Are Current Policy Changes Closing the Door to College for Students of Color?

New scholarly analyses of present and proposed policy changes.

What	policy briefing
When	Sep 25, 2018 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Where	Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G11, 120 Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002
Contact Name	crp@ucla.edu
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AGENDA

10:30-10:34 Welcome & Introduction

Gary Orfield, Professor/Co-Director, UCLA Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles

10:35-11:14 Major findings from new research (7 mins. each)

10:35-10:42

OiYan Poon, Asst. Professor/Director, Center for Racial Justice in Education and Research, Colorado State University (Co-author Liliana Garces, University of Texas at Austin)

Asian Americans and Race-Conscious Admission: Understanding the Conservative Opposition’s Strategy of Misinformation and Racial Division

10:43-10:50

Andrés Castro Samayoa, Asst. Professor, Boston College

Minority Serving Institutions under Trump’s Presidency: Considerations for Current Policies and Future Actions

10:51-10:58

Brian Pusser, Assoc. Professor, University of Virginia (Co-author Matt Ericson, UVA)

The Impact of the PROSPER Act on Underrepresented Students in For-profit Colleges

10:59-11:06

Erin Corbett, Senior Analyst, Institute for Higher Education Policy (Co-author Julie Ajinkya, IHEP)

In Consideration of Reinstating Pell for Incarcerated Students

11:07-11:14

Nick Hillman, Assoc. Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison