EVENTS & RESOURCES
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EVENTS
The Supreme Court's 7-1 decision in Fisher v. University of Texas upheld the right of universities to pursue diversity, but the Court sent the case back to the lower court to determine whether the university's admissions policy was narrowly tailored and if it had demonstrated a sufficient exploration of race-neutral methods. This webinar will explore answers to these questions: 1) Does the decision requires any change in campus plans? 2) How can universities most strongly support their plans with the use of existing research? 3) What research can readily be done on your campus? Hear from national experts: James Ryan, Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Rachel Moran, Dean, UCLA School of Law; Catherine Horn, Associate Professor, University of Houston, and Gary Orfield, Professor and Co-director, UCLA Civil Rights Project. This webinar is geared towards university counsels, admissions leaders, faculty and researchers interested in defending campus diversity at higher education institutions. Registration forthcoming. For more information, email crp@ucla.edu.
Historical Legacies, Contemporary Strategies, Promise for the Future
June 6 and 7, 2014 at Pennsylvania State University
Conference organizers aim to address the continued inability of many students of color to access high-quality pre–K through higher education. Presenters and attendees will review strategies already effective in expanding educational opportunities and discuss additional best practices to ensure equity in public education for the future.
PUBLICATIONS
Educational Delusions: Why Choice Can Deepen Inequality and How to Make Schools Fair
by Gary Orfield, Erica Frankenberg and Associates
This volume moves civil rights back into the center of the school choice debate in exploring the many forms of choice and their very different consequences for equity in U.S. schools.
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
This first of three books in Congressman John Lewis’ graphic novel trilogy is a first-hand account “of the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation” and a broad overview of the civil rights movement. Read more at NPR Books.
The Nation’s Longest Struggle: Looking Back on the Modern Civil Rights Movement
D.C. Everest Senior High School students gather information and document events from the point of view of individuals who witnessed or participated in the civil rights movement. For more information about this collection of oral histories, contact Paul Aleckson at the high school, (715) 359-6561; Ext. 4353
