Conference Archives

CAPPS 33rd Annual Conference

October 11-13, 2017

Theme: Finding True North
Venue: Hyatt Regency Mission Bay, San Diego, CA

Conference Photos are posted on the CAPPS Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CAPPSonline/

CAPPS Memorial Scholarships: Watch the 2017 Memorial Scholarship award videos on the CAPPS YouTube channel.

CAPPS Hall of Fame STAR Award: Watch the video that was shown during the awards ceremony on October 12th, in honor of our 2017 Hall of Fame inductee Rick Wood.

The Norma Ford Financial Aid Professional of the Year Award: The 2017 award went to Elona Owens of Asher College. Though Elona was not able to attend the awards ceremony in person on October 13th, Asher College presented a video featuring Elona and her story, as told by her campus director, Linda Freeman. Watch it here.

Session Presentation Files Available for Download:

Pre-conference Breakout #1
10 Easy Ways to Increase Enrollments without Additional Costs
Darryl Mattox, President/COO, Gragg Advertising
Burke Malin, COO, Gurnick Academy

Pre-conference Breakout #2
Cyber Security: What Every School Owner And Senior Manager Needs To Know
Bill Ojile, Partner, Armstrong Teasdale
Dan Nelson, Partner, Armstrong Teasdale
Bruce Denson, President & CEO, Cobbs Allen

Pre-conference Breakout #3
Navigating the New Department of Education Proprietary School Audit Guide
Katherine Lee Carey, Special Counsel, Cooley, LLP
Rebecca Sanders, Senior Manager, Almich & Associates
Brittney Drake, Director, Financial Aid, Trident University International

Pre-conference Breakout #4
Engaging Millennials and Generation Z: Persistence Strategies for Today’s Students
Beylor Meza, COO, Success Education Colleges

Breakout Session #2
Meeting Student Expectations & Satisfying Key Compliance Requirements
Sally Samuels, Director of Compliance, FAME
Ron Holt, Chair, Higher Education Practice Group, Douthit Frets Rouse Gentile & Rhodes, LLC
Victoria Russ, Director of Financial Aid, Bellus Academy

Breakout Session #3
Lessons and Best Practices on Maintaining Compliance and on Conducting a Self-Evaluation of your Compliance Program
Peter Leyton, Shareholder/Attorney, Ritzert & Leyton PC
Steven Gombos, Shareholder/Attorney, Ritzert & Leyton PC
Mike Abril, Vice President of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, San Joaquin Valley College

Breakout Session #4
A Student-Centered Approach to Institutional Success
Christopher Lambert, Associate Executive Director, Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC)

Breakout Session #6
Emergent Competing Career Education Models: Opportunities and Challenges for CAPPS Schools
Stanley Freeman, Principal and Education Founder, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC
Sean Beller, Associate, , Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC

Breakout Session #7
Getting all your Docs in a Row: Clery/Title IX Compliance for Institutions of All Sizes
Valerie Mendelsohn, Vice President Compliance and Risk Management, West Coast University / American Career College
Brandon Sherman, Senior Counsel to the Assistant Secretary, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education

Breakout Session #9
PDI’s and Referrals – A Forgotten Art
Lisa Olmedo, VP of Client Services, Gragg Advertising
Burke Malin, COO, Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts

Breakout Session #10
Mobile Attendance Applications for Student Success
Ena Hull, SVP Student Financial Services, UNITEK Learning
Tina Tran, AVP Institutional Quality Assurance, UNITEK Learning

Breakout Session #12
Laws of Helping Paws and Claws
Bryce Young, Trial Attorney, Duane Morris LLP
Dr. Bonita M. Bergin, Ed. D., President, Bergin University of Canine Studies

Steve Gunderson’s Friday Morning Keynote Presentation, “Two Weeks in October”
Steve Gunderson, President & CEO, Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU)

CAPPS 2017 Legislative Policy Conference

Advancing Opportunity

March 27-28, 2017
Embassy Suites, Sacramento, CA

Conference files available for download:

Conference program book

Sacramento’s Changing Legislative Scene
Matt Back, President, Matt Back Government Relations
Robert W. Johnson, Executive Director, CAPPS

The California Economy
Rob C. Lapsley, President, California Business Roundtable

The Most Important Opportunity!
Steve Gunderson, President & CEO, Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU)

Threats From The Left, Relief From The Right? Reality Check on the Current Higher Education Legal and Policy Landscape
Keith Zakarin, Partner and Chair of the Education Practice Group, Duane Morris LLP
Katherine Brodie, Special Counsel, Duane Morris LLP (Washington, D.C.)

Draining the Swamp?
Stanley A. Freeman, Principal, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC
Peter S. Leyton, President, Ritzert & Leyton, PC

Sacramento, CA

CAPPS 32nd Annual Conference 2016

Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Workforce

October 5-7, 2016

The Langham Huntington, Pasadena, CA

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Pre-Conference Workshops, October 5^th, 2016

Pre-conference Workshop #1

Reauthorization 2016 and Related Legislation: The No Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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Matt Back, President, Matt Back Government Relations

Robert W. Johnson, Executive Director, CAPPS

Keith Zakarin, Partner, Chair of the Education Practice Group, Duane Morris LLP

 

Pre-conference Workshop #2

All About the Outcomes: Retention, Credentialing & Placement

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Darcy A. Dauderis, JD MHA, Vice President, Accreditation & Licensing, American Career College

 

Pre-conference Workshop #3

Policy Issues, Trends, and Challenges in Distance Education: An Accreditor’s Perspective

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Dr. Leah K. Matthews, Executive Director, Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC)

 

Pre-conference Workshop #4

The Evolving Role of Accreditation

(slides not available)

Jay Vaughan, Partner, Education Practice Group, Cooley LLP

Naomi Harralson May, Associate, Education Practice Group, Cooley LLP

 

Breakout Sessions, October 6^th, 2016

Breakout Session #1

The Career Education Admissions Professional: What will IT take to thrive in 2017?

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Dr. Jean Norris, Managing Partner, Enrollment Solutions, Norton|Norris, Inc.

Debbie Muno, Managing Partner, Muno, Summer & Associates

 

Breakout Session #2

BPPE and Me

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Joanne Wenzel, Bureau Chief, Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Kim Rust, Executive Vice President, Educational Advisors Inc.

Katherine (Kate Lee Carey, Special Counsel, Cooley LLP

 

Breakout Session #3

Navigating New Letter of Credit Requirements

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Bruce Denson, Cobbs Allen, President

Keith Zakarin, Duane Morris, Managing Partner

 

Breakout Session #4

Healthy Students = Healthy School = Healthy Future!

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Gelena Gorelik, MS, RD, E-Learning Coordinator, Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts

 

Breakout Session #5

Low Cost Tips that Improve Conversions

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Lisa Olmedo, VP Enrollment Strategies, Enrollment Resources

Gregg Meiklejohn, Co-founder and CEO, Enrollment Resources

 

Breakout Session #6

Adaptive Learning= Success for Students

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Dr. Susan Sportsman, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, Director of Consultation and Services, Elsevier

 

Breakout Session #7

Best Practices To Managing And Understanding Today’s Operational Challenges

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Peter S. Leyton, Attorney, Ritzert & Leyton, P.C.

Matthew Johnston, President, Santa Barbara Business College

Gary Yasuda, President, Milan Institute

David Vice, President, Asher College

 

Breakout Session #8

Supporting Gainful Employment: How to verify soft skills and predict loan default

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Amanda Opperman, Senior Institutional Effectiveness Specialist, Wonderlic

Ena Hull, Senior Vice President, Student Financial Services & Title IV Compliance, Unitek Information Systems

 

Breakout Sessions, October 7^th, 2016

Breakout Session #9

Strategies for Success While Navigating the TCPA Minefield

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Ken Sponsler, CECP, CIPP/US, Senior Vice President and General Manager, CompliancePoint, Inc

Kellie Mitchell Bubeck, Associate, Copilevitz & Canter, LLC

 

