MEETING ON PROPOSED CONSORTIUM ON DIVERSITY AND AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION

 June 30 - The American Council on Education, the U.S. Office of 
Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) of the U.S. Department 
of Education and the Harvard University Civil Rights Project will 
host a public meeting to bring together individuals who have played
significant roles in organizing conferences, symposia and other 
meetings designed to support the use of  affirmative action to 
foster racial and ethnic diversity in higher education .  The meeting
will be held in the Board Room of the OERI Policies and Priorities 
Board, 80 F Street, NW, Washington, DC from 9:00am to 4:30pm.  
Contact Michelle Ringo at 202/708-8283 for specific directions .  
A summary will later be placed on the Department's 
Web Site, http://www.ed.gov/.  All interested parties are invited to 
attend.