Opportunities

Diversity, Learning, and Inclusive Excellence

AAC&U’s Network for Academic Renewal will hold its biennial diversity education meeting on October 16-18, 2008, in Long Beach, California. The conference aims to help campuses take diversity efforts to the next level of comprehensive action by highlighting curricular, cocurricular, and institutional models that foster diverse and inclusive environments. For details, visit www.aacu.org/meetings/diversityandlearning.

NAME 2008 Conference

The National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) will hold its 18th annual international conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 12-16, 2008. Titled “Beyond Celebrating Diversity: ReACTivating the Equity and Social Justice Roots of Multicultural Education,” the conference will encourage participants to return to diversity education’s roots in social justice. For information, visit www.nameorg.org.

AAC&U Annual Meeting 2009

AAC&U will hold its Annual Meeting, “Ready or Not: Global Challenges, College Learning, and America’s Promise,” on January 21-24, 2009, in Seattle, Washington. With a focus on liberal education as critical to preparing students for today’s global challenges, the Annual Meeting will provide opportunities to examine the relationship between college learning and society. Featured speakers will include Peter Sacks, author of Tearing Down the Gates: Confronting the Class Divide in American Education. For more information, visit www.aacu.org/meetings/annualmeeting.