AAC&U has published the latest issue of "On Campus with Women," available here.

The Suder Scholars Program provides holistic support for first-generation students in on-campus Scholar Development Sites. The Foundation is expanding its network and will add two University Partners as new sites during 2010. The Request for Proposals (RFP) is open to public four-year institutions of higher education in the U.S.

The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities has issued a call for proposals for its annual conference, scheduled for October 24 to 26, 2010 at the California State University, Fresno.

In an exploration of the ways in which small liberal arts institutions have expanded efforts to engage with their external communities, the Chronicle of Higher Education focused on two Vermont institutions.

Read the article here.

From Inside Higher Ed:

"For several years, some applicants to colleges have been submitting videos, but Tufts University this year started encouraging the practice, and more than 1,000 applicants did so. As The Boston Globe reported, some of the videos -- posted on YouTube -- have attracted strong fan bases, with viewers campaigning for the admission of some of the applicants."

The Center for Civic Engagement at UMass Dartmouth invites you to participate in a UMass systemwide Civic Engagement Summit on April 28th. The primary goal of the summit is to increase understanding of community assets as a means to deepen our commitment to civic engagement.

Register now for A Climate Change on Campus, New England Sustainability Summit 2010 to be held on Friday, April 23 at the Crowne Plaza  in Worcester, MA.

NEBHE's second annual sustainability conference will explore topics from renewable energy to growing the green workforce with the nation's higher education and industry leaders.

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Click here to gain access to the Call. The deadline for applications is May 21, 2010.

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and NERCHE have entered into a long-term partnership for the continuation of the elective Carnegie Community Engagement Classification.

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A paper intended to capture the cumulative "learnings" from a meeting held at the Kettering Foundation in February 2008 about Higher Education and the Future of Engagement.

In the December 3, 2009 issue of Inside Higher Ed, Student Affairs Think Tank member, Lee Burdette Williams, co-authored an essay, "Define 'Frill' and Use it in a Sentence," which addresses the complexity surrounding campus discussions about "stripping down" their educational services to only that which is essential.

Click here to read the essay.