Professional Day

Spring Semester
Wed. March 25, 2009

Time: Registration & Coffee: 8:30a.m.
Location: H Building (Brick Area)
Theme: Get Connected: Assessment is Everyone’s Business

NEW: Special Evening Session for Adjunct Faculty
Time: 5:30—7:30 p.m.
Location: Faculty/Staff Lounge (G Building)
Theme: What’s New at BCC and How Does it Affect Me?

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Vincent Tinto of Syracuse University
TOPIC: Improving Student Success & Retention

Professor Tinto is Distinguished University Professor at Syracuse University and until recently Chair of the Higher Education Program. He has carried out research and has written extensively on higher education, particularly on student success and the impact of learning communities on student growth and attainment. His most recent book, Leaving College, published by the University of Chicago Press, lays out a theory and policy perspective on student success that is considered the benchmark by which work on these issues are judged.

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