BU Wheelock is hosting Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the Price, an evening devoted to conversations around higher education success for first-generation students.
Featured Speaker: Anthony "Tony" Jack
Anthony Jack, Associate Professor of Higher Education Leadership at BU Wheelock, inaugural faculty director at the Newbury Center, and author of the groundbreaking The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students will give the keynote lecture presenting solutions that contribute to a more inclusive American story. Dr. Jack’s lecture will be followed by a panel discussion. A social reception will round out the evening.
Panelists:
Deputy Director Dr. Kortne Edogun-Ticey, Senior Advisor, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the US Department of Education
Deputy Director, The White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans
Dr. Wil Del Pilar, Senior Vice President, The Education Trust
Moderator:
Dr. Mary L. Churchill, Associate Dean, Strategic Initiatives & Community Engagement, BU Wheelock
Parking and Metro Information
The closest Metro Stations are Capitol South (Blue/Orange line - a 2 block walk) or Union Station (Red line - a half mile walk).
The Library does not provide parking. Limited metered and 2-hour zoned parking is available in the surrounding neighborhoods. Public Parking lots are also available, with the largest being at Union Station.
For more information, please visit: https://www.loc.gov/visit/directions/
All visitors must navigate “airport-like” security to enter the building. We encourage you to limit the number of personal belongings and bags you bring into the Library. Limiting the items you bring will increase your speed through security checkpoints.
This event is sponsored by BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Accessibility
If you have a disability, require communication access services for the deaf or hard of hearing, or believe that you otherwise require a reasonable accommodation, please describe it below and contact wheelockevents@bu.edu upon registration.