Immigration, Education, and Our Future

Co-sponsored by St. Edward’s University and Austin Community College District

Join us for this timely conference on the pressing issues of immigration and the impact on P-16 level students and their families. Geared toward educators, non-profit and social service agency representatives, and local and state policy makers, sessions will allow conferees to interact with national and international experts.

• When: Friday, May 9, 2008, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Location: St. Edward’s University, Jones Auditorium in Ragsdale Center, 3001 S. Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704 See Map
• For more information: please call Judy Green at (512) 223.7795

Space is limited: Registration, outdoor campus parking, and lunch are FREE for registered conferees. (Fee for garage parking.)

• Dr. Mariano Díaz-Miranda*
  “We don’t like them. Why do we have to teach them? Immigrants and Education: A Historic Review”
• Dr. Larry J. Estrada*
  “Activism Within the U.S. Immigrant /Ethnic Communities Post 1965”
• Professor Rebecca Orozco, M.A.*
  “Education Across the Border”
• Cristóbal Rodríguez, M.A.
  Report on the findings of two immigrant focus groups (college and high school students) with regard to their higher education experiences.
  Mr. Rodríguez is a student of the UT Austin Department of Educational Administration, Graduate Portfolio Program in Mexican American Studies.

*Fellow of the Oxford University Round Table

Sponsored by:

• Austin Community College District
• Mexican American Studies Department
• Office of Student Success
• Center for Public Policy and Political Studies
• St. Edward’s University School of Education

Austin Community College would like to thank the Austin Independent School District for their support.

Conference registration is now closed