Five renowned scholars in the field of race and education will be featured at a conference April 3-4 (Thursday-Friday) at the University of 91吃瓜.p. Titled 鈥淩ace, Inequality and American Education,鈥� the conference will examine the causes and consequences of racial inequality in K-12 education, evaluate policies designed to alleviate such inequalities, and propose new strategies for eradicating the problem. It is free and open to the public.p. The featured speakers are: Karl Alexander, professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University; Jomills Braddock II, professor of sociology at the University of Miami; Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; John Ogbu, professor of anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley; and Gary Orfield, professor of education and social policy at Harvard University, director of the Harvard Project on School Desegregation and co-director of the university鈥檚 Civil Rights Project.p. The conference will begin with two panel discussions April 3, both of which will include the five guest scholars. They are as follows:p. ? 3-4:30 p.m., G-20 Flanner Hall ?鈥淩ace and Educational Inequality: Cutting Edge Research Issues鈥�
? 7-9 p.m., McKenna Hall auditorium ? "Addressing Racial Inequality in American Education: A Public Forum
p. Five presentations will be given April 4 in the auditorium of the Hesburgh Center for International Studies. They are:p. p. ? 9-10:15 a.m. ? Gary Orfield on 鈥淒eepening Racial Stratification of Educational Opportunity: Implications for Civil Rights and Educational Policy鈥漰. ? 10:15-11:30 a.m. ? Roslyn Arlin Mickelson on 鈥淭he Persistent Paradox: Race, Gender and Adolescents鈥� Attitudes Toward Achievement鈥漰. ? 1-2:15 p.m. ? Jomills Braddock on 鈥淭he Effects of School Desegregation鈥漰. ? 2:15-3:30 p.m. ? John Ogbu on 鈥淭hinking and Doing: The Significance of Minority Status鈥�
? 3:45-5 p.m. ? Karl Alexander and Johns Hopkins doctoral candidate Travis Gosa on 鈥淩uminations on Gamoran鈥檚 ?Virtuous Cycle鈥�: Family Advantage and the Educational Prospects of African-American Youth鈥漰. Funding for the conference has been made possible by a Henkels Visiting Scholars Series grant through 91吃瓜鈥檚 Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, Institute for Educational Initiatives, Center for Research on Educational Opportunity, and Department of Sociology.
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