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[[image]] [[caption]] Dr. Ernest A. Boykins Mississippi Valley State Univ. Itta Bena, Mississippi [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] Dr. Oswald P. Bronson Bethune-Cookman College Daytona Beach, Florida [[/caption]] [[image]] [[caption]] Dr. Samuel D. Cook Dillard University New Orleans, Louisiana [[/caption]] NAFEO OFFICERS President Dr. Charles A. Lyons, Jr. Chancellor Fayetteville State University Fayetteville, North Carolina Vice President Dr. Frederick S. Humphries President Tennessee State University Nashville, Tennessee Secretary Dr. Prezell R. Robinson President St. Augustine's College Raleigh, North Carolina Vice President Dr. Luther Foster President Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee, Alabama Vice President Dr. J. Louis Stokes President Utica Junior College Utica, Mississippi Treasurer Dr. M. Maceo Nance Jr. President South Carolina State Col. Orangeburg, SC Immediate Past President Dr. Herman R. Branson President Lincoln University Pennsylvania NAFEO BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dr. Andrew Billingsley President Morgan State University Baltimore, Maryland Dr. Ernest A. Boykins President Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena, Mississippi Dr. Oswald P. Bronson President Bethune-Cookman College Daytona Beach, Florida Dr. Lloyd Elam President Meharry Medical College Nashville, Tennessee Dr. Joseph N. Gayles, Jr. President Talladega College Talladega, Alabama Dr. Charles L. Hayes President Albany State College Albany, Georgia Dr. William P. Hytche Chancellor University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, Maryland Dr. Mable McLean President Barber-Scotia College Concord, North Carolina Dr. Luna I. Mishoe President Delaware State College Dover, Delaware Dr. Romallus O. Murphy President Shaw College at Detroit Detroit, Michigan Dr. Lionel H. Newsom President Central State University Wilberforce, Ohio Dr. Robert Threatt President Morris Brown College Atlanta, Georgia Dr. Harrison B. Wilson President Norfolk State College Norfolk, Virginia Dr. Samuel L. Myers Executive Director National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION 1. If you wish to attend the entire Conference, including the Leadership Awards Banquet, register for "Plan A" only on the Conference Registration Form 2. If you wish to register for the Conference Sessions only, excluding the Leadership Awards Banquet, register for "Plan B" only. 3. If you wish to register for the Leadership Awards Banquet: a. Select "Plan C" only if you are registering one person for the Banquet or b. Complete the Table Registration Form if you wish to register two or more persons for the Banquet. 4. Return all forms with a check or money order made payable to NAFEO's Fifth National Conference and mail to: NAFEO in Higher Education, 2001 "S" Street, N.W., Suite 450, Washington, D.C. 20009 5. Advance registration forms must be received in the NAFEO Office by April 4, 1980 to be processed. All forms received after that date, and prior to the Conference will be held for on-site registration at the Washington Hilton Hotel. All registrants whose forms are not received in time to be held for on-site registration must pay at the time of registration. In such cases where mail is delayed, NAFEO will return the duplicate check received after the Conference to the registrant. 6. Registrants are responsible for arranging their own hotel accommodations. Enclosed in this registration packet is a reservation form for the Washington Hilton Hotel. Hotel reservations should be made as early as possible in order to take advantage of the Hilton/NAFEO Conference Hotel rate. If you cannot make reservations at the Washington Hilton, you may wish to secure accommodations at one of the following hotels: Harambee House Hotel, 2225 Georgia Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001 (202)462-5400 (Within a 10 minute taxi ride of the Washington Hilton) Highland Towers, 1914 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D.C. (202)797-2800 Holiday Inn, 1900 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009 (202)332-9300 (Facing the Washington Hilton Hotel) Dupont Plaza Hotel, Washington, D.C. (202)483-6000 Embassy Row Hotel, 2015 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. (202)265-1600 (Within 6 blocks walking distance to the Washington Hilton) PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE The aspiration for uniqueness, access, choice and parity is but one goal in the struggle to attain equality for blacks in higher education. The questions and problems which besiege higher education in general, and black higher education in particular, dictate that educators make a new and fresh appraisal of the issues which affect educational policy in an effort to devise bold and innovative approaches for achieving equality for blacks in higher education. The forecast for the next decade appears to be virtually overwhelming, and equally challenging. Concerted efforts must be aimed at devising new approaches for confronting critical issues affecting black higher education. NAFEO's Fifth National Conference will convene panels on student recruitment and retention, financial management, cross-cultural communication, graduate and professional education and research opportunities, legal issues, testing, accreditation, federal policies, engineering programs, affirmative action, student financial aid, community colleges, crime, health issues and reinforcement strategies for blacks. The purpose of NAFEO's Fifth National Conference is to provide a forum for nationally acclaimed researchers, scholars, and policy makers, including presidents/chancellors and chief academic officers of the historically black colleges to assemble not only to have dialogue on these critical issues, but more important, to provide "model approaches" and proposals for attaining equality for blacks in higher education. This Conference will draw upon the talent and resources of a broad cross-section of expert panelists and nationally renowned speakers who will analyze current educational efforts and chart the path toward uniqueness, access, choice and parity for blacks in higher education. The Fifth National Conference promises to be the largest in NAFEO's history. NAFEO has invited representatives from the major political parties to appear on a special panel to develop strategies for placing issues and concerns for blacks in higher education on the national party platforms. In addition, NAFEO will conduct its first Minority Employment Opportunity Center which will focus on the identification of minorities for positions at the historically and predominantly black colleges. CONFERENCE SPONSOR The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, founded in 1969, is a nonprofit, voluntary, independent association of 107 historically black colleges and institutions enrolling some 200,000 students. NAFEO is organized to articulate the need for a higher education system where race, income, and previous education are not the determinants of either the quantity or quality of higher education. 48