Breakout Session #10

Keeping the Feds Happy: A Higher Education Attorney Workshop on Key Compliance Strategies for California Colleges

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Stanley A. Freeman., Principal, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC

Michael S. Abril, Vice President of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, San Joaquin Valley College

Ronald Holt, Attorney, Douthit Frets Rouse Gentile & Rhodes, LLC

 

Breakout Session #11

Borrower Defense to Repayment – How this New Rule Could Impact your Institution

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Katherine (Kate) Lee Carey, Special Counsel, Cooley LLP

 

Breakout Session #12

Keeping Up with Keeping Up

(slides not available)

Greg Nathanson, Industry Guru

Beylor Meza, COO, Success Education Colleges

CAPPS 2016 Legislative Policy Conference

April 18-19 | Hyatt Regency | Sacramento, CA

Download the Conference Program Booklet

Legislative Resources:

CAPPS 2016 Legislative Handbook

CAPPS 2016 Legislative Report

Conference Presentations and Audio:

Federal Legislative and Regulatory Update     View slides     Listen to audio
Presented by
Stanley A. Freeman, Principal, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC
Elise Scanlon, Founder & Principal, Elise Scanlon Law Group

State Reauthorization Update     View slides     Listen to audio
Presented by
Matt Back, President, Matt Back Government Relations
Katherine (Kate) Lee Carey, Special Counsel, Cooley LLP
Robert Johnson, Executive Director, CAPPS

The Keynote     View slides     Listen to audio
Presented by Steve Gunderson, President, Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities (APSCU)

Accreditor Panel     Listen to audio
Dr. William Larkin, Executive Director, ACCET
Dr. Leah Matthews, Executive Director, DEAC
Florence Tate, Executive Director, ABHES

Community Service and Service Learning Panel Discussion     View slides     Listen to audio     Download Resource Files for Your Community Service Initiatives
Presented by:
Dr. Elaine Ikeda, Executive Director, California Campus Compact
Lynelle Lynch, President, Bellus Academy
Yasith Weerasuriya, President & CEO, Stanbridge College

The Legal Update: Yes, It’s Still Raining     View slides     Listen to audio
Presented by
Keith Zakarin, Partner, Chair of the Education Practice, Duane Morris LLP
Edward Cramp, Managing Partner, Duane Morris LLP

State Legislative Update     View slides
Presented by Matt Back, President, Matt Back Government Relations

Beyond Reason: BPPE Placement Reg     View slides
Presented by Robert Johnson, Executive Director, CAPPS

CAPPS 31st Annual Conference, October 7-9, 2015

Theme: Strong Students, Proud Graduates
Location: Hyatt Regency La Jolla, San Diego, CA

Download the Conference Program (download)

Watch the Opening General Session on the CAPPS YouTube channel:

Pre-Conference Workshops

Pre-Conference Workshop #1: 75/25: The New Formula for Gainful Insights into Your Organization

Presented By:
• Dr. Jean Norris, Managing Partner, Norton Norris
• Vince Norton, Managing Partner, Norton Norris
• Debbie Muno, Managing Partner, Muno, Summers & Associates
• David Brake, CEO and Founder, The Grandview Group
• Amanda Opperman, Senior Institutional Effectiveness Specialist, Wonderlic

Pre-Conference Workshop #2: The BPPE Update and Quality Education Unit Q&A

Presented By: Joanne Wenzel, Bureau Chief, Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Pre-Conference Workshop #3: Some Pain but Lasting Gain: Taking Tough Action Now to Improve Programs and Meet GE Requirements (Download the Presentation Slides)

Additional Session Materials
GE Letter of Support
GE Rates, Factors Chart
GE Regulation Summary Table
GE Survey Form

Presented By:
• Ronald Holt, Partner, Dunn & Davison
• Lynelle Lynch, President, Bellus Academy
• Rebecca Sanders, Associate, Almich & Associates
• Burke Malin, Chief Operating Officer, Gurnick Medical Academy

