Higher Ed in the Age of Trump: What It Means for Students of Color

Posted by University of Pennsylvania on March 6, 2017

Higher Ed in the Age of Trump: What It Means for Students of Color

Marybeth Gasman, Founding Director of the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions; Professor, Graduate School of Education with joint appointments in departments of History and Africana Studies in the School of Arts & Sciences

Tuesday, March 7, 2017
6–7 p.m.
World Cafe Live
3025 Walnut Street

As a leading expert on historically black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions, Professor Gasman has helped bring issues of race and higher education to the forefront. The author of Educating a Diverse Nation, Envisioning Black Colleges, Rediscovering Booker T. Washington and Academics Going Public, she will discuss the current U.S. administration, what’s happening in higher education today and what these changes mean for students of color.

Expert faculty from the University of Pennsylvania shed light on their research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences at the Penn Lightbulb Café. It’s an evening of engaging, stimulating conversation, with a Q&A session following each talk.

Presented by Penn Arts and Sciences in partnership with the Office of University Communications, Penn Café events are free and open to the public, but RSVPs are encouraged. Contact Gina Bryan at 215-898-8721 or email at [email protected].

Menu items are available for purchase. Happy Hour pricing from 4–6 p.m.

http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/sciencecafe