Call for Proposals - 60 minute sessions

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Deadline February 7,2014
 Presenter's selected by February 14, 2014

This conference provides higher education professionals, key institutional partners and students the opportunity to hear from national leaders who have made significant inroads in the area of multiculturalism & engagement in the college and university environment.

We seek proposals from individual and teams who are prepared to make presentations related to one of the areas listed below.

Presentation Themes (Please select one):

  • Recruitment and Retention
  • Classroom Strategies for Promoting Pluralism and Participation
  • Campus Programming for various populations
  • Effective Leadership Models and Approaches for Variety at HBCUs
  • Social Fairness Service Learning Approaches
  • Building Internal and External Partnerships to Support Pluralism and Participation
  • Pluralism and Participation in Policy Development
  • Utilizing and Leveraging Research and Data for Pluralism and Participation
  • A Student’s Perspective of  Distinctiveness at HBCUs

 

Description of Themes:

  Recruitment and Retention

  • How do we address variety in our student recruitment strategies?
  • What are effective programs/strategies for recruiting and retaining a variety of faculty?
  • How do we incorporate staff variety in our succession planning programs?
  • How do we address student learning outcomes in an era of increased performance based funding?

Classroom Strategies

  • How can we utilize comprehensive curriculum reviews to inform faculty of the importance of variety in pedagogy?
  • What type of faculty development initiatives prepare faculty to successfully teach variety student populations?

 

Effective Leadership Models and Approaches for Diversity at HBCUs

  • How do we key stakeholders’ knowledge base around Pluralism and Participation to support the University's goals
  • What are the best models for engaging all campus stakeholders in the planning and implementation of a strategic plan?

 

Social Fairness Service Learning Approaches

  • How individuals become committed to Social Fairness?
  • What are the best models to access the organization’s orientation to service learning and social fairness?
  • Strategies and tactics instructors can use to reinforce student learning outcomes as students become more aware

Diversity and Inclusion in Policy Development

  • What are your institution’s  Pluralism and Participationstrategies and objectives?
  • How are your Pluralism and Participation strategies aligned to the university’s strategic plans?
  • How are your Pluralism and Participation objectives aligned to the university’s objectives?
  • Tenure Policy

Utilizing and Leveraging Research and Data for Diversity and Inclusion

  • Example of How research informs specific Pluralism and Participationn strategies on your campus
  • Presentations of significant research in a particular issue related to Pluralism and Participation.

 

 Session Formats:    

 Speaker Panel - (60 minutes inclusive of Q & A)

 Workshop – (60 minutes inclusive of Q & A)

 

 

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