(NAME-MCE) NEA Annual Higher Ed Conference March 28-30 Washington DC

[Anselmo Villanueva]

National Education Association

2008 Annual Higher Ed Conference

March 28 - 30, 2008    Washington, D.C.

"Building Alliances for Higher Education and the Public Good" is the
theme of NEA's annual Higher Education Conference. Mark your calendar
for March 28-30, 2008 and plan to join us. Our Friday keynote keynote
speaker will be John Podesta, President and CEO of the Center for
American Progress and former Chief of Staff for President Clinton, and
Charles Ogletree, noted author and Professor of Law at Harvard
University, will address us at the Saturday luncheon.

Information:

http://www2.nea.org/he/

http://www2.nea.org/he/conf.html

NEA's 26th annual higher education conference will convene in our
nation's capital—arguably the epicenter for alliance-building—in a
presidential election year. We will explore the pressures and trends
affecting higher education institutions, and employees and their
unions. Sessions will cover issues of academic freedom, contingent
faculty, education support professionals, salaries and benefits,
collective bargaining, college access and affordability, academic
professional staff, higher education funding, federal legislation and
policy, community colleges, faculty of color, and others. We will
feature what our affiliates and their institutions are doing to
partner to promote and protect higher education as a public good. The
2008 conference will again be a joint one with our higher education
colleagues from the American Federation of Teachers.

Keynote Speakers (Confirmed):

- John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress
- Charles Ogletree, Professor of Law, Harvard University

The conference will include plenary sessions and panel discussions on
higher education research, policy, and advocacy; cyber sessions about
NEA Online and CD-ROM products, interactive professional
development/pedagogical sessions and union skills building workshops.

Pre-conference Events

Pre-conference events will be held on March 26-28, 2008. Activities
will include the Emerging Leader Academy training and graduation,
state affiliate staff training, and Leadership Day activities and NCHE
meetings.

Conference Registration Online Registration
Early bird before February 1, 2008      $125 for NEA members    $200 for non
NEA members
After February 1, 2008  $150 for NEA members    $250 for non members