b"FRIDAY4:00PM5:15PM LIBERAL ARTS INSTITUTIONS: Modeling Civility in a Polarized EnvironmentTRADITIONAL PANEL Recent gains in the racial and cultural diversity of higher education landscape have coincided with a period of increased political polarization, making the liberal arts institutions'; traditional mission of fostering engaged and civil dis-course more urgent. Deans from three liberal arts universities share curricular and co-curricular strategies for ensuring that students and faculty engage with contentious topics with fairness, equanimity, and respect for all viewpointsdifficult but achievable outcomes in today's fractious political atmosphere.TRADITIONAL PANEL CULTURAL DIVERSITY: ANOTHER REQUIRED COURSE?!:Developing, Implementing, and Sustaining Diversity Curriculum InitiativesWhile many student and faculty groups recognize and even demand additional courses on topics related to human diversity, there are numerous challenges to overcome: determining goals and setting parameters for the initiative, ne-gotiating over what the courses might displace in teaching rotations or lists of required courses, encouraging departments to develop new courses, preparing faculty to teach them, and addressing resistance that might arise from students, parents, and community members. Our session will offer examples of how some deans have helped their colleges address these and related concerns, and offer recommendations based on our experiences. Associate Dean Sanford from Sam Houston State University will discuss a faculty-led effort to promote diverse dialogues, inclusive pedagogy, and the associated problems of preaching to the choir. Associate Dean Derwin, Brandman University, will discuss the initial launch of a new university-wide initiative to address equity, diversity, and inclu-sion. Associate Dean Griffin from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will discuss college-led efforts to support faculty and graduate students teaching a new college course requirement, Human Diversity in the US.TRADITIONAL PANEL THE KNOWN OR THE UNKNOWN: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Internal and External Hires for Assistant & Associate Dean PositionsAssistant and Associate Deans are often powerful and ambitious mechanism for change within an academic unit, yet they are just as often internally ap-pointed without an extensive national search rather than hired from an outside institution. In this panel, deans who have recently hired Assistant or Associate Deans will describe and explore the advantages and disadvantages of hiring a new administrator into your college both from your own faculty and also from an external college or university.22Register at ccas2019"