UCLA Civil Rights Project Invites You to Attend a Capitol Hill Briefing:
Are Current Policy Changes Closing the Door to College for Students of Color?
WHAT: New scholarly analyses of present and proposed policy changes
Independent scholars from leading universities will unveil research demonstrating the damaging impact of recent policy changes under the Trump administration on college students of color. The briefing will highlight targeted actions that have threatened affirmative action, claiming discrimination against Asians and whites, and will offer evidence of the negative impact of the revival of federal funding to for-profit colleges, budget changes that threaten HCBUs, cuts to Pell grants for incarcerated college students, and federal risk-sharing student loan proposals that will force colleges to screen out the students who most need support from the colleges that serve them. Each of these proposals has the potential to close the door to college for students of color.
On September 25, 2018 we will highlight the latest research and probable impacts on college students of color, and you are invited to join in the discussion with the authors after these presentations:
- Minority Serving Institutions under Trump’s Presidency: Considerations for Current Policies and Future Actions, Andrés Castro Samayoa, Boston College
- In Consideration of Reinstating Pell for Incarcerated Students, Erin Corbett, Institute for Higher Education Policy
- How Accountability Can Increase Racial Inequality: The Care of Federal Risk-Sharing, Nick Hillman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Asian Americans and Race-Conscious Admission: Understanding the Conservative Opposition’s Strategy of Misinformation and Racial Division, OiYan Poon, Colorado State University
- The Impact of the PROSPER Act on Underrepresented Students in For-profit Colleges, Brian Pusser, University of Virginia
- Gary Orfield, UCLA Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, will moderate.
WHEN: Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 10:30am to 12:00pm EST
WHERE: Hart Senate Office Building, Room 216, 120 Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002
For more information: email crp@ucla.edu