(Name-mce) ListServ Invitation to submit exemplary diversity programs and practices

[Anselmo Villanueva]

*Invitation to Submit Exemplary Diversity Programs and Practices*

Be sure to seize this opportunity to highlight your best campus diversity
work.  The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) invites
your institution to submit an exemplary diversity program to be featured in
a new AAC&U publication. The deadline for submission is *December 11, 2006*.
We want to identify cutting edge campus practices that stand on the horizon
of what we have learned over the years about diversity, student learning,
and institutional change.

In 1996, AAC&U published *Reasons for Hope: Promising Practices From The
Campus Diversity Initiative*, which offered snapshots of an exciting array
of campus practices addressing different institutional dimensions of
diversity work.  A decade later, we want to offer a milestone assessment of
how all the dimensions of campus diversity work have evolved.  We will be
entitling our new monograph *More Reasons for Hope*.

AAC&U believes we are at a critical crossroads in the diversity education
reform movement.  We want to capture the most forward looking programs that
embody new directions for advancing this work of inclusive excellence. We
are particularly interested in efforts that can point to evidence of
achieving program objectives.

In issuing an updated version of *Reasons for Hope*, we are honoring the
memory and legacy of Edgar F. Beckham. As a former Ford Foundation program
officer and AAC&U Senior Fellow, he recommended the Foundation fund the
first monograph and also shaped Ford's nationwide Campus Diversity
Initiative from 1990-1998. Edgar, one of higher education's most influential
leaders, transformed the way we approach this work and deepened our
understanding of its profound impact.  He located diversity work at the
heart of the academy's educational mission and understood what was at stake
in our local and global communities in making such an investment.

As you consider submitting practices and initiatives from your institution,
please review the category descriptions. Individual campuses are invited to
submit more than one example. Because we anticipate receiving more
submissions than we can include in the monograph, we will also highlight
exemplary practices on DiversityWeb, in *Diversity Digest*, and in other
AAC&U publications. Please go to:
http://www.aacu.org/diversityweb/Guidelines.cfm for submission guidelines.

Don't hesitate to contact me at 202-387-3760 extension 436 if you have any
questions.  I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

*Sook-Yi Yong*
Program Assistant and Editor, DiversityWeb

Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
Office of Diversity, Equity and Global Initiatives
1818 R Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009

Tel:  202-387-3760 ext. 436
Fax:  202-265-9532