COVID-19 has rapidly upended life for many collegians and has exacerbated inequities that already existed. The disruption to educational plans and imposed challenges of the global pandemic are far reaching.
Concurrent with the health crisis are issues such as racial unrest, economic decline, and a leadership vacuum that is widening opportunity gaps and making racialized inequities more acute. This is especially true for community college students, many of whom have marginalized identities and are already struggling with existing inequalities.
Meet the presenters who will discuss these topics:
Edward Bush, Cosumnes River College
Linda Garcia, University of Texas at Austin
Audrey J. Jaeger, North Carolina State University
Xueli Wang, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This event is part of the ASHE Existential Crisis and Equity Imperative Facing Higher Education: A 2020 Presidential Webinar Series. It is co-sponsored by OCCRL, The Council for the Study of Community Colleges, and the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research.
Registration is free for current ASHE members, CSCC members (with promo code CSCC2020), the OCRRL community (using promo code OCCRL2020), and the Belk community (with promo code Belk2020); and $10 for those who aren't current ASHE members. Registration closes 24 hours prior to each event. Time listed is Central Standard Time.