2019 ACE Midwest Fall Summit
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10/28/2019 12:00 AM
10/29/2019 11:55 PM
Format: Face-to-Face
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Program Type: Summit

Summits are one- to two-day virtual, in-person, or hybrid events centered on a particular theme. They provide insights, practical advice, and collaborative solutions from national and regional experts, leaders, and practitioners. Summit themes address issues and challenges that are broad in scope, require campus-wide approaches, and involve an array of stakeholders.

​​​​Reclaiming the High Ground: Aligning Value and Student Success

​Discover how campuses can thrive in the current landscape by identifying their unique value proposition, communicating it to key stakeholders, and delivering on its promises. During the day and a half summit, participants will leverage ACE’s data on student demographics with current public expectations of higher education and proceed through a design process that will help articulate the particular promises that each institution offers students. Campus leaders will work collaboratively across functional roles to align mission with specific value propositions for students while ensuring their tactics are financially viable and allow for sustained institutional success.

During this event, leaders will:

  • Engage in exercises centered in design thinking that allow for intense (re)consideration of institutional mission and market alignment. 
  • Define a value proposition for students and design a strategy for delivering on that promise.
  • Examine institutional contexts and collaboratively explore a model for effectively expressing a value proposition focused on a clear student success narrative.
  • Understand promising methods to discuss new alignments with campus leadership teams to ensure forward movement.​​​​​
Speakers
Mushtaq Gunja
Executive Director, Carnegie Classification Systems and Senior Vice President
Mushtaq Gunja serves as executive director of the Carnegie Classification systems and senior vice president at ACE, where he is in charge of running and reimagining the Carnegie framework. Prior to joining ACE, Gunja served as assistant dean in academi...
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Mushtaq Gunja
Executive Director, Carnegie Classification Systems and Senior Vice President
Ted Mitchell
President
​​Former college president and top federal policymaker Ted Mitchell became president of the American Council on Education (ACE) on September 1, 2017.  Mitchell brings a wide array of experience and accomplishments from across the higher ...
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Ted Mitchell
President
Amelia Parnell
Vice President for Research and Policy, NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
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Amelia Parnell - Vice President for Research and Policy, NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education -
Amelia Parnell
Vice President for Research and Policy, NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
Charlie Ruger
Vice President for Philanthropy, Koch Foundation
Charlie Ruger - Vice President for Philanthropy, Koch Foundation -
Charlie Ruger
Vice President for Philanthropy, Koch Foundation
Nelson Soto
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Union Institute and University
Nelson Soto - Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Union Institute and University -
Nelson Soto
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Union Institute and University
Susan Whealler Johnston
President and CEO, National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO)
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Susan Whealler Johnston - President and CEO, National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) -
Susan Whealler Johnston
President and CEO, National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO)
Details

Who should participate

This event is open to all higher education leaders interested in learning how to design and deliver on a strong value proposition focused on student success.

Teams from institutions are welcome to participate as well. We recommend that teams consist of at least three individuals who are positioned to influence institutional transformation.

September 13, 2019 – ​​Scholarship submission deadline

September 27, 2019 – ​​Scholarship notifications will be sent

October 9, 2019 – ​​Hotel reservation extended deadline (see Location tab for more details)
Note: There is no guarantee on group rates for reservations made after this date.

October 14, 2019 – ​​Deadline for accepting check payments
Note: If you register after this date, your name may not appear in the printed materials onsite.

October 21, 2019 – ​​Cancellation requests submitted to ACELeadership@acenet.edu by 5:00 p.m. EST will receive a 50% refund

After October 21, 2019 – ​​Cancellation requests submitted to ACELeadership@acenet.edu after this date are not eligible for a refund.
Note: ACE does not provide refunds for no-shows.

