A Conference on the
Future of Diversity and Opportunity in Higher Education
A National Forum on Innovation and Collaboration
Note: Click on the Wednesday, December 3rd
| 5 pm | Opening Reception and Dinner |
| 6 pm | Opening Plenary 1: Setting the Stage  |
| 7 pm | Plenary 2: Meeting the Challenges: The Role of Transformative Leadership |
Thursday, December 4th
| 9 am | Plenary 3: Navigating Innovation and Change in the Current Legal and Political Environment |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am |
Break |
| 10:45 am - 12:30 pm |
Plenary 4: Reconnecting Merit and the Mission of Higher Education: Innovative Frameworks and Strategies |
| 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
Lunch and Facilitated Conversations |
| 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
Concurrent Sessions 5A: Changing Classroom and Curriculum to Engage a Diverse Student Body 5B: Building Effective Relationships between K-12, Higher Education and the Community |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm |
Break |
| 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
| 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm |
Reception |
| 6:15 pm - 9 pm |
Dinner and evening program, featuring an overview and celebration of “Doing Diversity in Higher Education: Faculty Leaders Share Challenges and Strategies" (Rutgers University Press, Winnifred Brown-Glaude editor) and entertainment. |
Friday, December 5th
| 8 am - 9 am |
Breakfast and Facilitated Conversations |
| 9 am - 10:30 am |
Concurrent Sessions 7A: Faculty as Agents for Institutional Collaboration and Transformation 7B: The University, the Media and Public Discourse |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am |
Break |
| 10:45 am - 12:15 pm |
Concurrent Sessions 8A: Connecting Diversity and Globalization: Immigration and Access 8B: Corporate Collaboration in Advancing Diversity in Higher Education |
| 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
Lunch and Closing Plenary 9: Looking Toward the Future: Building the Architecture to Sustain Change |
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Save the Date: December 3-5, 2008