The Roosevelt Institution

A Seat at the Table: Conference Program

A Seat at the Table:

Socioeconomic Diversity and Access to Selective Colleges and Universities

Hosted by Yale University,

Office of the President and Office of Undergraduate Admissions

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, 2^nd 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