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National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education 2243 Wisconsin Ave., N.W. - Washington, C.C. 20007 - Telephone (202) 333-3855 Board of Directors Chairman Dr. Luna I. Mishoe President, Delaware State College, Delaware Vice Chairman Dr. Joseph B. Johnson President, Grambling State University, Louisiana Vice Chairman Dr. Elias Blake, Jr. President, Clark College, Georgia Vice Chairman Dr. Yvonne Kennedy President, S.D. Bishop State Junior College, Alabama Secretary Dr. William P. Hytche Chancellor, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Maryland Treasurer Dr. Wilbert Greenfield President, Virginia State University, Virginia Immediate Past Chairman Dr. Prezell R. Robinson President, St. Augustine's College, North Carolina Dr. George Ayers President, Chicago State University, Illinois Dr. Emmett W. Bashful Chancellor, Southern University-New Orleans, Louisiana Dr. James E. Cheek President, Howard University, Washington, DC Dr. Edward B. Fort Chancellor, North Carolina A & T State University, North Carolina Dr. Henry Givens, Jr. President, Harris-Stowe State College, Missouri Dr. William Harris President, Paine College, Georgia Dr. Charles A. Lyons, Jr. Chancellor, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina Dr. David Satcher President, Meharry Medical College, Tennessee Dr. S. Dallas Simmons President, Virginia Union University, Virginia Dr. Leonard H. O. Spearman President, Texas Southern University, Texas Dr. Walter L. Walker President, LeMoyne-Owen College, Tennessee Dr. Walter Washington President, Alcorn State University, Mississippi Dr. Cordell Wynn President, Stillman College, Alabama Dr. Samuel L. Myers President, NAFEO, Washington, DC Mrs. Wilma J. Roscoe Vice President, NAFEO, Washington, DC A SPECIAL INVITATION 11th National Conference On Blacks in Higher Education LEVERAGING Dear Friend: April 10-13, 1986, the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) will conven its Eleventh National Conference on Blacks in Higher Education at the Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC. You are cordially invited to participate in this Conference which continues as the single most important national forum in America for the discussion of issues affecting Blacks in Higher Education. The 1986 Conference theme is "Leveraging." Our national audience consists of some 2,000 leaders and decision-makers including eighty (80) institutions from all of the states and abroad, as well as 100 of the 300 Black college alumni chosen (from among the one-million graduates of Black colleges) to receive NAFEO's Distinguished Alumni Citation. We shall examine the concept of utilizing minimal resources to achieve maximum results that lead to successful and/or increased means of attaining improved access for Blacks into and successful exit from higher education. An impressive program is being coordinated with early confirmations from distinguished speakers such as Secretary of Education, William Bennett; NEA President, Mary Hatwood Futrell; Ernest Boyer, President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Learning; James Comer, Professor and Dean of Psychiatry, Yale Medical School; William Labov, Linguist, University of Pennsylvania; Arthur Teele, President, National Business League; and the Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, Richard Arrington. The Sessions, Panels, Celebrity Series, Exhibits, Leadership Awards Banquet and other activities mesh to become this national forum aimed at enhancing Black higher education--NAFEO'S NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION. The preliminary registration fees and conference information are contained herein. We invite you, urge you and welcome you to become an active support of Black higher education. Our diverse conference agenda allows involvement by seasoned education experts as well as those interested in learning more. On behalf of the Presidents/Chancellors of 116 historically and predominantly Black colleges/universities (NAFEO's active members), we hope you will join us in April and help to strengthen Black higher education. Cordially, Samuel L. Myers President GENERAL INFORMATION NAFEO'S NATIONAL CONFERENCE- NAFEO annually sponsors a Conference to assess and reassess the needs of Blacks in Higher Education. This Conference, which annually attracts more than 2,000 Black leaders, is the single most important national forum in America for the discussion of issues affecting Blacks in higher education. Each year, representatives from academic, federal and state government agencies, private industry, nonprofit associations, and many national foundations and philanthropic organizations meet in Washington to develop new strategies for increasing and enhancing the opportunities for Blacks in higher education. The commitment of these individuals to the goal of achieving equality for Blacks in higher education is evident by their continued support of NAFEO through participation at our National Conference. ABOUT NAFEO - The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), the membership association of 116 historically and predominantly black colleges and universities - public and private, two-year and four-year, undergraduate, graduate and professional - was founded in 1969 as a non- [Continues on following page]
