenter: Jim Del Rosso, Cornell ILR School


Access webinar here: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/webinars/16/


Other resources you might also find helpful:


Generating Top-level Buy-in for Your Institutional Repository, Courtney Smith, bepress, http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/toolkits/7  (password “scholarship”)


Capturing Unique Collections in Digital Commons: A Service to Campus and Community, Ann Taylor, bepress, http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/toolkits/8  (password “scholarship”)


Thursday, November 10, 2011, 11am Pacific


Title: Serving Campus Needs Through the IR: CommonKnowledge and the College of Health Professions at Pacific University


Presenter: Isaac Gilman, Pacific University


Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/527291690


Thursday, December 8, 2011, 11am Pacific


Title: Marketing Your IR to Create and Renew Buy-in from Administrators and Faculty


Presenter: Erika Gearing, Johnson and Wales University


Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/221456658


Digital Commons is a suite of tools and services that enable institutions to manage, display, and publish scholarship to the web in a beautiful, highly visible showcase.


As the leading hosted institutional repository (IR) software platform, Digital Commons offers the features of a traditional IR as well as professional-grade publishing software, management tools, and individual faculty and researcher pages to promote and disseminate scholarship and serve academia.


With Digital Commons, universities can collect, preserve, and make visible all of their intellectual output, including pre-prints, working papers, journal articles, dissertations, master's theses, conference proceedings, presentations, creative works, and a wide variety of other content types.


Digital Commons open access institutional repository software defines everything that a modern repository should be, with the expertise, individual support, and leading technology to enable libraries to build successful, sustainable repositories that benefit the entire campus.


Customers: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/subscriber_gallery/all.html


Books: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/repository-software/books/


Image Galleries: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/repository-software/images/


Theses & Dissertations: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/repository-software/etd/


Multimedia: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/repository-software/multimedia/


Publishing and Editorial Management Software for Institutional Repositories


Publishing can help make your repository a thriving community that scholars want to join. Digital Commons comes uniquely equipped with EdiKit™, a professional-grade peer-review/editorial management system. EdiKit extends professional publishing services to faculty, students, and other scholars.


Engage Scholars: Scholars at every stage of their career need to publish. Give them the tools and support they need to start their own journals, create peer-review communities, and build their profile in the field right on the repository.


Original content can be the most popular content: Journals are among the most popular destinations in a repository and a great way to attract interested readers to your site. Digital Commons' open access journal publishing software allows scholars to establish new journals and make available archived journal content to disseminate their own work and ideas on a global scale.


Build an on-campus publishing program: Increasing numbers of universities are establishing their own library-based publishing programs on campus. Digital Commons can help launch your online repository quickly and efficiently (in about a month, in fact), build out your library's digital collections, and develop a plan for long-term success.


Journals: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/online-journals/


Conferences: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/repository-software/conferences/


Fully Supported and Hosted Repository Software


Digital Commons is a hosted service, which means all you need is an internet browser to enjoy the rich features that the system offers. It also means that bepress provides all the technical support your repository may need for the entire life of your site.


“We have been extremely pleased with the system's reliability, flexibility, and performance, and very impressed with bepress's helpful, friendly, accommodating, and efficient service.”


—Paul Royster, Coordinator of Scholarly Communications, University of Nebraska-Lincoln


With over a decade’s experience developing software for building repositories and journals for the scholarly community, bepress client services has the expertise and technical know-how to help you grow and maintain a successful, sustainable institutional repository


All Digital Commons clients receive:
• Full hosting and unlimited training, phone, and email support from the largest and most experienced repository team in the world. In most cases, our team is able to resolve your issues the day you report them.
• Fast setup: we will build your repository in three weeks or less after receiving a completed setup form. Thisincludes customizing your site to create the look and feel you desire. After a brief training—usually less than one hour—you'll be ready to add content to your new site.
• Attractive, professional, and customized site designs that integrate your institutional branding and customized workflows to meet your particular needs.
• Localized customizations for your site.
• Advice from our team of publishing and repository experts, and recommendations based on best practices from other successful repositories.
• Strategies, materials, and outreach services to gain support and content for your repository.
• Meetings, events, workshops, and a network of the entire Digital Commons client community.
• We offer these resources so that you can focus on gathering content and raising awareness for your institutional repository: the two factors that are imperative for any successful IR initiative.


