BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 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:Event Type: LectureWith nearly half of American undergraduates attending community colleges\, this lecture by OCCRL Director Eboni Zaman i-Gallaher will call attention to the core mission of the institutions and how they are a centerpiece of institutional diversity in America and a pr edominant pathway to postsecondary study for historically underrepresented and underserved students. Community colleges have played a critical role in advancing opportunity within the realm of mass higher education. Having originated to broaden participation\, they occupy the intersection of soc ial justice and educational change. Additionally\, community colleges have provided scores of people with access to postsecondary education\, indivi duals who otherwise would not have access to higher learning.The title of Dr. Zamani-Gallaher's talk is "Advancing the Social Justice Imperative of Community Colleges: Reconciling Democratic Principles Amid Elite Interests ." She will highlight in her lecture the misalignment of the current admin istration regarding the core mission of community colleges misinterpreting their role\, as well as postsecondary education as an economic return for the individual rather than for the collective public good.A food and post er session will take place from 6-7 p.m. with the lecture to follow at 7 p .m. The event will take place at McMenamins in Wilsonville\, Oregon.Sponso r: Charles E. Carpenter Lecture and Conference Endowment at Oregon State U niversity DTEND:20190308T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260422T231811Z DTSTART:20190308T000000Z LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign\,Wilsonville\, Oregon (30340 SW Boones Ferry Ro ad) SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Dr. Zamani-Gallaher to Speak at 15th Annual Charles Carpenter Memor ial Lecture UID:RFCALITEM639124786912869904 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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With nearly half of American undergraduates attending community colleges\, this lecture by OCCRL Direc tor Eboni Zamani-Gallahe r will call attention to the core mission of the institutions and how they are a centerpiece of institutional diversity in America and a predomi nant pathway to postsecondary study for historically underrepresented and underserved students. Community colleges have played a critical role in ad vancing opportunity within the realm of mass higher education. Having orig inated to broaden participation\, they occupy the intersection of social j ustice and educational change. Additionally\, community colleges have prov ided scores of people with access to postsecondary education\, individuals who otherwise would not have access to higher learning.

The title o f Dr. Zamani-Gallaher's talk is "Advancing the Social Justice Imperative o f Community Colleges: Reconciling Democratic Principles Amid Elite Interes ts." She will highlight in her lecture the misalignment of the current adm inistration regarding the core mission of community colleges misinterpreti ng their role\, as well as postsecondary education as an economic return f or the individual rather than for the collective public good.

A food and poster session will take place from 6-7 p.m. with the lecture to foll ow at 7 p.m. The event will take place at McMenamins in Wilsonville\, Oregon.

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