High Hopes and Higher Education (College Changes Everything Conference)

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Location: 2020 College Changes Everything Conference (virtual, available on demand)

Description:

Join a discussion of REL Midwest’s documentary High Hopes and Higher Education: Honoring Black Students’ Aspirations, which explores evidence-based programs in Wisconsin focused on supporting Black students’ higher education aspirations. This session showcases work of the Midwest Achievement Gap Research Alliance on strategies to improve educational outcomes for Black students and encourages participants to perform a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis related to their own work. To access the recorded presentation, visit the College Changes Everything website and follow the free registration process to create a username and password.

Partnership: Midwest Achievement Gap Research Alliance

Speakers:

• Jameela Conway-Turner, Ph.D., Researcher, REL Midwest
• Kyle Fagan, Ph.D., Researcher, REL Midwest