Today (April 18) is the last day for early registration for the Campus Leadership Forum on May 14-15 at Cedarville University. We have a great schedule planned including sessions by multi-ethnic experts Dr. Joel Perez (George Fox Univ.) and Dr. Alvin Sanders (Evangelical Free Church of America). We are also excited to have experts like Dr. Korie Edwards and Dr. Jeff Cook helping to facilitate small group discussions. During the forum we will focus on seven difficult questions Christian campus leaders face in regard to ethnic diversity:

1. How should we respond to objections that focusing on diversity and ethnic relations is not biblical? (Chad Brennan and Richard Johnson)
2. What are 5 common challenges to creating a diverse Christian campus? (Dr. Alvin Sanders)
3. What are some leadership principles that lead to change? (Dr. Alvin Sanders)
4. How should we respond to objections that giving special treatment to ethnic minorities is not biblical? (Chad Brennan and Richard Johnson)
5. What does research show regarding diversity in Christian higher education? (Dr. Joel Perez)
6. How can we measure success in the area of diversity on our campus? (Dr. Joel Perez)
7. How can we integrate diversity strategic planning into our existing planning methods? (Dr. Joel Perez)

The cost is only $125 if you register by today and then $150 until the registration deadline of May 4. To register or learn more about the forum please visit:renewpartnerships.org/learn/forum/

You are invited to join us for a conference call... Dr. Brenda Salter-McNeil and I will be leading a conference call on April 25 from 4-5 PM EDT where we will be talking about the Campus Leadership Forum and the e-learning session we plan to release soon for Christian college students (see below). If you are interested in joining us for the call please hit reply to this e-mail and I will send you instructions.

Hope to see you in May at the forum!
- Chad Brennan

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Executive Summary of Dr. Joel Perez's Dissertation

"Even if an institution starts with mission and diversifies its employees and trustees, efforts cannot be sustained unless it is monitoring progress and coordinating efforts. All four institutions were not doing these things effectively. At best, each institution was just using enrollment data to monitor progress. No other data was being gathered and evaluated to determine where the gaps existed and potential strategies to decrease the gaps."

Reconciliation and Organizational DNA by Alvin Sanders

"It is starts with a philosophical perspective of, 'This is who we are as an institution.' That philosophy starts to reflect itself in the mission statement, the vision statement, policies, practices, procedures, and the things they decide to resource. It all flows from that philosophy."

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