Adult Higher Education Alliance Annual Conference
The Spirit of AHEA:
Engaging Communities and Enlivening Practice
October 6-9, 2009
Chicago, IL
At the heart of the Adult Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) is our commitment to promote creative and effective teaching and learning opportunities for adults. Central to that mission is the goal of fostering a rich exchange of ideas about theories and practices relevant to our adult students and to our own development as professionals.
For more than 25 years, the annual conference of “The Alliance” has been an important opportunity for adult higher education professionals to share resources and information, to stimulate practitioner research, to become aware of work outside our own institutions, and, above all, to share ideas and experiences that help us critically reflect on our everyday activities.
2009 Call for Proposals
2009 Award and Scholarship Recipients
- Alliance Diversity Award–John LittleJohn, II
- Arthur Chickering Award–David Andrew Bucci
- Eugene Sullivan Award for Leadership–Alan Mandell
- International Graduate Student Award–Nur Aira Abdrahim
- Larry Murphy Scholarship–Christine Flug
- Larry Murphy Scholarship–Liem Tran
2009 Preconference Workshops
- Learning Mindfulness
Surachet Vetchapitak
Elliott Lauderdale - Prior Learning Assessment: Not So Simple!
Morris Fiddler
Catherine Marienau
2009 Keynote Speakers
- Taking charge of the Future: The Past, Present, and Future of the AHEA
Amy Rose - Taking Student Learning Seriously: Reflecting on Our Teaching Practice
Tim Riordan
2009 Conference Proceedings
- A Deweyan Lab School for Adult College Students: An Exploration
Alan Mandell and Xenia Coulter - Are We Ready for Active Learning?
Carla R. Payne - Beyond the Classroom Door: Engaging and Enlivening Communities with Peer Letter Writing
Carrie J. Boden, Lisa Mongno, and Connie Corbett-Whittier - Blood, Sweat and Tears: Insights into the Lived Experiences of Graduates of an Accelerated Undergraduate Degree-Completion Program
Bonnie Flynn - Democracy in Action: The Whys and Hows of Critical Thinking for Adult College Students
Kathy Slemp, Connie Corbett-Whittier, Carrie J. Boden - Educational Choices and Academic Behaviors of Adult Students Who are Mothers
Stephanie A. Wilsey - “Help! I am a New Faculty Member!”: Engaging New Full-time Faculty in an Induction Program
Cheryl Torok Fleming and George Howell - Teaching Creativity to Adult Learners: Theory-Based Practice
Ruth Anna Abilgail - Teaching Students to Write Objectives and Accomplishment Statements
Robert Benway - The Blended Shore Concept of International/Intercultural Adult Education Program Development and Delivery: A Discourse in Progress
Gabriele Strohschen, Kenneth Elazier - The Non-Traditional Student: Myths and Misconceptions What Really Works
Cynthia B. Worthen, Joanne F. Jefferson - The Utility of an Effective Study Program Intervention for Improving the Study Skills of At Risk College Students: An Exploratory Study
Yvonne M. Patterson, Michael C. Edwards