Calls for Proposals Issued for "Diversity and Learning" and "Educating Intentional Learners" AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal Conferences

"Diversity And Learning: Democracy's Compelling Interest," will be held October 21-23, 2004, in Nashville, Tennessee. The AAC&U conference will bring faculty, administrators, students, and community leaders together to discuss what the pedagogies, programs, and policies in a truly inclusive academy would look like.

"Educating Intentional Learners: New Connections for Academic and Student Affairs," will be held November 11-13, 2004, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Conference participants will explore, conceptualize, and foster new ways of working together to deepen student's intentional learning in all aspects of campus life.

AAC&U Co-Sponsor of Newly Released Report from Pathways to College Network

On February 19, at the National Press Club, the Pathways to College Network released A Shared Agenda: A Leadership Challenge to Improve College Access and Success. AAC&U is a lead partner in the Pathways to College Network, and AAC&U President Carol Geary Schneider spoke at the event. Some of the report's findings are reported in this month's Facts & Figures. To download the entire report, see the Pathways Products and Findings Web page, or visit www.pathwaystocollege.net.

Long Island University and St. Joseph's College Host Forum on Liberal Education and the Public Good

On March 10, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus and St. Joseph's College, Brooklyn Campus will host an open forum on "Liberal Education and the Public Good." This campus-community dialogue will bring together educators, legislators, business leaders, and health care providers to explore the role that liberal learning plays in the professional, private, and public lives of active citizens. The forum is part of AAC&U's Presidents' Campaign for the Advancement of Liberal Learning and is organized around AAC&U's Greater Expectations report. AAC&U Senior Fellow Barbara Hill will attend the forum to provide a welcome from AAC&U, and the keynote address will be given by Dr. J. David Ramirez, dean of the School of Education, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus.

AAC&U Seeks Nominations for Ness Book Award

The Frederic W. Ness Book Award is given annually to recognize a book that contributes to the understanding and improvement of liberal education. The $2,000 award was established in 1979 to honor AAC&U's president emeritus, Frederic W. Ness, and is presented at AAC&U's annual meeting. Nominations are currently being accepted for books published between January 1 and December 31, 2003. Nominations are due by May 15, 2004, and the criteria for submissions is available online. For further information, please contact Bethany Zecher Sutton at sutton@aacu.org.

Liberal Education Turns Ninety

Watch your mail for the Winter issue of Liberal Education celebrating the journal's 90th anniversary. Contributors to this special issue reflect on the past, present, and future of the association. Also featured are essays from the original 1915 Bulletin and historical photographs. Excerpts from current and past issues of Liberal Education are available online.

New Issue of On Campus With Women Available Online

The latest issue of On Campus With Women focuses on how women are transforming both what it means to be a leader in higher education and what women are leading us towards—more inclusive and equitable institutions. Authors in this issue do not offer counsel on how to fit into existing leadership molds. Rather, they argue that women who aim to transform higher education to the benefit of students, faculty, staff, and administrators, as well as the communities and society our institutions serve, must also transform what it means to be a leader. For more information and resources from the Program on the Status and Education of Women, visit the AAC&U issues page on women.

AAC&U Argues Against Controversial Advisory Board Proposed as Part of Title VI Legislation

In a letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, AAC&U President Carol Geary Schneider urged committee members to renew all Title VI programs, but expressed concern about the proposed advisory board in the International Studies in Higher Education Act already approved by the House of Representatives. With this letter, AAC&U joins many other higher education associations and institutions in expressing concern about the proposed advisory board, which has unusual investigatory powers and would impinge on long-standing principles of academic freedom. See AAC&U's letter to Senate Committee. Also see a letter sent by ACE on the same topic.

Professors Mehrdad Madresehee and Virginia Chappell Appointed as IEL Fellows for Spring Semester

Mehrdad Madresehee, Professor of Economics at Lycoming College, and Virginia Chappell, Associate Professor of English at Marquette University, have been appointed Faculty Fellows as part of a program sponsored by the Institute for Experiential Learning (IEL) in cooperation with AAC&U. The fellowship provides faculty with the opportunity to immerse themselves for one semester in a challenging professional environment, such as a government agency, non-profit organization, national association, museum, or foundation. The news release announcing the appointment is available on AAC&U's Web site.

AAC&U Mourns the Death of Hollins President Nora Kizer Bell

Nora Kizer Bell, president of AAC&U member campus, Hollins College, passed away in January. President Bell was a champion of liberal education and women's colleges. Her commitment to liberal education and AAC&U was demonstrated in her thoughtful essay, "Learning About HIV/AIDS and Ethics in a Liberal Democracy," which appeared in our 1999 publication, Learning for Our Common Health. AAC&U and all of higher education have lost a valuable advocate and leader.

Online Publication
Practicing Liberal Education: Formative Themes in the
Re-invention of Liberal Learning
by Carol Geary Schneider

Pedagogies of Engagement: New Designs for Learning In and Across the Disciplines will take place April 15-17, 2004, in Chicago, Illinois

AAC&U Institute on General Education will take place May 21-26, 2004, in Newport, Rhode Island

The 4th Annual Greater Expectations Institute will take place June 23-27, 2004 in Snowbird, Utah

For more information on meetings, visit www.aacu.org/meetings/index.cfm

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