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  Conference: Day 1 (January 16)

• Welcome
  • Jerome A. Lucido, Professor of Research; Executive Director, Center for Enrollment Research, Policy, and Practice, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California
• Opening Address. Neuroscience, Inspiration, and Purposeful Lives
  • Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Assistant Professor of Education, Psychology and Neuroscience, Rossier School of Education; Assistant Professor of Psychology, Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California

• Welcome and Morning Keynote. Assessing Non-cognitive Variables: Issues and Applications
  • William Sedlacek, Professor Emeritus of Education, University of Maryland, College Park
• Morning Session 1. Non-cognitive Variables in Action
  • Jon Boeckenstedt, Associate VP for Enrollment Management and Marketing, DePaul University
  • Noah Buckley, Director of Admissions, Oregon State University
• Morning Session 2. Attributes of Good Students and Good Professionals
  • Moderator: Patrick Kyllonen, Sr. Research Director, Center for Academic and Workforce Readiness and Success, ETS
  • Steve Kappler, Assistant Vice President and Head of Postsecondary Strategy, ACT
  • Sheldon Zedeck, Professor of the Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley
• Master Class. Beyond Grutter, Gratz, and Fisher: Legal and Educational Implications of Considerations of Race and Other Options in College Admission
  • Art Coleman, Managing Partner, Education Counsel
• Afternoon Case Study Session. The Fisher Case Study: Reactions, Opposing Views, and Implications for Practice
  • Moderator: Art Coleman, Education Counsel
  • Kedra Ishop, Vice Provost and Director of Admissions, University of Texas at Austin
  • Theodore Spencer, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director, Undergraduate Admissions, University of Michigan
  • Richard Sander, Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles
• Keynote Dinner Address. Moving from Here
  • David Coleman, President, The College Board

• Morning Session 1. Putting it Together Independently: Rewarding Character and Achievement with Scholarships.
  • Carrie Besnette Hauser, Senior Fellow, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
  • Larry Griffith, Vice President, Gates Millennium Scholars
  • Chuck Lovelace, Executive Director, Morehead-Cain Scholars Program, University of North Carolina
• Morning Session 2. Preparing Community College Students for Transfer: Highlighting the Individual, Institutional, and Policy Attributes that Matter
  • Moderator: Stephen Handel, Executive Director, National Office of Community College Initiatives, The College Board
  • Nancy Shulock, Executive Director, Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy, and Professor of Public Policy & Administration, California State University, Sacramento
  • Lawrence Nespoli, President, New Jersey Council of Community Colleges
  • Frank Ashley, Vice Chancellor for Recruitment and Diversity, Texas A&M University System
• Closing Session. Leaders Respond
  • Moderator: Eric Hoover, Senior Writer, Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Moderator: Scott Jaschik, Editor, Inside Higher Ed
  • Pamela Horne, Associate Vice Provost for Enrollment Management and Dean of Admissions, Purdue University
  • Andrea Brownstein, Director of College Counseling, Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School
  • Gil Villanueva, Assistant Vice President & Dean, Office of Admission, University of Richmond
• Closing Remarks
  • Jerome A. Lucido, University of Southern California

• Musings on the Neurobiological and Evolutionary Origins of Creativity via a Developmental Analysis of One Child’s Poetry (Immordino-Yang, 2011)
• Rest Is Not Idleness: Implications of the Brain’s Default Mode for Human Development and Education (Immordino-Yang, Christodoulou, & Singh, 2012)

• Mentoring in Academia: Considerations for Diverse Populations (Sedlacek, W., Benjamin, E., Schlosser, L., & Sheu, H., 2007)
• Using Noncognitive Variables in Assessing Readiness for Higher Education (Sedlacek, W., 2011)

• Measurement of 21st Century Skills Within the Common Core State Standards (Kyllonen, 2012)
• The Importance of Higher Education and the Role of Noncognitive Attributes in College Success / La importancia de la educación superior y el rol de los atributos no cognitivos en el éxito en dichas instituciones (Kyllonen, 2012)
• 26 Lawyering Effectiveness Factors (Shultz and Zedeck)
• Predicting Lawyer Effectiveness: Broadening the Basis for Law School Admission Decisions (Shultz and Zedeck, 2011)

• Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin Brief for Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents (College Board and the National School Boards Association, et al.)
• Why Strict Scrutiny Requires Transparency: The Practical Effects of Bakke, Gratz, and Grutter (Sander, 2012)

• Factors Associated with College and Career Success among Horatio Alger Association Scholarship Recipients (NORC at the University of Chicago, 2012)

• Improving Transfer from Community Colleges to Four-Year Institutions: The Perspective of Leaders from Baccalaureate-Granting Institutions (The College Board, 2011)