Pre-Conference Workshop #4: The Ever-Changing Regulatory Environment in California (Download the Presentation Slides)

Presented By: Katherine (Kate) Lee Carey, Special Counsel, Cooley LLP

Pre-Conference Workshop #5: Ownership Transitions and Student Populations (Download the Presentation Slides)

Presented By:
• Bruce Denson, President & Chief Operating Officer, Cobbs Allen
• William M. Ojile, Partner, Armstrong Teasdale / Westwood College / Alta Colleges
• Keith Zakarin, Partner, Chair of the Education Practice Group, Duane Morris LLP
• Richard Pollack, Managing Director, Barrington Research Associates

Pre-Conference Workshop #6: Everywhere Else You Are a HERO (Download the Presentation Slides)

Presented By:
• Patricia Holley, Dean of Student and Career Services, Mt. Sierra College
• Tawny Hernandez, Director of Career Services, Mt. Sierra College

Breakout Sessions

Breakout #1: Admissions on Mute (Download the Presentation Slides)

Presented By Lisa Olmedo, EDU Marketing Manager, Gragg Advertising

Breakout #2: Match Made! Retention Strategies and Data Analysis Together for a Brighter Future (Download the Presentation Slides)

Presented By Susan Sportsman, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN; Director of the Academic Consulting Group, Elsevier

Breakout #3: Workshop on Emergent Accreditation, Federal Compliance, and Reauthorization Challenges (Download the Presentation Slides)

Presented By:
• Stanley A. Freeman, Principal, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC
• Elise Scanlon, Founder & Principal, Elise Scanlon Law Group

Breakout #4: The Culture of Communication: How to Make a Positive Impact in The Most Challenging Times

Presented By:
• Jeri Prochaska, VP Higher Ed Relations, TextAim
• Michael Sandoval, Director of Admissions, UEI College

Breakout #5: Leveraging the Present and Future of Social Media to Connect and Engage Future Graduates (Download the Presentation Slides)

Presented By:
• Katherine Brodie, Special Counsel, Duane Morris LLP
• Jennifer Burnham, Director, Content and Marketing Communications, Druva
• Michelle Hon Donovan, Partner, Duane Morris LLP
• Beylor Meza, COO, Success Education Colleges

Breakout #6: A Futuristic Approach to Student Success (Download the Presentation Slides)

Presented By:
• Sally Samuels, Director of Compliance, FAME
• Timothy Golden, President, Voyant Analytics
• Colton Woo, Chief Executive Officer, KLASS App.
• Lynelle Lynch, President, Bellus Academy

Breakout #7: Attract Students, Enhance Brand Awareness, Ignite Employer Partnerships (Download the Presentation Slides)

Presented By:
• Harrison Tonne, Chief Innovation Officer, Career TEAM
• Micaela Alpers, President, Career TEAM

Breakout #8: Seeking Employment in the 21st Century– Digital Badges for Job Placement (Download the Presentation Slides)

Presented By:
• Amanda Opperman, Senior Institutional Effectiveness Specialist, Wonderlic
• Alex Danzberger, Senior Vice President, Unitek

Breakout #9: Who’s on the Bench? Developing and Promoting Your Next Group of All-Stars (Download the Presentation Slides)

Presented By Darcy Dauderis, Vice President, Academics, American Career College

Breakout #10: Loan Repayment: Understanding the Obligations of the Student and Institution (Download the Presentation Slides)

Presented By:
• Jay Vaughan, Partner, Cooley LLP
• Katherine (Kate) Lee Carey, Special Counsel, Cooley LLP

Breakout #11: Cohort Default Rates and Gainful Employment:  Recipe for Success (Download the Presentation Slides)

Presented By Mary Lyn Hammer, President & CEO, Champion College Services

Breakout #12: Make Them Love It! How to Maximize Student Retention with Engaging Strategies in Online Classes (Download the Presentation Slides)

Additional Session Materials
Gamification
Learning Styles

Presented By Gelena Gorelik, E-Learning Coordinator, Online Instructor, Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts