Learning Resources

Conference Presentations

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.

Conference Presentations

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?

Conference Presentations

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.

Conference Presentations

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.

Conference Presentations

Reframing Strategic Planning Priorities Through Results-based Strategic Design

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. Results-Based Strategic Design (RBSD) is an alternative approach to strategic planning that combines design-thinking methods with a focus on outcomes. In this session, you will learn how RBSD can help you supplement, restart, or reframe planning processes at your institution.

Conference Presentations

Campus-Wide Accessibility in Long-Term Planning and COVID-19 Response

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. Campus-wide accessibility has a profound impact on student experience, yet institutions of higher education often struggle to provide accessible environments. This session will discuss successful strategies for accessibility planning—both long-term and during the COVID-19 pandemic. We'll discuss how to approach COVID-19 social distancing strategies in terms of program and spatial access, and key accessibility requirements to keep in mind when adapting different facilities types (residence halls, dining facilities, classrooms, etc).

Conference Presentations

Cleveland State University Campus Tour

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. The Washkewicz College of Engineering added over 100,000 GSF (gross square feet) to the existing 200,000 GSF building, completed in 2018. The building has become an icon for the college with modern lab and teaching spaces, as well as, for the university because its location serves as an entrance to the campus being on the campus edge in downtown Cleveland.

Conference Presentations

Leading with Focus

Collaboration and Productivity Without a Billion Video Conferences

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. Never-ending videoconferences haven't helped you and your colleagues be more efficient—they're just wasting your time. Join Your Nerdy Best Friend, aka Beth Z, for proven techniques to help you focus and improve your productivity along with the tools to lead your team to be more efficient and effective.

Conference Presentations

Planning for the Future of the Smart Campus

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. The COVID-19 pandemic has radically altered expectations on campuses everywhere, fundamentally disrupting every aspect of academic institutions with unknown long-term consequences. This session will draw from foresight analysis and interviews with campus leaders to consider the necessary adjustments to pedagogy, learning spaces, and emerging technologies and recommend appropriate planning and design approaches for navigating the year(s) ahead.

Conference Presentations

President’s Session | Every Student’s Dream Matters

Lorain County Community College’s Vision for Student Success

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. Lorain County Community College (LCCC) built its culture of student success upon strategies that include a broad community-based strategic planning process, transparent dialogue about institutional data, an organizational structure that fosters responsiveness, and strategic finance principles that align resources with mission. Come learn how LCCC identifies game-changing innovations and aligns resources to bring them to scale.

Conference Presentations

Pandemic Space Planning for Now and the Long Term

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. This session will address fundamental questions regarding COVID-19 space planning and utilization—both now and in the future. We will share approaches and tools to fulfill your institution's space needs in the current pandemic, and discuss how the pandemic may influence long-term campus space planning.

Conference Presentations

The Empowered University

Shared Leadership for Academic Success and Crisis Management

SCUP 2020 Annual Conference. Freeman A. Hrabowski III has led a transformation of University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) from a young, regional institution to an innovative research university. In this opening keynote, he discusses his new book, The Empowered University, which probes the ways in which an empowering culture and shared leadership enable a campus to tackle tough issues when times are good and manage challenges when crises emerge.