Testimonials: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/testimonials/


Advantages of a Digital Commons Hosted Repository Solution for Librarians


Digital Commons lets you do things that you can’t do with any other repository – bepress takes care of the hardware and software support, allowing resources to be directed to other publishing and service functions...


—Hahn, Karla. "Research Library Publishing Services: New Options for University Publishing." Association of Research Libraries. Mar. 2008 15.


Focus on success, not technology: Digital Commons is a fully hosted and supported platform, which frees you up to acquire digital assets, build collections, work with scholars, and promote your repository as a hub of scholarly activity for your entire campus and community.


Engage scholars in unique ways: With peer-review publishing, conference management, multimedia features, and individual scholar sites, your repository will provide sought-after services to scholars on your campus and give them reason to embrace the repository as their own.


Raise your institution’s profile: Optimized for major search engines, beautiful, and easy to use: a successful IR helps you forge partnerships with the community outside of your institution, prove the value of your institution to funders, and raise institutional visibility and relevance.


Get expertise and best practices: Digital Commons has been honed through years of experience and study of successful repositories. Clients benefit from the expertise of our world-leading repository team who will advise you on best practices gathered from institutional repositories worldwide.


Low total cost of ownership: Open Source IR software is free to acquire but expensive and time consuming to implement. It requires hardware to serve and house data and dedicated personnel for maintenance and development.


Benefits of a hosted service: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/about/hosted/


Resources:


FAQ’s: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/faq/


Events: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/dc_events/


Webinars: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/webinars/


Newsletter: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/newsletters/


Research on IR’s: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/repository-research/


Reference Material: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/reference/


Toolkits & Tutorials: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/toolkits/


Collaboratory: http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/collaboratory/
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Dillard University Appoints Dr. Walter Kimbrough as University's Seventh President



Dillard University’s board of trustees has chosen Walter M. Kimbrough, Ph.D., to lead the university as its seventh president. Dr. Kimbrough will assume the post on July 1, 2012.



“We are thrilled to bring such an energetic, visionary leader to Dillard,” says board chair Joyce M. Roché. “Dr. Kimbrough is uniquely well-suited to help the university build on its strengths and chart a strategic course for the future.”


Kimbrough joins Dillard after serving for seven years as president of Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Ark., where he orchestrated a remarkable revitalization effort. Under his leadership, the college dramatically increased student recruitment and graduation rate. The university also adopted a new mission and greatly raised its stature by focusing on its core values and history as an HBCU and a charter member of the United Negro College Fund.


Kimbrough, who is among the youngest college presidents in the nation, is known for his active use of social media to engage and stay connected with students. “The depth of Dr. Kimbrough’s dedication to students is inspiring,” says Dr. Roché. “He is successful because he puts students’ success above all else.”


Prior to beginning his tenure at Philander Smith, Kimbrough served for four years as the vice president for student affairs at Albany State University in Albany, Ga. He also served as director of student activities and leadership at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., and held administrative posts at Georgia State University and Emory University.


Kimbrough received a bachelor of science in agriculture with a major in biology from the University of Georgia. He earned a master of science in college student personnel services from Miami University and a doctor of philosophy in higher education from Georgia State University.


Kimbrough has written widely on the role of fraternities and sororities in education, particularly in the educational experiences of students of color. His book, Black Greek 101: The Culture, Customs, and Challenges of Black Fraternities and Sororities, has won popular acclaim and is now in its tenth printing. He has also been recognized for his extensive research and writing on African-American men in college. “The Black Male Initiative” he created at Philander Smith College has become a model for similar programs nationwide.


Kimbrough has received numerous honors and awards. He was selected as a 2001 Nissan-ETS HBCU Fellow and a 2002 participant in the Millennium Leadership Initiative sponsored by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. In 2009, he was named by Diverse Issues in Higher Education as one of “25 To Watch.” And in 2010, he made the coveted Ebony Magazine Power list of the 100 doers and influencers in the African-American community, joining the likes of President and Mrs. Obama, Jay-Z, Richard Parsons, Tyler Perry, Debra Lee, Michael Jordan, and Tom Joyner.


