Previous National Meetings
The NCID is proud to have hosted annual meetings of national diversity leaders to promote substantial collaborations and the achievement of innovative products.
Diversity Collaborations (June 2006)
Futuring Diversity (May 2005)
National Meeting on Diversity Collaborations (June 2006)
Representatives from higher education institutions with centralized diversity units gathered to share institutional/center goals and programs and to explore the possibility of creating some common agendas that could increase the collective impact of diversity work on the nation's college campuses.
Agenda (PDF)
Executive Summary (PDF)
- Introduction
- Visioning and Strategic Planning
- Promoting Intellectual Work
- Campus Climate
- Relationships between Umbrella and Group-Specific Centers
- Impact of Political Climate
- Changing Demographics
What Does the Future Hold? (PDF)
- Marcella David, University of Iowa
- Geoff Maruyama, University of Minnesota
- Sharon Sutton, University of Washington
- Meena Rao, University of Illinois at Chicago
Full Meeting Report (PDF)
"Diversity directors outline challenges, suggest action" (University Record article)
Futuring Diversity: Creating a National Agenda (May 2005)
This working conference invited high-profile leaders from a variety of social networks to advise the University of Michigan on ways that higher education—and more specifically, the anticipated National Center for Institutional Diversity—can collaborate with other organizations to address national diversity challenges and opportunities in the coming years.
- Final Conference Format
- Featured Participants
- The Nancy Cantor Distinguished Lecture on Intellectual Diversity (Speaker: Richard C. Atkinson)
- Framing Documents
- Conference Outcomes
- President Coleman's Remarks
"Coleman: new center will be a force" (University Record article)
"National leaders, campus participants to shape role of new center" (University Record article)