RAP Annual Conference Schedule

Recruitment, Admissions, and Preparation (RAP) addresses the needs of professionals working in admissions, recruitment, enrollment management, marketing, credential evaluation, intensive English programs, sponsored program agencies, and overseas advising. The following schedule provides a list of all sessions pertaining to this Knowledge Community.

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Monday, May 26, 2008
4:30 p.m-5:00 p.m	Overseas Advisers Reception
5:00 p.m-7:00 p.m	Recruitment, Admissions, and Preparation Networking Reception
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
10:30 a.m-11:00 a.m	Orientation for First-Time Conference Attendees
1:15 p.m-2:15 p.m	Recruitment, Admissions, and Preparation Knowledge Community Update Meeting
2:30 p.m-3:45 p.m	Target the Globetrotters in Singapore and the Philippines
2:30 p.m-3:45 p.m	Education in the South Caucasus Region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia
2:30 p.m-3:45 p.m	Bologna Process and the Changing European Landscape
4:15 p.m-6:00 p.m	Opening Plenary: Vicente Fox
6:00 p.m-8:00 p.m	Opening Reception
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
8:00 a.m-9:15 a.m	From Our Regions to Yours: REACs and EducationUSA
8:00 a.m-9:15 a.m	Turkey: New Trends, New Opportunities, Greater Diversity, and Cooperation
8:00 a.m-9:15 a.m	Local Sources of Aid: What Are International Students' Options?
8:00 a.m-9:15 a.m	Transatlantic Recruitment: Impact of Bologna on Student Mobility
10:00 a.m-12:00 p.m	Plenary Panel: Examining Public Diplomacy and Its Effects
12:30 p.m-1:30 p.m	RAP Career Round Table
1:45 p.m-3:00 p.m	Cuban Academic Documents: From the Obvious to the Obscure
1:45 p.m-3:00 p.m	ELTA Roundtable
1:45 p.m-3:00 p.m	E-Recruitment: Building Web Traffic and Converting Leads into Students
3:30 p.m-5:00 p.m	Overseas Advisers/Embassy Dialogue Country Fair
3:45 p.m-5:00 p.m	An Update on Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region presented by APAIE
3:45 p.m-5:00 p.m	Recruitment Results with Little or No Money
3:45 p.m-5:00 p.m	Bologna Countdown: Update for Admissions Professionals
3:45 p.m-5:00 p.m	Intensive English Programs: A Dialogue with U.S Government Officials
5:15 p.m-6:15 p.m	Special Guest: Vice President of Iraq, Adil Abdul Mahdi - CANCELLED
6:30 p.m-9:30 p.m	Dinner at an Embassy
Thursday, May 29, 2008
8:00 a.m-9:00 a.m	Update on the Educational System of France
8:00 a.m-9:00 a.m	Shaping the Way We Teach English
8:00 a.m-9:00 a.m	The Use of Information Resources in International Credential Evaluation
8:00 a.m-9:00 a.m	The European Higher Education Area by 2010
9:15 a.m-10:15 a.m	Region II Highlight: Helping Gulf Arab Students Succeed in IEPs
9:15 a.m-10:15 a.m	Cyber Recruitment: Effective Use of Technology for a Dynamic Demographic
9:15 a.m-10:15 a.m	Higher Education in Vietnam: Issues, Opportunities, and Actions
9:15 a.m-10:15 a.m	Atypical Credentials: Assessing the Likelihood of Fraudulent Cases
10:45 a.m-12:30 p.m	Plenary Address and Annual Meeting: Ishmael Beah
1:30 p.m-2:45 p.m	Reviewing Credentials from Secondary Schools for Recruitment, Admissions, and Preparation Poster Group
1:30 p.m-2:45 p.m	Working with Sponsoring Organizations Poster Group
2:00 p.m-3:15 p.m	Ignorance is not Bliss: Basic Immigration for Non-Foreign Student Advisers
2:00 p.m-3:15 p.m	Trends In the Middle East: New Secondary School Credentials and Detecting Diploma Mills
2:00 p.m-3:15 p.m	Accessing the Prospective Student Market in the Caribbean
2:00 p.m-3:15 p.m	A World of Choice - European Universities Entering a New Era
4:00 p.m-5:15 p.m	Anglophone West Africa: Education, Credentials, Recruitment, & Resources
4:00 p.m-5:15 p.m	TOEFL® iBT Scores: Setting and Evaluating Score Requirements
4:00 p.m-5:15 p.m	Lunch or Not? - Recruiting Strategies in Asia
4:00 p.m-5:15 p.m	The Educational Dreams of Migrant Students: A U.S.-Mexico Challenge
5:45 p.m-6:45 p.m	Regional Update Meetings
7:00 p.m-8:30 p.m	A Conversation with Azar Nafisi
9:00 p.m-2:00 a.m	Club NAFSA Dance Party
Friday, May 30, 2008
8:00 a.m-9:15 a.m	Overcoming Challenge: Admitting and Enrolling Economically Disadvantaged International Students
8:00 a.m-9:15 a.m	Best Practices: EducationUSA and Department of Commerce Worldwide Resources
8:00 a.m-9:15 a.m	Education in the Middle East: Refugees and Border Crossing
8:00 a.m- 9:15 a.m	Providing Opportunities for Graduate Education to the Marginalized: Mid-term Results of the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP)
8:00 a.m- 9:15 a.m	Development of New Higher Education Institutions in China
9:00 a.m-10:00 a.m	Updates on Country Policies and Higher Education Poster Group
9:30 a.m-10:30 a.m	Saudi Arabia: Navigating Recruitment and the Scholarship Program
9:30 a.m-10:30 a.m	Credentials Evaluation: RAP Admissions and Overseas Advisers Liaison Group
11:00 a.m-12:15 p.m	RAP: We Like the Sound of That
11:00 a.m-12:15 p.m	Recruiting International Students At Home: A Canadian Example of Creating Public/Private Partnerships
11:00 a.m-12:15 p.m	International Diversity Initiatives For Sponsored Students
11:00 a.m-12:15 p.m	Development of Credential Evaluation Systems for Japanese Universities: Comparative Perspective
11:00 a.m-12:15 p.m	Region XII Highlight: Non-native Norms for English: Implications for International Students in the U.S.
12:30 p.m-2:00 p.m	International Plenary & Luncheon: Amy Chua
2:45 p.m-4:00 p.m	An Update on the Educational System of Lebanon
2:45 p.m-4:00 p.m	Writing Effective and Enforceable Satisfactory Progress/Attendance Policies for IEPs
2:45 p.m-4:00 p.m	Planning Highly Effective Washington, D.C.,Trips to Recruit Sponsored Students