Dr. Kimbrough and his wife Adria Nobles Kimbrough, associate general counsel with the University of Arkansas System, are the proud parents of two children: Lydia Nicole, 5, and Benjamin Barack, 2.
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EDUCAUSE Security Professionals Conference 2012 May 15-17, 2012 • Indianapolis and Online



Security Everywhere: Exploring the Expanding World of Security

As the breadth of technology expands globally, so do the boundaries of information security. The 10th annual Security Professionals Conference, May 15-17, at the JW Marriott Indianapolis and online, will attempt to recalibrate security during a paradigm shift. Our institutional data resides in environments where borders continue to dissolve. Constant accessibility and portability have become commonplace for employees and students. This means that:
•Individuals and their choices are essential in preserving security and privacy
•Data resides on a diverse array of personal and enterprise devices
•Global and instantaneous information sharing are readily available
•Attacks and malware now focus on every facet of our environment


Our goal as information security professionals is to support our constituents’ ability to take advantage of modern computing in safe and secure ways. As the definition of “security” grows to include privacy, identity management, physical security, information assurance, and more, it is imperative to share information and experiences with peers. Share your expertise and answer the call to propose at the Security Professionals Conference.

The call for proposals (CFP) for the the Security Professionals Conference is open. CFP deadline is December 16.


The 2012 Security Professionals Conference is brought to you by the EDUCAUSE and Internet2 Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC) and the Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center (REN-ISAC).

Participate as a Presenter

Play an active part in a leading higher education IT conference by submitting a presentation proposal for the EDUCAUSE Security Professionals Conference. Help create an innovative and informative program, make valuable contacts, and gain recognition for yourself and your institution's achievements. The deadline for submissions is December 16.

Who Should Attend?
The Security Professionals Conference is for security staff, IT staff, privacy officers, and others from the higher education community with an interest in security or privacy.



The face-to-face conference will be held May 15-17. Pre-conference seminars begin the morning of Tuesday, May 15, with the full conference program May 16-17.


The online conference will be held May 15-17. We encourage you to participate as a team. Team participation can help your institution advance a current or upcoming project or encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration. Our Event Planning Kit provides helpful information for hosting or facilitating an event on your campus-including an event planning checklist, a discussion facilitation guide, and more.


The General Session and morning concurrent sessions on Thursday, May 17, will be combined with the Enterprise IT Leadership Conference to encourage IT leaders onsite and online to network and convene on enterprise security issues.

Program Committee
View the list of the Security Professionals Conference 2012 Program Committee members.
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CLIR and CIC Offer Scholarships for 2012 Frye Leadership Institute

 

The Frye Leadership Institute is now accepting applications for the 2012 session, to be held Sunday, June 3 - Friday, June 8 at the Hotel Palomar in Washington, DC. Applications are due by 5:00 pm EST on Friday, December 16, 2011.


A limited number of full-tuition scholarships are available for library staff at small and mid-sized private colleges and universities to participate in the Frye Leadership Institute, as part of the CLIR-CIC Leadership through New Communities of Knowledge program. These scholarships are made possible through generous support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).


Established in 2000, the Frye Leadership Institute is the premier senior leadership development experience for CIOs, librarians, information technology professionals and administrators in higher education. Participants are selected competitively from among applicants who have at least seven years' experience in the field and have demonstrated a commitment to, and talent for, leadership within the academy. Attributes of successful candidates include the willingness to explore different models and take risks, the capacity to understand the environment outside one's immediate surroundings, and the ability to apply critical and creative thinking to problem solving. The 2012 Frye fellows will join a trusted peer network of more than 475 professionals from around the country and the world.


