Update of the AHEAD Private Colleges Special Interest Group
MEETING OVERVIEW
The Private Colleges SIG met during the AHEAD conference in New Orleans, LA on Friday, July 13, 2012
at 7:45 a.m.
We first discussed the information shared to us during the SIG chair breakfast.
 SIG participation - the number of people attending the SIG meetings
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Presentations at AHEAD conference
o Topics specific to private colleges
o Could there be a way to label presentations as “small college friendly”?
o We discussed how many of the one-person office presentations are geared toward new
professionals. We discussed ways to address intermediate and advanced audiences.
o Possibly doing panel presentations with students.
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Performing research on topics specific to individual SIGs.
o AHEAD is developing topical areas
o Look for ALERT articles
o The SIGs may be able to receive money from AHEAD to perform the research.
o Send ideas/proposals to Richard Allegra.
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We discussed ways to promote disability awareness on campuses.
o Disability Awareness Week/Month activities
o Ways to implement a Disability Studies program.
Attendees
Diane Hansen
Cari Rose-Tamo
Donna Musel
Jane Jarrow
Virginia Demers
Gavin Steiger
Witfield Felix
Ariel Schwartz
Karen Saracusa