Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate National Conference
Coordinated by the
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Hyatt Regency Chicago
March 19-21, 2009

AGENDA

Thursday, March 19
7:30 – 8:30 A.M. Morning Refreshments & Networking
8:30 – 8:40 A.M. Welcome and Meeting Overview
Yolanda George, AAAS & James H. Wyche, NSF
8:40 – 9:10 A.M.

AAAS / AGEP Report Card 2002-2008
Yolanda George, AAAS
Patricia B. Campbell, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc.

9:10 – 9:25 A.M.

Challenges and Opportunities: AGEP Budget Forecast and Portfolio

9:25 – 10:30 A.M.

Snapshots of Excellence
Moderator: Manuel Gomez, University of
Puerto Rico

10:30 – 10:45 A.M. Networking Break
10:45 – 12:00 P.M.

Snapshots of Excellence
Moderator: Pamela Shaw, Purdue University

12:00 – 1:30 P.M.

Lunch

  • Minority PhD Production - Joan S. Burrelli,
    Science Resource Statistics, NSF [PPT]

    • Introduction – Albert L. McHenry, Arizona State
1:30 – 2:00 P.M.

Innovation through Institutional Integration
 Moderator: Julius Jackson, Michigan State U.

2:00 – 2:45 P.M.

AGEP National Evaluation

2:45 – 3:00 P.M. Break
3:00 – 4:30 P.M.

Concurrent Breakout Session

  1. Getting to the PhD
    Facilitator:     Carlos Rodriguez, AIR
  2. AGEP Institutionalization
    Facilitator:     Charles Storey, AIR
  3. Student Recruitment
    Facilitator:     Cynthia Overton, AIR
  4. From PhD to the Professoriate: Facilitator: Rita Kirshstein, AIR
4:30 – 6:00 P.M.

Concurrent Breakout Session

  1. Getting to the PhD
    Facilitator:     Carlos Rodriguez, AIR
  2. AGEP Institutionalization
    Facilitator:     Charles Storey, AIR
  3. Student Recruitment
    Facilitator:     Cynthia Overton, AIR
  4. From PhD to the Professoriate
    Facilitator:     Rita Kirshstein, AIR
6:00 – 7:30 P.M. Reception in Truffles Room

Friday, March 20
7:30 – 8:30 A.M. Morning Refreshments & Networking
7:30 – 8:30 A.M.
  • AGEP: What works? What’s next?
     Robert L. Lichter, NSF Consultant - What Works? What’s Next? - [PDF]

    • Introduction – James H. Wyche, NSF
9:00 – 10:20 A.M.

AGEP at 2010 and Beyond: Promising Practices
Moderator
Hank Bart, Tulane University

10:20 – 10:35 A.M. BREAK
10:35 – 12:00 P.M.

AGEP at 2010 and Beyond: Linkages with NSF Programs
Moderator – Gina Lee-Glauser, Syracuse U.

12:00 – 1:30 P.M.

Lunch
1:30 – 2:15 P.M.

The Stimulus Bill and Graduate Education
2:25 – 3:15 P.M.

AGEP at 2010 and Beyond: Concurrent Breakout Session

  1. PhD Production
    Facilitator    : Gail Smith, CUNY
  2. Alliance Management
    Facilitator:     Maurice Eftink, U. Mississippi
  3. Postdoctoral Appointments
    Facilitator:     David L. Ferguson, Stony Brook University
  4. STEM Professoriate
    Facilitator:     Johnetta Davis, U. Maryland
    College Park
3:15 – 3:30 P.M. Break
3:30 – 4:00 P.M. AGEP at 2010 and Beyond: Plenary Session
4:00– 4:30 P.M.

2009 Joint Annual Meeting
  Dinner On Your Own

Saturday, March 21
7:30 – 8:30 A.M. Morning Refreshments & Networking
8:30 – 10:00 A.M.

Post Award Management

  • DGA AGEP
    Conference 2009         - Pamela A. Hawkins & L. Rashawn Farrior –

    Division of Grants and Agreements*, NSF

  • Alfred W. Wilson – Division of Human Resource Development, NSF; [PPT]
10:00 – 10:30 A.M.

Introducing MySciNet: An Inclusive Community

  • MySciNet - Ric Weibl, AAAS [PPT]
    • Introduction – Yolanda George, AAAS
10:30 – 11:00 A.M.

AAAS / AGEP Evaluation Capacity – Next Steps

AAAS AGEP Followup Activities-AAAS - Yolanda George, AAAS / Patricia B. Campbell, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc. - [PPT]
11:00 A.M. Adjournment
  * NSF-DGA staff will also be available for individual consultations.