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Conference Presentations

Curriculum Redesign

Evolving Practices for Virtual and Physical Learning

SCUP 2020 Pacific Regional Conference. This session will explore how institutions can move away from “crisis teaching” and towards a mindfully-redesigned and thoughtfully-delivered curriculum spanning a range of models, from virtual to hybrid to in-person learning.

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Where are We? Where Do We Go?

Moving from Reactivity to Creativity During COVID

SCUP 2020 Pacific Regional Conference. This session will explore the core issues, challenges, and opportunities that are shaping higher education and uncover the breadth of adaptation that institutions must undertake in this time of disruption.

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Addressing the Financial Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. Effectively managing the financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is critical to institutional survival. This session will focus on retrenchment and even delve into the taboo issue of financial exigency. Join us to discuss short-term, medium-term, and long-term approaches to retrenchment and find out which solutions can most benefit your institution in this time of financial uncertainty.

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Demographics, Defaults, Disillusionment, Disruption

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. This session will show how Innovation Theory can help institutions thrive in learning's new golden age rather than falling under the scythe of the industry's most daunting challenges, the most urgent of which is COVID-19. The theory-based framework we discuss will give you a new lens through which to analyze your challenges and guide your strategic decision making.

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Vision to Reality

Reshaping Institutional Models for Underserved Populations

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. This session will illustrate how the needs of traditionally underserved students are reshaping higher education delivery, now more than ever due to increased virtual learning and loss of campus space. Come learn how you can translate institutional values of access and equity into resilient physical planning strategies that will help your institution support underserved students in a time of crisis.

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UIC’s Recovery Plan

Preparing Residence Halls and Classrooms for Fall 2020

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. A diverse team of faculty and staff are leading The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)’s recovery plan, focusing first on space types and second on each building's particularities in order to determine safety measures. Come learn about UIC's recovery plan for residence halls and classrooms as well as its established protocols for enabling the safe return of students for the fall 2020 semester.

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What Higher Education Can Learn From IT Business Continuity Planning

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. IT has been creating and implementing business continuity plans for years, and IT leaders are some of the few people that see across the entire organization. This discussion will examine how IT continuity activities can both inform and adapt to institutional strategies and needs during COVID-19, or any crisis.

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Adapting to COVID-19 During a Library Building Project

How Kenyon Is (Safely) Maintaining Its Residential Experience

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. We will explore how Kenyon College is keeping the momentum of its master plan implementation alive while adapting to the COVID-19 era through the lens of an in-construction library project. Find out how your institution can take precautions to protect students from COVID-19 without sacrificing the residential experience, thereby keeping students more engaged and compliant with stricter rules during their transition back to campus.

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Critical Concepts and Trends in Assessment, Accreditation, and Program Review

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. This session will help you define assessment-related terms (i.e. goals, outcomes, objectives, standards, etc.) and will provide an overview of assessment and accreditation trends that could impact your institution. We will also provide an overview of how this landscape is in flux due to COVID-19, and how this may impact higher education.

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Education, Opportunity, and Justice in a Post-COVID World

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. Leaders across higher education have had to confront the collision of three pandemics—health, economic, and racial. No institution has escaped worrying about the wellbeing of staff, students, faculty and alumni; no school has gone untouched by the economic fallout of going online or staying in place; all anticipate new costs whether instruction is online or hybrid. Where does diversity, equity, and inclusion fit in this world? Should it fit?

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Congress, COVID-19, and the Colleges

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. As the start of the 2020–21 academic year approaches, America faces a series of unprecedented challenges: the worst public health crisis since 1919, the worst economic environment since 1933, and the worst civil unrest since 1968. This session will explore the policy and political climate in Washington DC, discuss current and potential policy changes, and encourage you to consider how these will impact your institution.

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Planning for Equity

Supporting Students Now and in the Fall

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. This session will discuss the equity and access issues amplified by the pandemic and how institutions are adapting this fall's programs and environments to alleviate these issues. Come join our panelists for an in-depth discussion of research into student inequities and how their institutions plan to improve the student support system on their campus this fall.