NASPA Multicultural Institute

There is a definitive need for student affairs professionals and faculty to be knowledgeable regarding contemporary issues of multiculturalism on university and college campuses.  The view that work in this area is solely the role of those in multicultural advocacy offices no longer holds sway.  All administrators and educators are called to demonstrate multicultural competencies along the lines, and across the intersections, of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, religion, and ability. 

This NASPA Multicultural Institute is a biennial event that provides an engaging forum for professionals across the academy to explore multicultural competencies for a new generation. The Institute session topics and plenary speakers are orgnaized so that participants may develop greater multicultural awareness, discuss opportunities for partnering with other professionals and students around issues of multiculturalism and student achievement, and advocate for a campus community that equally serves and educates all.