ANTSHE
The Association for Non-Traditional Students in Higher Education

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
2001 ANTSHE Conference:
Creating Adult Learner Focused Institutions On & Off Campus:
Education, Advocacy and Assessment

Friday, March 23, 2001-Sunday, March 25, 2001
At the Gateway Center
In Ames, Iowa

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Deadline:  January 15, 2001


ANTSHE is an international partnership of students, academic professionals, institutions and organizations whose mission is to encourage and coordinate support, education and advocacy for the adult learning community. Increasingly, the demographics of higher education are changing. Today's collegiate landscape is vastly different from the college of ten, twenty, or thirty years ago. In this dawn of the twenty-first century, only 20% of students in college are full-time, living on campus, and under twenty-two years of age. Progressively, students are older and have the added responsibilities of a job, a spouse, and children. Non-traditional students have entirely different needs compared to traditional students.

Conference Benefits / Objectives
Our goal is to deliver information, resources and skills to help conference attendees better manage their day to day operational activities and facilitate "big picture" strategic efforts through:

  • Worldwide networking opportunities for faculty, staff, and students who work with or are non-traditional students.
  • Rejuvenation of personal efforts to improve campus climate for non-traditional students.
  • Programs that offer information regarding best practices in: adult student services, research & assessment, adult learning and adult development.
  • Information regarding the latest advances in distance education
  • Access to businesses who provide services for the adult learner community
  • Enhancement of understanding of non-traditional student issues
  • Better understanding of theoretical adult development concepts
  • Improvement of leadership skills to better meet the needs of non-traditional students
  • Involvement in a group of people dedicated to working together to improve higher education for non-traditional students.

In the context of these objectives, we would like to invite you to contribute your proposals for consideration. Submissions for proposals must be deal with a topic relevant to the non-traditional student community and associated academic staff. Talks given at past annual conferences have dealt with a wide breadth of topics, including:

  • Familial/personal issues vis-à-vis higher education.
  • Scholarships, funding, and financial aid.
  • Professor/Student academic relationships.
  • Peer mentoring and training.

Proposal Criteria:

  • The topic must be relevant to issues concerning non-traditional students and the administrators/faculty who interact with them in academia.
  • Proposal abstracts should be no more than 75 words long, and should be a concise and lucid summary of your topic.
  • Proposals must be submitted by January 8, 2001

The audience will consist of faculty, staff, and students who work with or are non-traditional students from throughout the United States (and other countries). This conference is an excellent opportunity to network with others involved in the non-traditional student community. It will also provide an opportunity for members to interact with college administrators. Such a conference can lead to a mutually beneficial synthesis of ideas. There are innumerable benefits from attending such an event. This meeting allows you to meet and connect with like individuals. Such networking is the foundation on which many beneficial relationships are built. By connecting adult learners, the mission of ANTSHE is furthered and adult learners are empowered.

If you are interested in presenting, please send a proposal/contact information (see below) to:

ANTSHE 2001
Off Campus & Adult Student Services
B6 Memorial Union
Ames, IA 50011
Fax: (515) 294-6331
[email protected]

Along with your proposal/abstract, please provide the following information:

  1. Name (last, first, middle initial)
  2. Address (street, city, state, zip-code)
  3. E-mail address
  4. A brief summary of your position & status (member, non-member, faculty, student, etc.)
  5. Description of your topic and explanation of benefits to audience

In addition to your proposal, please state any additional needs, 
e.g. video equipment, computers, and other miscellaneous multimedia equipment.

Notification of proposal acceptance will start by late January 2001.

Questions?
Contact:

Penny Rosenthal
(515) 294-2364
[email protected]