Dear CACNY,
Welcome back from a summer session that seemed to go by far too quickly.
Our first meeting of the year will be on September 13 at the
SUNY Welcome Center ( NYCO), hosted by Beryl S. Jeffers, Ed.M- Director.
33 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036.
18th Floor- Alumni Commons Room.
We will start at 9:30AM and conclude at 12:30PM. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY! Breakfast will be served.
Our topic will be Race Conscious Admissions. On the heels of a summer session full of notable events that shape the way we have conversations about race, admissions and affirmative action, we feel that it is a topic we should address early.
Professor Michelle Fine of the CUNY Graduate Center will join us to help facilitate this conversation.
Events that will animate our discussion:
Harvard v Students for Fair Admissions
The Trump Administration's reversal of Obama-era guidance on race and college admissions
Judge Kavanaugh's possible effect on the legal basis for considering race in college admissions
Professor Michelle Fine is the Distinguished Professor of Critical Psychology, Women’s Studies, American Studies and Urban Education at the City University of New York Graduate Center. Her primary research interest is the study of social injustice: when injustice appears as fair or deserved, when it is resisted, and how it is negotiated by those who pay the most serious price for social inequities. She studies these issues in public high schools, prisons, and with youth in urban communities, using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
In addition we will discuss what is new with CACNY, reintroduce our new board members, welcome members new and old, receive board member and scholarship updates and invite members to join committees.
