Eighth Annual Conference
CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP
January 24-26, 2010
Keynote Speakers
Camille Zubrinsky Charles, Ph.D.
Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in the Social Sciences and a professor of sociology and education at the University of Pennsylvania
Walter M. Kimbrough, Ph.D
President of Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Ark.
Belle S. Wheelan, Ph.D.
President of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Preconference Workshop
Daryl G. Smith, Ph.D.
“How To Develop a
Comprehensive Institutional Diversity Plan and Assess the Impact of Your
Institution’s Diversity Efforts”
Here’s how previous conference participants described this conference:
“Outstanding! The information and speakers were top notch!”
“The conference helped me realize how much further we need to go!”
“This conference was much needed and beneficial. I hope that it will be continued annually because these issues are real, and they impact the world. Please keep the light burning.”
Bold Ideas. New Solutions.
New strategies are needed to help college and university officials recruit, retain and graduate black students.
Attend the Eighth National Conference on Best Practices in Black Student Achievement to learn what has worked at other schools. This conference features presentations on programs with a proven record of success and keynote addresses from national leaders.
Launched in 2003 as part of Clemson’s commemoration of the 40th anniversary of its desegregation, this conference consistently attracts many of the country’s top leaders and advocates for black students. This year promises to be the same.
Who Should Attend:
- Academic Affairs Administrators
- College and university presidents and provosts
- Admissions officers
- Student affairs directors
- Chief diversity officers
- Multicultural affairs officers
- Financial aid and scholarship officers
- Anyone who works with black students (from K-12 to graduate school) and wants them to be successful
Conference Brochure
Register Today
On-line Registration Form available here. Space and accommodations are limited. If you have questions, contact Nina Norris.
Conference Hotel
Conference headquarters will be the Conference Center and Inn at Clemson University, a lakefront continuing education complex featuring the James F. Martin Inn, the Walker Golf Course and other amenities. Contact the Martin Inn at 1-888-654-9020 or see the online reservation form.
Clemson University
Ranked 22nd among the nation’s top public research universities by U.S.News & World Report, Clemson offers all the advantages of a national research university in an environment that is more typical of a private college. Nearly half of all classes have fewer than 20 students, and the faculty/student ratio is 14:1. Research is important at Clemson, and not just with the faculty and graduate students. At Clemson, every undergraduate has the opportunity to participate in a creative inquiry or other research project.