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PRELIMINARY AGENDA TENTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1985 and SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1985 PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES CONCERT - Celebrity SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1985 REUNION OF DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI Alumni from Abroad RECEPTION - MULTICULTURAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS BANQUET DANCING/ENTERTAINMENT - "Horizon" MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1985 OPENING GENERAL SESSION WITH SPEAKER GENERAL SESSION WITH SPEAKER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DAY NATIONAL ISSUES FORUM in cooperation with the Kettering Foundation GENERAL SESSIONS with SPEAKER BUFFET RECEPTION STUDENT TALENT PERFORMANCE TUESDAY APRIL 2, 1985 ALL-DAY EXHIBIT ON COMPUTERS CORPORATE BREAKFAST with SPEAKER CONCURRENT SPECIALIZED SESSIONS ON VARIOUS FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES LUNCHEON with SPEAKER CONCURRENT SPECIALIZED SESSIONS ON VARIOUS FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES HOSPITALITY SUITES EXHIBITORS' RAFFLES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1985 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST GENERAL SESSION with SPEAKER CONCURRENT SPECIALIZED SESSIONS ON VARIOUS FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES LUNCHEON with SPEAKER SPECIAL ROUNDTABLE FORUM ON VARIOUS FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES SPEAKER TENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SILENT AUCTION "Coalitions" MAJOR SPEAKERS/GUESTS will include some of the nation's most scholarly individuals and notable personalities. They include: Dr. MARY FRANCES BERRY, Professor, Howard University and Commissioner, U.S. Commission of Civil Rights . . . THE HONORABLE JULIAN BOND, State Senator (Ga.) . . . DR. JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN, James B. Duke Professor of History, Duke University . . . THE HONORABLE W. WILSON GOODE, Mayor, Philadelphia . . . DR. HAROLD L. HODGKINSON, Senior Fellow, National Institute for Educational Leadership . . . DR. MORRIS T. KEETON, President, Council for the Advancement of Experiential Learning . . . PATRICIA A. RUSSELL, ESQ., Attorney-at-Law and National Public Speaker . . . DR. CLIFTON R. WHARTON, JR., Chancellor, State University of New York . . . Cabinet Level Officers and Administrators (Invited) . . . TOPICS for the specialized sessions on various fundamental issues include: Interpretation of Domestic Policy: Escalating Health Care Costs; Changing Nature of American Workplace; Environment . . . Adult Learning . . . Historically Black Colleges and Universities . . . A Master Plan for the Education of Blacks . . . Alumni Lobbying . . . Research . . . College Placement Services . . . Blacks on White Campuses and Whites on Black Campuses . . . Desegregation . . . The Family . . . Freshman Characteristics . . . Selected Research of the Southern Education Foundation . . . The U.S. Department of Defense . . . Reauthorization . . . HBCU Linkages with Community Colleges . . . Telecommunications . . . Black/White Professional Associations . . . Black/White Female Experiential Learning . . . Student Financial Aid . . . Lobby for the HBCUs . . . Youth Employment Opportunity Legislation . . . HBCU Presidents/Chancellors and Trustees Relationships . . . NCAA Rule 48 . . . Testing . . . Industrial Policy and Blacks . . . Federal Government versus Decentralization . . .