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C4 hosts workshop “Equity for All: Using Communities of Practice to Address Disparities in Student Outcomes"
Join Dr. Estela Bensimon for a workshop on "Equity for All: Using Communities of Practice to Address Disparities in Student Outcomes" on Friday, March 7, 2008 from 1:00-3:00 pm.
March 7, 2008
Dr. Estela Bensimon from the University of Southern California will be presenting a workshop on "Equity for All: Using Communities of Practice to Address Disparities in Student Outcomes" on Friday, March 7, 2008 from 1:00-3:00 pm. The event will take place in 1215 Sproul Hall.
Estela Mara Bensimon is Professor of Higher Education and the Director of the Center for Urban Education (CUE) at the USC Rossier School of Education. Her research interests include academic leadership, organizational change, social action research, urban colleges and universities, and women and minority faculty in education. CUE is a research and action center whose mission is to conduct research that will result in the creation of enabling institutional environments for children, youth and adults from socially and economically disenfranchised groups in urban settings. Dr. Bensimon’s publications have appeared in Change, Review of Higher Education, The Journal of Higher Education, Liberal Education, and Harvard Education Review.
Please contact April Salas for more information at april.salas@ucr.edu or 951.827.5984 This seminar is the fourth in a series of six that will be taking place from now until May 2008 as part of the Professional Development program under the Title V project.
“C4 has partnered with Riverside Community College through a Title V grant to improve student learning and success. As part of this grant, C4 has organized a series of professional development seminars on topics of importance to faculty, administrators, and students at Riverside Community College. These topics include adult learning, adolescent learning and motivation, college student development, using communities of practice to address disparities in student outcomes, Asian American / Pacific Islander students, and Hispanic / Latino students.”