Fall 2017 Downstate Meeting

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Fall 2017 Downstate Meeting
Host Institution: Iona College
Friday, Nov. 10, 2017

Co-Chairs:
Tracey Iorio, SUNY Stony Brook University
Christina Koromi, Adelphi University

Morning Topics:

Discussion about SLATE implementation and what that means for transfer admission and credit evaluations.

Best practices in transfer to refine – transfer first-semester experience classes, transfer orientation, understanding the importance of differentiating transfer from freshmen enrollment processes on your campus.

Guest speaker:

Christopher Winkler, Ph.D.
Prof. Of Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Founding Program Director
Iona College

Presentation and workshop.
-student learning activities
-understanding the good in fast failure
-team work/building

Afternoon Topics:

Excelsior Scholarship Reactions
-everyone is still confused
-doesn’t seem to benefit transfer students.
-stay tuned for additional changes in spring.

Video:
Claude Steele
“Whistling Wind:
How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Do”

-social/psychological phenomenon.
-are there new “sub” stereotypes to consider?

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