HEC/News-Announcements

Announcements
Friday, October 30, 2009

The Higher Education Center is pleased to make the following announcements:

1) Registration for Center Training Institute in California Now Available

More information about the Center Training Institute that will be held December 8-9, 2009 at the University of California-Irvine can be found on the Center's Web site at: http://www.higheredcenter.org/services/training/institute/centers-traini....

2) 31st Annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education
February 20-23, 2010, Orlando, Florida

The National Conference on Law and Higher is the premier law and policy conference in the United States. Designed to facilitate interdisciplinary discussion among attorneys and a wide variety of higher education professionals, the Conference provides unique insights into cutting-edge law and policy issues. This year's features include a plenary presentation by Dr. Frank Donoghue, author of The Last Professors.

Pre-Conference Workshops: February 20, 2010
"Responding to Students and Employees in Crisis: Emerging Good Practices for At-Risk Response Teams" (co-sponsored by URMIA)
"Higher Education Law Essentials: Getting Up to Speed"

Main Conference: February 21-23, 2010
A sampling of the confirmed programs for the Main Conference includes the following:

-Higher Education Act Amendments and Stimulus Update
-FERPA Updates
-Litigation and Insurance Updates
-The Dilemma of Prescription Drugs on Campus
-Fundamentals of Campus Risk Management
-Bullies on Campus
-Our Students
-Risk Management and Admissions
-New Challenges for International Study

Post-Conference Workshop: February 23, 2010
"Beyond Discipline": In this workshop, Professor Peter Lake will explore the role of due process in modern higher education while providing a new vision of the evolution of student discipline, and will discuss themes from his new book.

Extreme early bird registration ends October 30, 2009. Early bird registration ends January 18, 2010. Full-time student and group rates available.

For additional information, and to register, visit www.law.stetson.edu/highered2010.

3) Job Opportunities

The following positions were recently posted to the Job Opportunities section of the Center's Web site:

Drug-Free Action Alliance (Columbus, OH)
Communications Director

For more information on these and other recent job postings, please visit the Job Opportunities section of the Center's Web site at http://www.higheredcenter.org/jobs