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AABHE Annual Conference March 25-29, 2009, Atlanta, GA
AABHE 2009 Annual National Conferenceon Blacks in Higher Education Closing the GAPS in Education: Strategies for Access and Success March 25-29, 2009 Buckhead Hotel Atlanta Atlanta, GA CALL FOR PROPOSALS Conference Theme: Closing the GAPS in Education: Strategies for Access and Success PROPOSAL DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 7, 2008 American Association of Blacks in Higher Education 2009 National Conference on Blacks in Higher Education Buckhead Hotel Atlanta March 25-28, 2009 Conference Goals The major goals of the 2009 AABHE National Conference are: 1. To provide a forum to discuss key issues that impact African American students and professionals in the educational pipeline. 2. To showcase programs that have effectively impacted closing the gap in the educational pipeline and professionals in the academy. 3. To provide a forum to discuss best practices and challenges for faculty tenure, promotion and rank. 4. To provide a forum to discuss the integration of diversity and inclusion on college campuses for African Americans. Strand Areas Strand 1-- Connecting with Higher Education This strand will explore an array of critical policy developments, programs, partnerships and linkages between elementary and secondary schools with colleges and universities to close the performance and attendance gap to higher education among African American students. Additionally, this strand will explore the role of non-profit, religious and community organizations and the government to close the performance and attendance gap to higher education. Strand 2 -- Making it Through Education This strand will explore results of policy developments and programs for high school students and higher education that demonstrates students’ success in the classroom, service learning engagement, co-curricular activities, mentoring programs, and increase retention and graduation rates. Strand 3-– Integrating Diversity and Inclusion into the Campus Community This strand will explore innovative practices, models and policy developments that create an academic community where African American students, faculty and staff thrive and are engaged in the academic and university/college environment. Strand 4 -- Journeying Through Graduate/Professional Education This strand will explore the successful program models and policy developments that attract and impact graduate (master’s and doctoral), business, law and medical students; and how these schools develop and nurture the pipeline to continue to attract, support, and promote the success for African American students.
Strand 5 – Leadership Development and Career Enhancement Strategies for African Americans in the Academy This strand will explore strategies that support faculty in receiving tenure and promotion; and support faculty and staff in exploring strategies of entering and advancing into senior level administration. PROPOSAL GUIDELINES ALL PROPOSALS must clearly focus on one of the FIVE identified strands. Proposal submissions must include: · The title of the presentation (paper to be presented) · The strand (I, II, III, IV or V) selected for presentation
· An overview of the presentation (not to exceed four single-spaced pages) o Conceptually or theoretically strong foundation o Purpose of the presentation/core issue(s) addressed in the presentation o What the audience will learn/take-away from the presentation o How the presentation reflects the selected conference strand o What major outcomes or issues will be addressed in the presentation
· Equipment Needed o overhead projector & screen o LCD Projector Proposals will be considered late and will not be accepted after 11:59 p.m. on October 31, 2008. Presenters will be notified by December 1, 2008. Please forward proposals electronically to: Barbara A. Lofton, Ed.D. Director of Diversity Programs Sam M. Walton College of Business University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 479-575-4557 (O)
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