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A Seat at the Table:
Socioeconomic Diversity and Access to Selective Colleges and Universities
October 6-7, 2006
Hosted by Yale University,
Office of the President and Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Sponsored by The Roosevelt Institution
Opening Plenary: Equity and Excellence in Higher Education
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Levinson Auditorium, Sterling Law Buildings
Welcome
Zach Marks, Yale ’09; Co-Director, A Seat at the Table
Keynote Address and Response
William Bowen, President Emeritus, Mellon Foundation
Richard Levin, President, Yale University
Discussion moderated by
Virginia Bailey, University of Michigan ’07; Roosevelt Institution
Eduardo Garcia, Amherst ’07; Telementoring Program
Jeffrey Brenzel, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Yale University
Reception
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm, Saybrook College Fellows Lounge
Dinner
6:15 pm - 7:15 pm, Saybrook College Dining Hall
Student Address
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm, Saybrook College Dining Hall
Steven Syverud, Yale ’06; Former President, Yale College Council; Program Associate, Questbridge
Student Workshop: Channeling Student Activism into University Policy
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm, Dwight Hall
Round Table Discussion moderated by
Yale Undergraduate Organizing Committee
Student Cocktail Reception
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm, Dwight Hall
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am – 9:00 am, Center for British Art Lobby
Morning Plenary Session: Financial Aid and Its Discontents
9:00 am – 10:15 am, Center for British Art Lecture Hall
Chaka Fattah, U.S. Congressman, 2nd District of Pennsylvania
Myra Baas Smith, Director of Financial Aid Services, College Board
Breakout Discussions: Financial Aid and Its Discontents
10:30 am – 11:45 am, Linsly-Chittenden Hall
- Federal Financial Aid Policy, Room 101
- Sara Flanagan, Vice-President of Government Relations, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
- Suzanne Day, Director of Federal Relations, Harvard University
- Van McPherson, University of Connecticut '08; State Board Chairman, Connecticut Public Interest Research Groups
- Financial Aid at Selective Public Institutions, Room 211
- Scott Giles, Vice-President of Policy, Research and Planning for the Vermont Assistance Corporation
- Yvonne Hubbard, Director of the Office of Student Financial Services, University of Virginia
- Trevor Montgomery, University of Illinois-Chicago '07; Student Body President; Founder, Student Lobbying Association
- Financial Aid at Selective Private Institutions, LC 317
- Ted Bracken, Director of Federal Relations, Consortium on Financing Higher Education
- Lloyd Thacker, President, The Education Conservancy
- Claire Rann, Amherst College ’08; Pilot Member, Telementoring Program
Roosevelt Institution Brunch Workshops
11:45 am – 1:00 pm, Yale Residential College Dining Halls
For Students:
What is Roosevelt? An Introduction to RI
Jonathan Edwards College
Starting a Chapter: The Basics
Branford College
Building Your Chapter: Resources to Help You Grow
Saybrook College
For Professionals:
Pitching In: How You Can Work with the Roosevelt Institution
Berkeley College
Afternoon Plenary Session: Non-Financial Barriers to Access
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm, Center for British Art Lecture Hall
Anthony M. Marx, President, Amherst College
Jerome Karabel, Professor of Sociology, University of California at Berkeley; Co-Director, Berkeley Project on Equal Opportunity
Breakout Discussions: Non-Financial Barriers to Access
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm, Linsly-Chittenden Hall
- Outreach, Information and Advising, Room 101
- William Fitzsimmons, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, Harvard University
- J. B. Schramm, Founder and President, College Summit, Inc.
- Tiffany Meertins, University of Virginia Curry School of Education ’07; College Guide
- Evaluation and Selection, Room 211
- Jerome Karabel, Professor of Sociology at the University of California
- Jeffrey Brenzel, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Yale University
- Matthew Schwieger, Stanford ’08, Roosevelt Institution
- Campus Support and Advising, Room 317
- Tom Parker, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, Amherst College
- John LaVoy, Director of PENNCAP, the Pennsylvania College Achievement Program
- Dr. Lynn Zimmerman, Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives and Professor of Biological Sciences, UMBC (University of Maryland)
- Tabia Collins-Mitchell, Yale ’07; Science, Technology, and Research Scholar (STARS) Program Participant
Closing Plenary: Future Prospects for Access to Selective Colleges and Universities
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Center for British Art Lecture Hall
Richard Kahlenberg, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation, author of The Remedy: Class, Race, and Affirmative Action and editor of America’s Untapped Resource: Low-Income Students in Higher Education
Paul Schneider, Yale ’08; Co-Director, A Seat at the Table
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