Practicing Democracy – April
Build campus-community ties and integrate voter education in your classroom.
AASCU 2024 Summer Meeting Call for Proposals
“Education is all a matter of building bridges.” –Ralph Ellison
Submit proposals by Mar. 15Meeting theme
Building Bridges: Educating, Leading, Understanding
We invite proposals from members to share about projects and initiatives on their campuses and in their communities that have had the impact of ‘building bridges.’ We seek a diversity of perspectives and experiences, and we especially encourage presentations that include teams from academic affairs and student affairs. Meeting details.
Guidelines
We are accepting proposals for 25 minute promising practice sessions and 50 minute concurrent sessions. Submit your proposal using the form below by March 15. Note that you will need to complete this form in one sitting, and we recommend that you prepare your materials in a word document and then copy/paste into the form.
- 25 minute session for campuses to share effective, innovative practices with one another, including:
- 10-15 minutes of content providing an overview of your promising practice
- At least 10 minutes of facilitated discussion
- Suggested number of presenters: 1-2
- 50-minute session including in-depth discussion of topics aligned with the theme of the meeting and relevant to regional public universities
- Suggested number of presenters: 4-5
- If you have questions about this form, please contact SummerMeeting@aascu.org.
- Corporate partners, please contact Sheden Alsaaty for thought partnership opportunities.
Possible topics
We invite proposals from members to share about projects and initiatives on their campuses and in their communities that have had the impact of ‘building bridges.’
- Partnerships between academic and student affairs for student success
- Cross-campus collaborations to create sense of belonging for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, and low income students
- Creating seamless transfer pathways between 2-year and 4-year institutions
- Partnerships to support student physical, mental, and spiritual health
- Creating curricular pathways to the workforce through partnerships with industry
- Linking curricular and co-curricular experiences
- Partnerships with industry and non-profits to create experiential learning experiences
- Leveraging effective data to promote student success
- Leveraging student voice to change policy and practice
- Faculty and staff partnerships in student success efforts
- Engaging cross- campus teams to address policies and practices that create barriers to equitable student success
- Empowering cross-campus teams to use data to drive continuous improvement as it relates to equitable outcomes
- Building bridges across ideological differences in a time of extreme partisanship
- Building community coalitions and partnerships to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Promoting civic responsibility through cross campus partnerships between academic and student affairs
- Transdisciplinary research and teaching in order to address ‘wicked problems’ like global warming
- Building skills and knowledge to have productive conversations and integrate information literacy into our work
- Creating interfaith dialogues
- Learning communities: what do they look like in 2024 and how are they best developed/managed in the current context for student success?
- Using AI to build bridges In the classroom
- Student mobility as a bridge between nations
- International partnerships to promote global learning and understanding
- K12 partnerships in education preparation
- Building strong transfer pathways for teacher preparation
- K-12 partnerships: institution, school district level, state systems, legislators etc.
- Dismantling systemic racism and the “hierarchy of human value” through racial transformation and healing
- Building bridges for institutional transformation through shared governance
- Leading campuses to model democracy for communities and prepare engaged global citizens
- Leading campuses during stressful financial times
- The library as common ground
Please submit your proposal by Mar. 15, 2024.
Note that you will need to complete this form in one sitting, and we recommend that you prepare your materials in a word document and then copy/paste into the form.
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Practicing Democracy – March
Explore ways to cope with political polarization and enhance well-being on campus.
AASCU 2024 Summer Meeting for Academic and Student Affairs Leaders
Meet with colleagues to share and learn from each other’s challenges and successes.
Practicing Democracy – February
Plan for voter engagement and support information literacy and free speech on campus.
Practicing Democracy: Voter Education and Engagement on Campus
Join AASCU’s American Democracy Project in helping our campuses prepare students and communities to participate in the 2024 local, state, and national elections.
Join us for a series of virtual workshops and regional summits to help our campuses prepare for local, state, and national elections.