Payment​

Registration includes dinner, breakfast, lunch, and program materials. Attendees are responsible for hotel and travel expenses.​

Full payment by check or credit card must be received by October 14, 2019 to confirm participation. After October 14, 2019, full payment accepted by credit card only. ACE accepts the following payment options: 

  • Credit Card - American Express, Visa, Discover, or MasterCard accepted. 
  • ​​Check - Make payable to American Council on Education. Mail both check and invoice to:

    ​American Council on Education
    ​c/o ACE Leadership
    P.O. Box 418762
    Boston, MA 02241-8762
Agenda

S​peakers will include representatives and a host of leaders from regional campuses sharing their expertise on the Value of Higher Education.

Agenda is subject to change.

​2:3​0​ – ​3:30 p.m. ​ – ​Higher Educat​ion and Federal Policy: What’s Next?
Optional pre-Summit session

​3:3​0​ – ​4:00 p.m.​ – ​​Check-In

​​​4:00 – 4:20 p.m. – ​Welc​ome and Introduction to​ the ACE Innovation Design Process

​4:20 –​ 5:0​0 p.m. – ​Defining Student Success? Let the Data Speak for Itself

5:00 –​ 6:20 p.m.​ – ​Design Experience 1: Aligning Mission and Value

6:20 –​ 6:30 p.m.​ – ​Wrap Up and Overview of Dinner

6:30 –​ 7:00 p.m. – ​​Reception​​

7:00 –​ 8:30 p.m. – ​​Dinner and Buzz Groups​

7:30 – 8:00 a.m. – ​Breakfast

​8:00 – 8:20 a.m. – Welcome, Greetings, Table Introductions, and Sponsor Remarks

​8:20 – 9:10 a.m. – Student Success as the Institutional Epicenter

​9:20 – 10:20 a.m. – Design Experience 2: Defining Value through the Learning Environment 

​10:20 – 10:30 a.m. – Break

​10:30 – 11:40 a.m. – Design Experience 3: Defining Value through Relationships

​11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. – Sustainable Innovation: Business Models that Work 

​​12:15 – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch

​1:00 – 2:10 p.m. – Design Experience 4: Identifying Resource Needs

​2:15 – 3:00 p.m. – Connecting the Dots Across Design Experiences

​​3:00 – 4:00 p.m. – Launchpad to Your Student Success

​​4:00 – 4:15 p.m. – Wrap Up and Next Steps

Location

​Hotel reservation deadline: October 9​th

Register for the ACE Midwest Fall Summit - Reclaiming the High Ground: Aligning Value and Student Success prior to reserving accommodations. Partic​ipants are responsible for their hotel and travel expenses.

Crowne Plaza Kansas City Downtown
1301 Wyandotte Street
Kansas City, MO 64105

​Hotel Booking Information (PDF - 1MB)​
Includes discounted hotel reservation link and additional logistic details.

Scholarships

​Scholarship applications are now closed.

With the generous support of Fidelity Investments, a limited number of individual and team scholarships are now available. These scholarships are to offset expenses to attend the October 28-29, 2019 ACE Midwest Fall Summit. Fidelity Investments Scholarships aim to enable a select group of candidates from all sectors of higher education to participate in ACE’s signature leadership development programs, including Regional Summits. Preference will be given to candidates from underrepresented populations within higher education’s senior leadership ranks and to those candidates whose institutions lack the necessary resources to cover program attendance costs. Scholarships are also available for teams of three or more members from institutions in the same system.

To be considered for a scholarship, individuals and teams must be paid registrants for the Summit and complete and submit a scholarship application. To receive the scholarship award the individuals/teams must attend the Summit.


Registration

Registration is now closed.

Scholarships

Scholarship applications are now closed.

​Individuals who have submitted a program registration with payment, and a scholarship application by September 13, 2019 will be considered. Scholarship notifications will be sent by September 27, 2019.

Sponsor

​This event is generously supported by:

Charles Koch Foundation logo  

Media Coverage

This event is not open to the media. Reporters interested in more information should contact ACE Public Affairs at 202-939-9365.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​