2003-2004 ACADEMIC YEAR:

NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Chaudhury, S. Raj, Cuevas, Nuria, and Matveev, Alexei, “Classroom Feedback Loops: Enhancing Classroom Assessment Techniques Through the Use of Personal Response System,” Association of American Colleges and Universities, Technology, Learning, and Intellectual Development Conference, Cambridge, MA.
October, 2003

Joe, Jilliam, Barnes, Elsie, and Cuevas, Nuria, “Consequences of Transfer Shock: A Comparative Study of Native and Sub-Groups of Transfer Students on Satisfaction and Learning Outcome Measures,” Tenth National Conference on Students in Transition, Lake Buena Vista, FL.
November, 2003

Ridley, Dennis, Joe, Jilliam, and Cuevas, Nuria, “Location, Location, Location: Contradictory Physical Location and Multiple Organizational Identities,” Association for Study of Higher Education 28th Annual Conference, Portland, OR.
November, 2003

Matveev, Alexei, Cuevas, Nuria, and Azeke, Mercy, “Targeting Mentoring Efforts: Identifying Clusters of Black Male Students,” Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, Addison, TX.
February, 2004

Cuevas, Nuria, Barnes, Elsie, and Matveev, Alexei, “Aligning Institutional Structures for Student Achievement,” Invited Workshop, Association of American Colleges and Universities, The Network for Academic Renewal Conference – General Education and Assessment, Long Beach, CA.
March, 2004

Cuevas, Nuria, “Relationship of Learning Outcomes to High Quality Educational Programs,” Invited Workshop, United States Pacific Command Education Conference, Tokyo, Japan.
April, 2004

Matveev, Alexei, Cuevas, Nuria, Ridley, Dennis, “Becoming Web Smart: Measures and Benchmarks of Institutional Visibility on the Internet, “ American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
April, 2004

Matveev, Alexei, Feit, Marvin, and Barnes, Elsie, “Destabilization of Faculty Role-Set?: Faculty Paid Outside Work,” Association for Study of Higher Education 28th Annual Conference, Portland, OR.
April, 2004

Matveev, Alexei, and Cuevas, Nuria, “Bringing Moonlighters to the Daylight: How Institutions Structure Faculty Outside Work,” Association for Institutional Research Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
May, 2004

Cuevas, Nuria, Joe, Jilliam, and Feit, Marvin, “Proceed with Caution: Examining the Validity of NSSE/FSSE Comparisons, ” American Association of Higher Education Assessment Conference, Denver, CO.
June, 2004

Gaines, Rodney, Cuevas, Nuria, and Matveev, Alexei, “Critical Thinking: Comparative Study of Critical Thinking Skills,” American Association of Higher Education Assessment Conference, Denver, CO.
June, 2004

Joe, Jilliam, Feit, Marvin, and Matveev, Alexei, “Ensuring Student Success: Why Students Stay and Succeed,” American Association of Higher Education Assessment Conference, Denver, CO.
June, 2004

Martin, Marty, “Producing College Graduates with a Guarantee: They CAN Write,” American Association of Higher Education Assessment Conference, Denver, CO.
June, 2004

REGIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Joe, Jilliam, Cuevas, Nuria, and Matveev, Alexei, “How Good Are Your Institution’s Graduation and retention Rates?: A Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Approach to Benchmarking and Measuring Institutional Efficiency,” Southern Association for Institutional Research Conference, San Antonio, TX.
October, 2003

Banks, Junelle, Cuevas, Nuria, and Joe, Jilliam, “Assessment Office Mission Statements: The Blind Leading the Blind?” Virginia Assessment Group / Virginia Association for Management Analysis and Planning Conference, Williamsburg, VA.
November, 2003

Cuevas, Nuria, Ridley, Dennis, Matveev, Alexei, and Chaudhury, S. Raj, “Post 2001 Assessment Odyssey (Re)(de)fining the Assessment Profession,” Virginia Assessment Group / Virginia Association for Management Analysis and Planning Conference, Williamsburg, VA.
November, 2003

Martin, Marty, “Making an Exit Examination of Writing Competency,” Virginia Assessment Group / Virginia Association for Management Analysis and Planning Conference, Williamsburg, VA.
November, 2003

Martin, Marty, and Joe, Jilliam, “Predicting Students’ Writing Competency Performance: Explorations in Regression Analyses,” Virginia Assessment Group / Virginia Association for Management Analysis and Planning Conference, Williamsburg, VA.
November, 2003

Schaeffler, Jan, Cuevas, Nuria, and Matveev, Alexei, “Toward a Holographic Picture of Student Engagement: Connecting Student Experiences with Faculty and Student Affairs Professionals’ Perceptions of Student Engagement,” Virginia Assessment Group / Virginia Association for Management Analysis and Planning Conference, Williamsburg, VA.
November, 2003

Barnes, Elsie, Matveev, Alexei, Cuevas, Nuria, and Feit, Marvin, “Targeted Mentoring: Identifying Clusters of Black Male Students,” The Mid Atlantic Conference on the Scholarship of Diversity, Blacksburg, VA.
March, 2004

Parker, William, Cuevas, Nuria, et al., “Enrollment Data on Minorities in the Sciences, What This Means for Minorities in the Sciences,” 2004 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Media Fellowship Program, Norfolk, VA.
March, 2004

Barnes, Elsie, Cuevas, Nuria, and Joe, Jilliam, "Promises and Perils of Locally-Developed Competency Assessment Instruments," State Council for Higher Education in Virginia Assessment Forum, Richmond, VA.
April, 2004