Fourth Biennial Meeting--October 24-27, 2002

Pre-Conference Workshops

How to Assess Campus Diversity Initiatives
This hands-on workshop is designed for people who want to find out more about the impact of their diversity initiatives, especially on student learning. As such, it will focus principally on evaluations that illuminate learning environments of the institution as a whole, the impact of the curriculum or student-life centered programming, and the influence of pedagogies of engagement within and beyond the campus. Participants will be taken through the various steps in designing a good evaluation, be introduced to frameworks for evaluations, and sketch out the beginnings of a design for their own campus situation.
Jeffrey Milem
Associate Professor of Higher Education, University of Maryland

Waking People Up: Creating Social Consciousness through Structured Interaction Initiatives
Structured interaction encourages different groups to come together to explore intergroup issues as well as concepts such as oppression, power, discrimination, identity development, prejudice, and privilege. It is inclusive and sustained, takes place in a "safe" environment, and is led by trained facilitators. By adhering to a bi-directional process of understanding (groups learning about each other), it uses intergroup conflict to generate growth. This interactive workshop will introduce techniques for creating social consciousness and models of structured interaction including student intergroup dialogues and retreats, staff story circles, and the arts.
Jesus Trevino
Director, Intergroup Relations Center, Arizona State University

Community-Based Service-Learning: Creating Courses that Serve Faculty, Students and the Community
Community-service learning actively constructs knowledge, enables learning to occur outside of the classroom, motivates teachers, and helps develop civic action and social responsibility. Participants will discuss components involved in creating a service-learning program and will explore how service learning aligns with effective pedagogical practice in higher education. This interactive workshop will draw upon the experience of an established service learning program, which infused cultural competency development from the beginning and expanded to a model of inclusion. Participants will explore ways that service learning can be implemented into the curriculum at their institutions.
Judy Rauner
Director, Office for Community Service-Learning, University of San Diego

If you have questions, please e-mail us at meetings@aacu.org.