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Concurrent Session Track 1 - 10:30am - 12:00pm

ALIGNING ACADEMIC PROGRAMS WITH LABOR MARKET NEEDS:
A VALUES DRIVEN PROPOSITION.

Location: Boca VIII WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Presented by: Tamara Arnott, Academic Program Director, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Saint Paul,
MN

Questions being hotly debated as to the value and purpose(s) of post-secondary education are headline news.
Can colleges and universities fnd a middle ground between opposing philosophies? Collaboration between
the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system with the Department of Employment and Economic
Development has produced data tools and new processes to support the alignment of academic program
oferings with the labor market needs in Minnesota. Participants will be introduced to diferent types of data
available to program planners to assist in decision makers making.

This 90 minute session will include:
• Philosophical discussion about purposes of higher education
• Strategies colleges and universities use to increase enrollment through changes in curriculum oferings
• Finding the balance between industry needs, return on investment for students and broader purposes within
higher education
• Various tools available to provide data for informed decision making will be demonstrated.

Expand Your Strengths, at the Strengths Café

Presented by Strengths Strategy

Strengths Strategy invites each Chair Academy Conference
participant the opportunity to experience a complimentary
25-minute sample Strengths Strategy coaching session.
This coaching experience will help you understand
how to increase your energy, performance and
engagement through the expanded use of your
strengths. You’ll learn more about the unique
contributions and needs of your strengths, and
how you can strategically apply them to develop
strengths-based leadership skills. You’ll be empowered
to build greater relationships using a strengths focus,
and bring this new ability to your colleagues and
students. This focus can inspire a lasting culture shift
designed to support the success of students and institutions -
through the effective and intentional application of strengths.
Don’t miss the opportunity to sign up for a free 25-minute session.

Come visit us in the Caribbean Ballroom VI,
or at the Strengths Strategy exhibit booth.
www.strengthsstrategy.com

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