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The Educational Policy Institute and
the University of Maryland College
Park hosted the first annual National Capitol Summit on Latino
Students and Educational Opportunity
in Washington DC on October 11, 2007. The purpose of the
Summit was to bring focus and recognition
of the important issues related to the
expansion of educational opportunity
for the nation's fastest growing constituency.
The event focused on two important
areas of Latino educational opportunity:
academic preparation and postsecondary
access/success. Each session involved
two separate plenary panels of experts,
including special appearances and speeches
by members of the United States Senate
and House of Representatives.
Pariticipants Included:
- Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA)
- Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
- Ms. Diane Auer Jones, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education
- Dr. Antonio Flores, President, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)
- Dr.
Daniel Domenech, Senior
Vice President, McGraw- Hill Companies,
Inc., New York, NY
- Dr.
Linda Serra Hagedorn, Professor,
University of Florida
- Dr.
Alberto Cabrera, Professor & EPI
Senior Scholar, University of Maryland,
College Park, College Park, MD
- Dr.
Rick Fry, Senior Researcher,
Pew Hispanic Institute, Washington,
DC
- Dr.
Ronald Blackburn, Executive
Director, ASPIRA, Washington, DC
- Ms.
Leslie Sanchez, Founder, Impacto Group, LLC, Washington,
DC and former director of the White House Initiative on Hispanic Education
- Dr.
Estela Bensimon, Professor,
University of Southern California
- Dr.
Watson Scott Swail, President,
Educational Policy Institute
- Dr. Victoria-María MacDonald, Visiting Associate Professor, Minority & Urban Education, Dept.of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Maryland, College Park.
- Mr. Kurt Burkum, Director of Research, National Council for Community and Educational Partnerships
Topics will include:
- Immigration policy
(e.g., student aid)
- Academic course-taking
patterns
- Pre-college outreach
- Community partnerships
- High school graduation
- College admissions
- Financial aid
- College retention
and persistence
For further information, please email info@educationalpolicy.org.
Presentations may be found on the schedule page.
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