January 12, 2005

Dear colleague:

Thank you to those who registered by January 10 for the Comparative International Education Society's 2005 annual meeting, “Beyond Dichotomies". We look forward to seeing you at Stanford University between March 22-26, 2005.

We have received numerous inquiries regarding the program schedule. The schedule will be posted on the CIES conference web site (http://www.stanford.edu/dept/SUSE/projects/cies/) on February 1, 2005. At that time, you will be able to see when your accepted individual and panel submissions have been scheduled. Panel sessions begin on Tuesday, March 22 in the afternoon and the last panels will be held in the morning of Saturday, March 26. Other major events include the New Scholars Pre-Conference Worshop (March 22), Opening Ceremony (evening of March 22), Eggertsen Luncheon (March 23), Institutional Receptions (evening of March 23), Kneller Lecture (evening of March 24), and the Gala (evening of March 25).

Please check the conference web site for further updates.

Regards,

Martin Carnoy,

President-Elect, CIES