PRELIMINARY AGENDA

# ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

## INNOVATIVE PATHWAYS STUDY HEARING

**THE WASHINGTON COURT HOTEL**

**(THE EXECUTIVE ROOM---LOWER LOBBY LEVEL)**

**525 NEW JERSEY AVENUE, N.W.**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20001**

####### TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2006

8:30 a.m. - Coffee

9:00 a.m. - Opening Remarks

Mr. Clare M. Cotton, Chairman

**SESSION I INNOVATIVE PATHWAYS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH**

**SCHOOL**

9:05 a.m. - Moderator: To be determined

Presenters: Ms. Cheryl Orr, Senior Communications Associate, Indiana
Commission for Higher Education, and Staff Liaison, Indiana's Education
Roundtable

> Dr. Allison Jones, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Academic
> Support, California State University
>
> Ms. Joie Jager-Hyman, Doctoral Student at the Harvard Graduate School
> of Education in Administration, Planning and Social Policy and
> Coordinator of College-Access Initiative at Satellite Academy High
> School (New York City)
>
> Ms. Karen Lanning, Vice President, Communications and Outreach,
> National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs (NCHELP)

10:30 a.m. - BREAK

**SESSION II INNOVATIVE PATHWAYS IN THE TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO
COLLEGE**

10:45 a.m. - Moderator: To be determined

11:00 a.m. - Introduction of the Honorable Ric Keller (R-FL)

Mr. Clare M. Cotton, Chairman

[+]{.underline}11:05 a.m. - Remarks by the Honorable Ric Keller,
Chairman, 21^st^ Century

> Competitiveness Subcommittee, House Committee on Education and the
> Workforce
>
> Presenters: Dr. Cheryl D. Blanco, Director, Policy Analysis and
> Research, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)

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Dr. Nancy Hoffman, Vice President, Youth Transitions and Director, Early
College High School Initiative, Jobs for the Future

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> Dr. Arsallah Shairzay, Dean, Early College, Friendship Public Charter
> School Collegiate Academy
>
> Ms. Marcia Weston, Director of College Goal Sunday Operations,
> National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

[+]{.underline}12:30 p.m. - BREAK FOR LUNCH

# SESSION III INNOVATIVE PATHWAYS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

2:00 p.m. - Moderator: To be determined

> Presenters: Ms. Ann Puyana, Assistant Vice President for Academic
> Affairs, Valencia Community College
>
> Mr. Josh Wyner, Vice President, Programs, Jack Kent Cook Foundation

Ms. Betty Gebhardt, Program Administrator, Educational Opportunity
Grant, Washington State HECB

> Dr. Bob Bontranger, Director, Partnership Programs, Oregon State
> University

3:15 p.m. - BREAK

# SESSION IV PUBLIC COMMENT AND WRAP-UP DISCUSSION

3:30 p.m. - Moderator:

> Presenters: Representative from the National Association of State
> Student
>
> Grant and Aid Programs (NASSGAP)
>
> Ms. Amy-Ellen Duke, Center for Law and Social Policy
>
> Mr. David Hawkins, National Association of College Admissions
> Counseling

Ms. Natasha Janson, National Association of Independent Colleges and
Universities

> Ms. March Kessler, ECMC Foundation
>
> Ms. Jennifer Brown Lerner, American Youth Policy Forum
>
> Ms. Shirley Ort, University of North Carolina---Chapel Hill

[+]{.underline}4:45 p.m. - Closing Remarks

Mr. Clare M. Cotton, Chairperson