The Frye Leadership Institute is sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), EDUCAUSE and Emory University. For more information about the Institute, including tuition and scholarships, please visit the Institute's website at http://www.fryeinstitute.org/


Council on Library and Information Resources
1752 N Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036, USA
Phone: 202.939.4750
http://www.clir.org/


Council of Independent Colleges
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 320, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202.466.7230
Website: http://www.cic.org/
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CHEA Federal Update No.19 NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY AND INTEGRITY RELEASES DRAFT REPORT ON ACCREDITATION POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS


Number 19, November 1, 2011

On October 28, 2011, the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) released a discussion draft on policy considerations for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA). The report will be considered at the committee's December 14-16, 2011 meeting in Alexandria, Virginia.


In 2010, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan requested that NACIQI develop recommendations regarding the current system of recognition, accreditation and student eligibility. NACIQI included discussions of accreditation policy at its meetings on February 3-4, 2011 and June 8-10, 2011.


The draft report contains a broad range of observations and options to be considered, reprising the conversation to date among NACIQI, accreditors, higher education institutional leaders, policymakers and the public. The report outlines several directions that NACIQI policy recommendations might take, including options related to maintaining the link between accreditation and the federal government, modifying this link or removing the link.


Written comments by stakeholders and the public on the NACIQI draft report must be received by USDE by November 25, 2011. Requests to make oral comments at the NACIQI meeting must be received by November 18, 2011. More information is contained in USDE's November 1, 2011 Federal Register notice.


USDE TO ESTABLISH TWO NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING COMMITTEES


USDE recently announced that it will establish two negotiated rulemaking committees on issues that affect higher education institutions and accrediting organizations.


On October 26, 2011, USDE published a notice in the Federal Register announcing a negotiated rulemaking committee to prepare proposed regulations addressing teacher preparation programs and TEACH grant programs. The committee will meet three times during January-April 2012, in Washington, DC.


The committee will address topics that include the requirements for institutional and program report cards of the quality of teacher preparation; standards to ensure reliability, validity and accuracy of the data submitted in report cards; the criteria used by states to assess the performance of teacher preparation programs; and the definition of "high quality teacher preparation program" and "high quality professional development services" for the purpose of establishing eligibility of an institution to participate in TEACH grant programs.


USDE is seeking nominations for negotiators who represent key stakeholder constituencies including higher education institutions and accrediting organizations. The notice includes information on submitting nominations to USDE.


On October 28, 2011, USDE published a Federal Register notice announcing that a negotiated rulemaking committee will be established to prepare proposed regulations governing federal student loans authorized under Title IV of the HEA. The committee - which will meet three times in Washington, DC during January-March 2012 - will address three student loan programs: the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, the Federal Family Education Loan Program and the Federal Perkins Loan Program.


In the Federal Register notice, USDE seeks nominations for negotiators from organizations or groups representing constituencies whose interests are "significantly affected" by the discussion topic. Among the constituencies identified by USDE are higher education institutions and regional, national and specialized accrediting organizations. The notice contains information on submitting nominations to USDE.


USDE COMMITTEE ON MEASURES OF STUDENT SUCCESS TO MEET IN NOVEMBER






On November 29, 2011, USDE's Committee on Measures of Student Success will meet by teleconference. The Federal Register notice announcing the meeting notes that USDE established the committee to advise the Secretary of Education in assisting two-year degree-granting higher education institutions in meeting completion and graduation rate disclosure requirements contained in the HEA.


The committee is charged with developing recommendations regarding the accurate calculation and reporting of completion or graduation rates of entering certificate or degree-seeking, full-time undergraduate students by two-year degree-granting institutions. The committee may also recommend additional or alternative measures of student success that are comparable alternatives to completion or graduation rates. The committee's recommendations are to be provided to the Secretary no later than April 2012.


Members of the public may attend and listen to the meeting in person at USDE's offices at 1990 K Street in Washington, DC. There will be no opportunity for public comment during the meeting.

The Federal Update informs CHEA members and interested parties on federal policy developments related to self-regulation and peer review. Please direct any inquiries or comments to Jan Friis, CHEA Vice President for Government Affairs, at friis@chea.org  or at (202) 955-6126.

Copyright 2011, Council for Higher Education Accreditation. All rights reserved.




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