News Bits

Dates and Deadlines

May 14-15: "Traditional Values and the Challenges of Globalization," conference, Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Hanoi, Vietnam. Contact George McLean at mclean@cua.edu

May 27-June 1: "Advancing Global Diplomacy Through International Education," NAFSA Association of International Educators, Philadelphia, PA. Contact 202-737-3699, http://www.nafsa.org

June 1-3: "Democracy and Education," sponsored by Montclair State University, in Kiev, Ukraine. Contact Marina Cunningham, 973-655-7566, cunninghamm@mail.montclair.edu

June 3-5: "Flexible Teaching and Learning Formats in Higher Education," conference, Indiana University-Purdue University. Contact Stephen P. Hundley, 317-274-2876 hundley@engr.iupui.edu

June 14-15: "Networking for the 21st Century: Content, Conduits, and Policies," conference in Portland, Oregon. Contact: 303-449-4430, http://www.educause.edu/conference/nwacc/2001/

June 17-20: "Interactive Teaching Across Disciplines and Cultures," conference, World Association for Case Method Research and Application at Lund University in Lund, Sweden. Contact 781-444-8982, wacra@msn.com

June 25-30: EdMedia 2001: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications," Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, in Tampere, Finland. Contact 804-973-3987, info@aacc.org

July 11-15: "Istanbul: Economy and Business in Transition," conference, St. John's University, Contact Nejdet Delener, 718-990-6764, delenern@stjohns.edu

July 11-15: "Planning for Cities in the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges," congress, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, in Shanghai, China. Contact http://www.caup-tongji.org/wpsc2001

July 23-27: "Teacher Education and the Challenges of Change: Alternatives and Innovations," world assembly, International Council on Education for Teaching, in Santiago, Chile. Contact Darrell Bloom, 847-465-0191, icet@nl.edu

August 3-5: World Association of Universities and Colleges International Education Annual Conference, in Los Angeles, CA. Contact WAUC, 702-990-3204, wauc@web-hed.com