Fall 2006: Gary Orfield, Harvard University.
On November 9, 2006, Professor Gary Orfield of the Harvard Civil Rights Project at Harvard University was our first presenter for our Texas Faces the Future Distinguished Lecture. The title of his talk was “The College Access Crisis and the Role of Affirmative Action: Texas and the Nation.”
Please click to view Dr. Orfield's Power Point Presentation from the Inaugural Convening of the Texas Center for Education Policy
On November 10, 2006, TCEP held a highly successful inaugural convening of over one hundred grassroots and professional education leaders in Texas to discuss from a P16 perspective both the crisis and current policy solutions in our state with regard to students’ under-preparedness for higher education.
To continue view a summary of the convening, click on the following link: Inaugural Convening on College Readiness: An Analytical Summary By: Dr. Angela Valenzuela, with assistance provided by Florencia Gutierrez
