The Association of Latin American Scholars

at Teachers College, Columbia University

presents

The 3^rd Annual

Education Across the Americas Graduate Student Conference

“Bridging Academia, Policies and Practices”

Co-sponsored by the Society of International Education, the Society of Economics of Education, the Coalition of Latino/a Scholars, and the Center for Peace Education at Teacher College, Columbia University

Venue:

 Teachers College, Columbia University
525 West 120^th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam)
New York, NY 10027

Dates: Friday, April 1^st & Saturday, April 2^nd, 2005

~ Call for Proposals ~

Papers will be considered for presentation if they relate to

Education in Latin America or the education of Latinos/as in the United States

Deadline for proposals: Friday, February 18^th, 2005

Examples of topics include: Access and Equity, Educational Policy, Bilingual and Multicultural Education, Educational Leadership, Educational Finance, Education and Economic Development, Education of Minority Groups, Curriculum and Teaching, Education and Human Rights, Education and Exclusion, Transnational Learning (immigration, communication and multiculturalism), Gender and Race, Educational Policy, Educational Borrowing, and Education and Non-profits.

Proposals should include: title, 50-100 word abstract and 3 paper descriptors.  Examples of descriptors for a paper entitled "Latino College Graduation Rates" are "higher education", "academic outcomes", "Latino/a population", and “finance”. Please include the following contact information: name, school, department, degree program (MA, EdM, EdD, PhD), preferred e-mail address, and telephone number.

Proposal submissions:  please send via e-mail to ALAS@tc.columbia.edu.

This conference has received financial support from

"The President's Community and Diversity Grant Fund" of Teachers College