CIES BULLETIN, OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2006

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  Letters to the Editor:
This is a space to allow CIES members to voice their opinions on matters of concern to CIES and its members.
   
Literacy for all age groups and UNESCO: organizational issues.
                                                                                                        By: Leslie Limage.
     
  CIES News/Announcements:
   
▪ We are preparing for the 2007 Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.
The new "early bird" deadline for submissions is November 15. Please click here for more information.
 
    The Comparative and International Education Society Thanks Gerald and Victoria Read for a Generous Gift to Kent State University. By Victor Kobayashi, CIES President.
 
    ▪ Would you like to join or create a SIG? You will find more information here.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT for SIGs Chairs: Annual dues deadline for 2007
is December 31, 2006.


▪ SIGS calls for papers:
          - Peace Education SIG- deadline: October 27, 2006.
          - Citizenship and Democracy SIG- deadline: Nov. 7, 2006.       
          - Globalization and Education SIG.
          - If you have any questions, please contact the SIG chairs.

▪ Initiatives to create new SIGs (to be approved next year by the Board):
 
[Cross-National Educational Borrowing and Transfer]  and  [Latin America].
 
    ▪ CIES Call for Nominations: Click here for more information. If you have any questions, please contact the Nominations Committee.
 
  Miscellaneous Announcements:
     
    ▪ Tenure-track positions open at Lehigh University: Assistant/Associate Professors for Transnational, Comparative, and International Education. 
     
   
Tenure-track position available as Assistant Professor in International Development Education at University of Massachusetts Amherst.
     
    CICE Call for papers: "Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crises, and Early Reconstruction: Issues and Debates on Quality, Impact, and Accountability" Deadline: March 5, 2007.
     
    Call for manuscripts for book series 'Globalisation and Comparative Education" and "Rethinking the Comparative Education Methodology" based on 2006 CIES conference: January 30, 2007.
     
    New Comparative Education Course at Northwestern University: Invitation for Comments.
     
  Other Conferences:
   
 
     

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