SEMINAR SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

Thursday (Breakfast and Lunch Provided), June 19
8:00am Breakfast

8:30- 4:00 Program
            Welcoming Remarks: Allen Phelps, Director 
                  UW Center for Education and Work
            
            Science and Engineering Leaders Panel: 
                     Why Retention Matters in Educating Future Scientists     
                              and Engineers

            Frameworks for Understanding Retention

            Researching Retention

            Retention Case Study: The Sloan Engineering Mentoring
                     Program (SEMP) Model 

      12:30 Lunch

            Stakeholder Perspectives Panel:
               Faculty mentors, Office of Diversity Affairs

            Practical Retention Strategies; Implementation Issues
            
            Team Meetings and Strand Discussions based on size, type, 
                     higher education institution, student focus. etc.
   
            Facilitated Team Planning: Needs Assessment Questions, 
                     Initial Program Design

4:00 Adjourn

                  Dinner on Your Own in Beautiful Downtown Madison

Friday (Breakfast and Lunch Provided), June 20
8:00am Breakfast

8:30- 4:00 Program
            Assessment Issues in Retention (survey instruments, data 
                  collection processes)

            Using Qualitative and Quantitative Data in Retention Research 

            Expert Panel of Evaluators

            Institutional Issues: Using Research to Advance Retention Efforts

12:30 Lunch

            Building Institutional Collaborations – How To Create “Buy In”
                  Facilitated Panel of Sloan Project Collaborators (Engineering, 
                  CALS deans’ offices)

            Team Meetings and Consultations and Team Reports 

            Wrap Up and Evaluations

4:00 Adjourn