Drs. Estela Mara Bensimon and Alicia C. Dowd, along with CUE staff, will be presenting at the 2010 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference in Indianapolis, November 17 - 20. The theme for this year's conference is "Higher Education Scholarship and Public Policy: What is the Optimal Alignment?"

Over the last two years, the Ford Foundation has supported the ASHE Institutes on Equity and Critical Policy Analysis, which were organized by the Center for Urban Education. The Institutes were formed to identify, call attention to, and change policies and educational practices that produce racial-ethnic inequities in postsecondary outcomes. A directory was recently created to keep all the institute participants connected.

CUE will present at the following sessions:

"An Analysis of the Symbolic Messages within a Statewide Initiative to Improve Community College Remediation"
Thursday, Nov. 18 - 1 to 1:40 p.m.
Robin Bishop, CUE researcher
 
"What Has Race Got to Do With It? Negotiating Social Contexts and Identity Among Emerging Scientists"
Friday, Nov. 19 - 8 to 9:30 a.m.
Dr. Estela Mara Bensimon, CUE Co-Director & USC Rossier School of Education Professor of Higher Education; Dr. Alicia C. Dowd, CUE Co-Director & USC Rossier School of Education Associate Professor; Misty Sawatsky, CUE researcher

"Confronting Racism in the Classroom: Emotions and Their Impact on Educational Outcomes"
Friday, Nov. 19 - 2 to 3:15 p.m.
Misty D. Sawatzky, CUE researcher
 
"Theory and Practice: Higher Education Scholars and Student Affairs Professionals Researching the New Start Summer Program"
Friday, Nov. 19 - 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Dr. Sandra Luca, CUE Project Specialist

"Connecting to the Past to Build for the Future: Interrogating the History of ASHE"
Saturday, Nov. 20 - 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Dr. Estela Mara Bensimon, CUE Co-Director & USC Rossier School of Education Professor of Higher Education