Women’s Lives, Women’s Voices, Women’s Solutions: Shaping A National Agenda for Women in Higher Education 

To be telecast at University of Rhode Island 
College of Continuing Education
80 Washington Street
Providence, RI 

March 27-29, 2000 

On March 27 and 29, a room will be set up at CCE connecting URI faculty and students by satellite to these live conference events at the University of Minnesota:

DAY ONE:  March 27, 2000 -Teleconference broadcast 1:00-3:00p.m. 

WOMEN'S VOICES: 
IMAGINING OURSELVES INTO THE 21^ST CENTURY

Moderated Panel: This panel will challenge us to think out of the box, moving beyond higher education as it is, to what it could be. What do we want higher education to look like in the 21^st century? Topics to be discussed include: 

  The Last Three Decades: What  Have We Learned?
  Racial Legacies and Learning
  Global Consciousness
  Devaluation of Women in Higher Education
  Women's Leadership
  Commitments to Civil Justice and Community Action
  Legitimizing Women's Life Cycle in Education
  Women Working with Women

DAY TWO: March 29, 2000-Teleconference broadcast, 11:00-1:00p.m. 

WOMEN’S SOLUTIONS:
 SETTING A NATIONAL AGENDA
FOR THE 21^ST CENTURY

Moderated Panel: Tying together what has happened during the first three days of the conference, panelists will synthesize the feedback from caucus sessions conducted at regional conference sites and satellite sites across the nation, building a foundation for the national agenda.

This event is free and open to the public.  
Funded by the Rhode Island Board of Higher Education.

For more information on these events, 
please call the URI Women’s Studies Office at 874-5150 or visit http://www.umn.edu/women/wihe.html