BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Keynote speaker: J. Luke WoodCommunity colleges and other two-y ear institutions of higher education have long served the educational need s of the vast majority of students of color\, racial minorities\, and colo nized people. Realistically\, the volume of students from these population s have frequently been the statistic majority in these educational setting s. Yet\, there remains an equity gap between these students who attend and graduate these institutions and their white counterparts. The gap widens further when looking at overall achievement throughout all types of higher education in the United States.This conference is being held to dialogue and learn about how community colleges and other two-year institutions can serve as agents for racial justice and decolonization. Current quality pr actices and future recommendations will be explored in relation to issues of politics\, access\, identity\, and policy.Learn moreSponsor: Office of Community College Research and Leadership and Joliet Junior CollegeREGISTE R DTEND:20180726T201500Z DTSTAMP:20240329T003452Z DTSTART:20180726T130000Z LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Decolonizing Practice and Promoting Racial Justice in Community Col leges UID:RFCALITEM638472512923755794 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Keynote speaker: J. Luke Wood
Community colleg es and other two-year institutions of higher education have long served th e educational needs of the vast majority of students of color\, racial min orities\, and colonized people. Realistically\, the volume of students fro m these populations have frequently been the statistic majority in these e ducational settings. Yet\, there remains an equity gap between these stude nts who attend and graduate these institutions and their white counterpart s. The gap widens further when looking at overall achievement throughout a ll types of higher education in the United States.
This conference i s being held to dialogue and learn about how community colleges and other two-year institutions can serve as agents for racial justice and decoloniz ation. Current quality practices and future recommendations will be explor ed in relation to issues of politics\, access\, identity\, and policy.
Learn more
Sp onsor: Office of Community College Research and Leadership and Joli et Junior College
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