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Loews Midtown Hotel
Atlanta, Georgia
February 28-March 2, 2013
Please find attached the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education Call for Proposals--2013 -- Pathways to Success within Higher Education. This year’s conference will focus on the following the following strands:
STRAND 1: Pathways to Leadership – Strategic leadership enables Black professionals to obtain the advantages necessary to succeed and advance in the competitive world of higher education for faculty, staff and administrators. Strategic leadership encourages collaboration and innovation; and helps to “navigate the complexities inherent in institutional change and organizational politics in higher education” which include mentoring and professional opportunities.
STRAND 2: Pathways to Publishing/Research – Engaging in research and other forms of scholarship and disseminating work through peer reviewed publications is a critical factor for a successful academic career. Although teaching and service are important responsibilities for an academic career, the scholarship recognized by peers through publications weighs heavily. The challenge for many academicians is balancing teaching and service while creating opportunities to produce scholarly publications. This strand seeks proposals which illustrate successful strategies for publishing and examples for producing publishable manuscripts from various academic activities (e.g., teaching, research, service.)
STRAND 3: Pathways to Health/STEM – Provide avenues to support, promoting the successful pursuit of studies and careers in STEM fields. This includes the health, natural, physical and social sciences (S) technology (T), engineering (E) and mathematics (M). Various strategies have been implemented to promote awareness and interest, enhance educational preparedness and decrease barriers (financial, social and structural) as a means of increasing the volume and capacity of the educational pipeline into these fields. This strand seeks to explore the success and challenges of past and current strategies as well as provide an opportunity to discuss emerging innovative approaches to increase the number of blacks in all STEM fields and promote their long term success.
STRAND 4: Pathways to advance Diversity/African American Studies – A changing world demands a changing university, curriculum and academic research environment. Proposals are encouraged in two basic areas. First, proposals are encouraged that address best practices, model programs or excellent examples of diversity programs that increase African American enrollment, retention or improve campus life for African Americans on our campuses. Second, proposals are encouraged that address changes in the academic content: e.g. practices that advance African American/Black/Pan African Studies curricula, or programs of research, scholarship or creative productions that are drawn from and deeply serve our community’s needs. Proposals may come from diversity officers, faculty, staff or students addressing transformation in the academic community or canon in the service of African Americans.
STRAND 5: Pathways to the Cultural Arts – Routes to identifying, supporting, promoting, celebrating and documenting the cultural arts through practices and research that stimulate social awareness and honor diverse cultural values. Cultural arts refer to the transformation and collaboration of different art forms. It embodies creative thinking and critique, which encompasses art forms such as visual art, literature, music, theater, film, dance and others. Cultural arts help to explain the world in which we live, and often challenge current ideas, thoughts and practice in higher education and beyond.
Call
for Proposals Deadline: September 21, 2012. For questions contact
Jacquelin Gardner gardner@mmc.edu
For guidelines to submit a proposal for the AABHE National Conference go to: www.blacksinhighered.org
Barbara A. Lofton, Ed.D.
Office of Diversity Programs
Sam M. Walton College of Business
Business Building 343
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
479-575-4557 Phone
479-575-2525 Fax
President of the American
Association of Blacks in Higher Education
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