CONFERENCE
FACULTY
Robert Wilkinson, Director,
Analysis, Planning and Assessment, Pittsburg
State University, Pittsburg, KS
Dr. Wilkinson has been the Director of
Analysis, Planning and Assessment at Pittsburg
State University for the past 20 years
and specializes in the areas of strategic
planning, assessment of student learning
and institutional effectiveness as well
as environmental scanning and futures
research. He has presented at numerous
regional and national conferences on the
topics of strategic planning and the uses
of data and information in strategic enrollment
management. Dr. Wilkinson has also served
as a planning and institutional research
consultant for numerous institutions.
He is currently developing web based applications,
converting institutional data into strategic
decision making information accessible
anytime anywhere.
Watson Scott Swail, President,
Educational Policy Institute, Virginia
Beach, VA
Dr. Swail serves as president of the
Educational Policy Institute, an international
organization dedicated to the study of
educational opportunity. Dr. Swail is
known for his work and development of
a research-based framework for student
retention, which will be presented at
this conference. Dr. Swail’s work has
been published in a number of publications
and books, including Change magazine,
The Chronicle of Higher Education, and
Phi Delta Kappan. His book, Retaining
Minority Students in Higher Education,
was published by Jossey-Bass in 2003.
Dr. Swail was the founding director of
the Pell Institute and also served as
a senior researcher with SRI International
and as associate director of policy analysis
for the College Board. He earned a doctorate
in educational policy from The George
Washington University, a master’s in science
(technology) from Old Dominion University,
and a bachelor’s in education (mathematics,
technology) from the University of Manitoba.
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