Presentations
JBLA makes numerous presentations each year, for clients and for broader audiences who are concerned with issues within the areas of our expertise.  To have one of our associates speak at your function, please contact us.

Recent presentations cover a variety of topics, including:

A Research Study of Career Schools
Career College Association 2010 Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV
June 10, 2010
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How to Graduate High-Risk Students
Lessons from Successful For-Profit Colleges and Schools, Student Financial Aid Research Network Annual Conference, San Diego, CA,
June 11, 2010
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Achieving the Dream: Data Submission Process
Achieving the Dream Orientation, Denver, CO
May 11, 2010
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Underutilization of Student Aid in Community Colleges
90th Annual AACC Conference, Seattle, Washington
April 19, 2010
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Faculty Salaries in Unpredictable Times
NEA/AFT National Higher Education Conference, San Jose, CA
March 26, 2010
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Got Evidence? Using the Initiative-Provided Data Analyses to Support Decision-Making at Your Institution
Achieving the Dream 2010 Strategy Institute, Charlotte, NC
February 3, 2010
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Meeting the Obama Administration's Goals
NEA Affiliate Staff Training, Washington, DC
November 19, 2009
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National Trends in the Use of Contingent Faculty and Staffing Distributions in Ohio
The Summit on Academic Staffing in Higher Education for Ohio
October 2, 2009
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Using Data to Improve Developmental Education
Developmental Education Initiative Kickoff
July 15, 2009
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Academic Competiveness and SMART Grant Programs: The Second-Year
Student Financial Aid Research Network (SFARN) Conference, Indianapolis, IN
July 12, 2009
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Academic Competitiveness and SMART Grant Programs: The First-Year
Student Financial Aid Research Network (SFARN) Conference, Baltimore, MD
June 13, 2009
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Defining the Higher Education Market
CASE District IV Conference
April 7, 2009
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Trends in Faculty Salaries and Retirement
NEA Higher Education Conference, Portland, OR
March 29, 2009
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National Perspectives: History, Accountability and the Definition of Quality
ACCET Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX
October 22, 2008
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Trends in Higher Education
Michigan Education Association Higher Education Bargaining Conference, East Lansing, MI
October 10, 2008
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Creating the 21st Century Community College: Aligning Policy and Practice to Increase Student Success and Meet Workforce Needs
Education Commission of the States National Forum on Education Policy, Austin, TX
July 2, 2008
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Using Longitudinal Data to Improve Student Persistence
Retention 2006 Conference
May 23, 2006
JBLA provided a report on the use of longitudinal data and demonstrated how the data can be used for the purpose of institutional planning to improve persistence. The data are from the Achieving the Dream Initiative, a multi-year effort at more than 70 community colleges across the country aimed at helping the colleges collect and use data for better decision-making.
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Improving Retention and Graduation Rates of Low-Income Students
Coalition of State University Aid Administrators Conference
April 30, 2006
JBLA provided an overview of the issues surrounding retention and graduation rates of low-income students, and suggested policies and programs that institutions can use to improve those rates.
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Privatization and Educational Quality
UFMDC Sponsored Symposia
April 7, 2006
This presentation to the United Faculty of Miami-Dade College discussed the issue of privatization on college and university campuses, on both a local and national level. The potential conflict between educational mission and the pressure to maintain adequate funding for educational programs was examined.
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Faculty Salaries 2006
The American Federation of Teachers & National Education Association Higher Education Summit, Orlando, FL
March 3, 2006
This presentation examines trends in faculty salaries for the 2004-05 academic year.
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