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 International ParticipationVISA INFORMATION
 ACE recognizes that global perspectives are critical to solving contemporary problems, ensuring academic excellence, and preparing a world-class work force. The ACE meeting represents a useful venue for networking with college and university leaders from across the United States, and many fruitful partnerships have developed between past meeting participants. We are very excited about the conference program for the 2010 Annual Meeting and the opportunities that it offers for learning as well as networking. We look forward to welcoming you in Phoenix, Arizona.
 Through its Center for International Initiatives, ACE offers programs and services that support and enhance internationalization on U.S. campuses and works with international partners on higher education issues that have a global impact.
Sessions of Special Interest to International Attendees While ACE Annual Meeting sessions are open to all registrants (with the exception of events specifically designated as "invitation only") the following may be of particular interest to international visitors and U.S. campus leaders focused on internationalization.
Saturday, March 6
Overview of U.S. Higher Education Terry Hartle, Senior Vice President, Office of Government Relations, ACE
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm International Networking Reception & Recognition Ceremony for 2010 Winners of the ACE Awards "Bringing the World into the Classroom: Using Technology to Promote Internationalization" Sponsored by Prometric. Open to all attendees.
Monday, March 8
10:45 am –12:15 pm Getting a Handle on Assessment: New Directions in the U.S. and Europe This 90-minute panel will focus on the newest thought and activities at home and abroad that can inform policy and campus efforts to assess the outcomes of higher education. Although all U.S. institutions are required to show evidence that they are engaged in the assessment of learning, these activities have not really coalesced—instead there are "thousands of flowers blooming." Are there ways to better integrate the many different approaches and conversations? Are there lessons from other nations that have developed qualifications frameworks and more systematic approaches to defining the outcomes of a degree or program?
Moderator: Geri H. Malandra, Principal, Malandra Consulting 10:45 am – 12:15 pm Transforming Colleges and Universities: Mission Impossible or the Handwriting on the Wall? Like many social organizations and systems, colleges and universities are change-averse. Yet, some institutions have undergone a process of intentional transformation, making changes that are both broad and deep, and that position it to thrive in the future. This session will describe the experiences of two U.S. institutions and one in Australia, exploring the journeys of transformation, the role of leaders, and the lessons learned.
Moderator: Sally Mason, President, the University of Iowa
At Home in the World: Creating Connections Between Internationalization and Multicultural Education Today's college graduates and citizens must be prepared for a world of permeable borders and diverse cultures. They will experience cultural difference and all its attendant complexities at home in their communities; they live and work in a world where the pressing issues are global in nature. Traditionally, higher education institutions have seen internationalization as quite separate from the diversity issues we face at home. Yet these two areas share common goals and can benefit from closer engagement with each other. At the same time, sensitivities abound, and neither field wants to submerge its identity or see the dominance of one over the other. This session will address how institutions can be creative and innovative in thinking afresh about the overlap between internationalization and multi-cultural education.
Moderator: Yolanda Moses, Associate Vice Chancellor , University of California, Riverside For general inquiries, please contact annualmeeting@ace.nche.edu or call (202) 939-9410.
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