The Presenters
Jim Coffman
Dr. Dan Weinstein
 Charles F. Harrington is Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke where he also holds faculty rank as Professor of Decision Sciences. He has held a number of academic positions including Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, Director of Institutional Research and Planning, and Coordinator of Sponsored Research and Grants.
He is the author of numerous articles and monographs on topics including institutional effectiveness, student evaluation of teaching, faculty development, student learning outcomes assessment, and service learning. Dr. Harrington also serves as a consultant to colleges and universities on matters of regional accreditation, assessment, and faculty evaluation.
Dr. Harrington holds a B.S. and the Ph.D. from Ohio University and a M.S. from Drexel University
Session: Overview and Introduction to the conference. Dr. Harrington is also the conference moderator.
Margaret J. Barr is professor emeritus in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. Prior to her retirement she served as vice president for student affairs at Northwestern, vice chancellor for student affairs at Texas Christian University, and vice president for student affairs at Northern Illinois University. She has also been associate and assistant dean of student at the University of Texas at Austin, director of housing and director of the college union at Trenton State College, New Jersey and Director of Women’s Residences at the State University of New York-Harper College. During her academic career she has had responsibility for development and implementation of operating budgets for both general revenue and auxiliary enterprises. Additionally, she has been involved in the development of plans for, construction of and financing of new buildings such as residence halls and recreational facilities. She has also developed and implemented deferred maintenance plans and budgets for such facilities.
She is the author or editor of numerous books and monographs including: The Academic Administrators Guide to Budgets and Financial Management (2002), The Handbook for Student Affairs Administration (1993), senior editor of the second edition The Handbook for Student Affairs Administration with M. Desler (2000), co-editor of New Futures for Student Affairs with M. Lee Upcraft (1990) editor of Student Services and the Law (1988), and co-editor of Developing Effective Student Services Programs with L.A. Keating (1985). She served as editor-in chief for the Jossey-Bass monograph series New Directions for Student Services for twelve years (1986-1998). In addition, she is the author of numerous book and monograph chapters.
Her B.S. degree is from the State University of New York College at Buffalo, Buffalo, N. Y. (1961), M.S. degree from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (1964) and Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin (1980).
Session: Budgeting and Financial Management for Academic Leaders
 Jim Coffman is a veterinarian by training and spent the first part of his career in private horse practice in Wichita, Kansas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Since then he has been engaged in all aspects of higher education having come through the professorial ranks and served as a department head, dean, and provost. In June 2004 he completed 17 years of service as provost of Kansas State University.
In addition to his experience in academic environments, Coffman has served as an officer and president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners and the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. He was a trustee for eight years on the Professional Liability Insurance Trust of the American Veterinary Medical Association and served as chair of that board of trustees for two of those years. Other experience includes service on the Executive Committee of the Council on Academic Affairs of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. He served as chair of the gubernatorial task force that drafted legislation implementing pari-mutuel wagering in the state of Kansas and chaired a National Research Council sub-committee on the use of drugs in food producing animals.
This blend of experience in organizational service, governance and administration has involved conflict management in a large variety of circumstances. Bringing this background together in addressing conflict in academic organizations allows for a fresh approach in relating conflict management to how universities and colleges work.
Session: Managing Conflict in Higher Education
Dr. Dan Weinstein holds a B.A. and M.A. in sociology and a Ph.D. in higher education. He began his career teaching K-12 and social sciences at the community college level. In 1998 he became Director of Institutional, Assessment, and Planning at Lower Columbia College in Longview, Washington, and in 2003 he became Assistant Provost for Institutional Planning & Assessment at Millersville University in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dr. Weinstein has numerous publications in the area of outcomes assessment, is a staff member of Institutional Effectiveness Associates, and consults for colleges and universities around the country.
Session: Creating a Campus Climate for Successful Outcome Assessment
 John M. Braxton is Professor of Education in the Higher Education Leadership and Policy Program in the Department of Leadership and Organizations at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. Professor Braxton has an extensive publication record, which includes over 70 publications in the form of refereed journal articles, book chapters, edited books and books.
His research interests include the sociology of the academic profession with particular interest in faculty teaching and scholarship role performance and the various social forces that influence such role performances. The social control of faculty research and teaching misconduct is also a major research interest of Professor Braxton. His publications on these topics include the following two books Faculty Misconduct in Collegiate Teaching (1999) co-authored with Alan E. Bayer and Institutionalizing a Broader View of Scholarship Through Boyer's Four Domains (2002) co-authored with William Luckey and Patricia Helland. He has also edited two books focused on faculty issues: Faculty Teaching and Research: Is There a Conflict? (1996) and the co-edited volume with Alan E. Bayer titled Addressing Faculty and Student Classroom Improprieties (2005).
Professor Braxton serves as a Consulting Editor for the Journal of Higher Education and Research in Higher Education. He is also a Past-President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education.
Session: Supporting Faculty
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