Events

Upcoming Events

May 9, 2015

• Event details:Richard Arum will present on a panel entitled "21st Century Minds: Teaching & Assessing Cognitive Skills" at Learning & the Brain's conference on Educating World-Class Minds.
• Location: Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel / New York, NY 10019
• More information: Learning & the Brain

Please check back for more announcements about our upcoming speaking engagements.

Recent Events

JANUARY 29, 2015

• Event details:Richard Arum discussed Aspiring Adults Adrift at Norwich University
• Location: Norwich University / Northfield, VT 05663
• More information: Norwich University

JANUARY 28, 2015

• Event details:Richard Arum discussed Aspiring Adults Adrift at Dartmouth College
• Location: Dartmouth College / Hanover, NH 03755
• More information: Dartmouth College

JANUARY 23, 2015, 2:45-4:00 PM

• Event details:Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa discussed Aspiring Adults Adrift at a featured session at the AAC&U's Centennial Annual Meeting.
• Location: Marriott Marquis Hotel / 901 Massachusetts Avenue, NW / Washington, DC 20001
• More information: Association of American Colleges and Universities

JANUARY 4, 2015, 2:30 PM

• Event details: Josipa Roksa participated in a panel at the American Economic Association's Annual Meeting on new initiatives in teaching, learning, and assessment in postsecondary economics.
• Location: Sheraton Boston, Hampton Room / 39 Dalton St / Boston, MA 02199
• More information: American Economic Association

JANUARY 2, 2015, 3:30-5:30 PM

• Event details: Josipa Roksa participated in a panel on new efforts to improve student learning at the American Historical Association's Annual Meeting.
• Location: New York Hilton Midown, Regent Parlor / 1335 Avenue of the Americas / New York, NY 10019
• More information: American Historical Association and Storify

DECEMBER 9, 2014, 4:30-6:00 PM

• Event details: Josipa Roksa presented a talk entitled "Academically Adrift: Why Students Do Not Learn Much in College and Why it Matters" at Haverford College.
• Location: Gest Center 101 / Haverford College / Haverford, PA 19041
• More information: Haverford College

NOVEMBER 22, 2014, 3:30-4:45 PM

• Event details:  Abby Larson (Measuring College Learning Project) participated in a panel on new initiatives in teaching, learning, and assessment at the National Communication Association's Annual Meeting.
• Location: Hilton Chicago, Room 4A / 720 S. Michigan Avenue / Chicago, IL 60605
• More information: National Communication Association

NOVEMBER 6, 2014, 9-10:30 AM

• Event details: Josipa Roksa participated in a panel on academic rigor and instructional support at "Getting in and Staying in: Challenging the College Completion Gap," a CUNY Institute for Education Policy conference.
• Location: Roosevelt House,  47-49 E 65th St, New York, NY 10065
• More information: CUNY Institute for Education Policy (YouTube recording)

NOVEMBER 3, 2014, 5-6:30 PM

• Event details: Richard Arum led a seminar on college graduates' transitions to adulthood at the NYU Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy. He was joined by two respondents: Adam Gamoran, president of the William T. Grant Foundation, and Jennifer Jennings, assistant professor of sociology at NYU.
• Location: Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge, 40 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012
• More information: New York University

OCTOBER 9, 2014

• Event details: Richard Arum delivered a talk entitled "College for what?" based on findings from Academically Adrift and Aspiring Adults Adrift.
• Location: Richland Community College, Decatur, IL
• More information: Summary in Decatur's Herald-Review newspaper.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

• Event details: Connected Courses hosted an online discussion about Aspiring Adults Adrift with Richard Arum, Josipa Roska, and UC Irvine Professor of Anthropology Mimi Ito.
• Location: YouTube
• More information: Connected Courses

Past Events

Arum and Roksa have spoken about their research on higher education at over 50 colleges and universities, including the following:

• George Washington University
• Georgia Southern University
• Michigan State University
• New York University
• Rice University
• Rutgers University
• Stanford University
• Teachers College, Columbia University
• The New School
• University of Arkansas
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Illinois
• University of Louisville
• University of Maryland
• University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
• University of Notre Dame
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Toronto
• University of Virginia
• Vanderbilt University
• Wabash College

They have also spoken at over 30 other organizations, including the following:

• American Educational Research Association
• American Enterprise Institute
• American Sociology Association
• Association for Institutional Research
• Association of American Colleges and Universities
• Association of Governing Boards
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Committee on Institutional Cooperation
• Council for Higher Education Accreditation
• Council of Independent Colleges
• Education Writers Association
• Institute of Education Sciences
• Manhattan Institute
• Modern Language Association
• National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI)
• New England Faculty Development Consortium (NEFDC)
• Texas Higher Education Coordination Board
• The College Board