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San Diego Hosts ICAM DEANS AND FACULTY from around the world will gather in San Diego, California, April 29 through May 1 to attend AACSB International's 2012 International Confer- ence and Annual Meeting (ICAM). The event, which will be held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, is chaired by Jan Williams, dean of the College of Business Adminis- tration at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and AACSB's 2011–2012 board chair. Conference topics will include accreditation, research, curriculum design, supply chain management, design thinking, public university funding, business school collaborations, online education, and managing in a global context. Among the plenary speakers will be Beta Gamma Sigma's International Honoree for 2012, Anne M. Mulcahy, former chairman and CEO of Xerox Corpo- ration; and Garth Saloner, Philip H. Knight Professor and dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business in California. More information about the conference can be found at www.aacsb.edu/ICAM2012/index.html. Another School Opts Out of SAT/ACT Starting with the class enrolling in fall 2013, Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, will make the submission of standardized test scores an optional part of the admissions process. The school's decision follows an extensive study by the Clark faculty and its Office of Admissions. "By taking a holistic view of a student's capabilities, character, and promise, we can give more weight to his or her four-year academic record—strength of the high school, the rigor of the curriculum, grades, class rank, writing skills, and outside-classroom activities," says Don Honeman, dean of admissions and financial aid. The school is implementing the policy in tandem with its new approach to teaching, known as Liberal Education and Effective Practice. LEEP is designed to help students become more cre- ative, imaginative, self-directed, resilient, and persistent, and to develop their abilities to collaborate with others and manage uncertainty. According to Joseph Sarkis, interim dean of Clark's Graduate School of Management, making SAT/ACT tests optional will greatly improve "socioeconomic, racial, and cultural diversity of the students in our undergraduate management program. Since many of our undergraduate students wind up pursuing advanced degrees through our accelerated BA/Master's program, this diversity and qual- ity transfers to their graduate years." He adds, "Being able to understand and work with people who have different perspectives and knowledge is crucial to succeeding in today's world. Our graduate programs foster inno- vation and social respon- sibility in tomorrow's industry leaders—things that cannot possibly be measured on a standard- ized test." Clark joins a growing number of other colleges and universities that have made standardized test scores optional. A list can be found at fairtest.org. BizEd March/April 2012 11