Deadline: September 27, 1999

The Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching & Learning invites proposals from college and university faculty, staff, and students from campuses within The Collaboration region (Iowa, Mn, SD, ND, WI) and affiliated campuses, for concurrent sessions on the conference theme. The Planning Committee especially encourages proposals for sessions that will promote stimulating dialogue among participants about difficult issues, that reflect diverse perspectives, and that involve student presenters or co-presenters from across institutions.

INNOVATION--is an over-used word, perhaps, when it comes to complex organizations. But innovation doesn't mean "whatever is new to you," especially for organizations in the public, nonprofit sector, such as colleges and universities. As Paul Light explains in *Sustaining Innovation, "public sector innovation must be about doing something worthwhile." What does innovation mean for faculty, administrators and students in a time of immense change and intense public scrutiny? How is innovation sustained on campus?

The February 2000 conference will provide a forum to explore these questions.

For more information and guidelines for submitting proposals, see The Collaboration's web site.