This election season promises to be one of the most contentious in American history. The divisions that are apparent in our communities and regions will be played out on our campuses. As “stewards of place,” AASCU campuses are vital sites for building a vibrant and healthy democracy, preparing students to be informed and engaged citizens and modeling for our communities free and open debate on difficult issues.
Throughout the spring 2024 term, AASCU’s American Democracy Project will convene a series of virtual education and engagement workshops as well as regional summits designed to engage faculty, staff, and administrators at AASCU campuses on topics related to voter education, engagement, and turnout.
This non-partisan initiative aims to encourage conversation, demonstrate best practices, and provide critical resources so that our campuses can build capacity and a campus culture that encourages engagement in building a strong democracy.
Who should attend?
- Faculty
- Staff
- Administrators
- Librarians
How will you benefit?
- Develop support systems and gain access to resources for voter education and voter engagement
- Integrate and apply voter education into learning settings across multiple disciplines
- Review, validate, build, implement, and assess voter engagement plans for campuses
- Connect to colleagues to build a campus culture that fosters voter engagement
Register for sessions that would enhance
and assist your work.
Voter Education Workshops
Voter education is defined as building knowledge, civic skills, and democratic values. Sessions include best practices to build knowledge, skills, and democratic values, informational overviews, resource spotlights, and trainings designed to incorporate civics into curriculum and co-curriculum. They are designed for faculty and staff who wish to incorporate information literacy, deliberative dialogues, and issue-based discussions into their campus during fall 2024.
February
Plan for voter engagement and support information literacy and free speech on campus.
- Combating Mis- and Disinformation
- Loki’s Loop: Gamification of Information Literacy
- Free Speech on Campus
March
Explore ways to cope with political polarization and enhance well-being on campus.
- Reducing Political Extremism on Campus
- How to Incorporate a Political Diagnostic in Your Work
- Integrating Civic Awareness Across Disciplines
April
Build campus-community ties and integrate voter education in your classroom.
- Exploring the Impact of Political Ideology on Hot Topics
- Including Deliberative Dialogues in the Classroom
- Artificial Intelligence and the Election
- Ideas for Incorporating Voter Issues Into the Classroom
Voter Engagement Workshops
Voter engagement encourages and supports peaceful and meaningful participation in elections within our communities. Sessions include strategies for building, implementing, and assessing campus voting plans and; understanding legislation about voting on campuses. They are designed for campus leaders who support student and community voting.
February
Plan for voter engagement and support information literacy and free speech on campus.
- Strategies for Building a Campus Voter Initiative
- Show Me the Money: Funding Voter Initiatives on Campus
- Using National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) Data to Assess Student Engagement in Democracy
March
Explore ways to cope with political polarization and enhance well-being on campus.
- Know Your Ballot
- Assessing Learning Outcomes for Student Civic Fellowships
- Physical and Mental Health During Election Years
April
Build campus-community ties and integrate voter education in your classroom.
- Organizing Community Dialogues
- Developing Engaged Students
- Strengthening Campus-Community Voting Initiatives
- Maintaining a Positive Campus Climate During the 2024 Election
Summits
Summits focus on region-specific or affinity-specific concerns, issues, and debates. They are designed for faculty, staff and administrators to discuss common challenges, explore opportunities to collaborate on voting issue guides, and share resources and best practices, specific to their region.
Summits will be arranged in in the fall dependent on interest and topic.
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All-ADP Meeting: The Dirty Words in Democracy: Linguistic Trends, Complications, and Solutions in Democracy-Building on Campuses
The ADP community connects to discuss AASCU’s Leading for Democracy initiative.
All-ADP Meeting: So You’re Electing a President?
Discuss the 2024 global elections with the ADP community.
2023 International Education Week
An opportunity to highlight and celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange.
2024 Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Meeting
Share knowledge and develop a sense of community around civic learning and democratic engagement.
