(NAME-MCE) Latino Education Summit 5-25-07 UCLA

[Anselmo Villanueva]

Latino Education Summit 2007
University of California, Los Angeles

Chicano Studies Research Center
Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
Center for Community College Partnerships

Present

The 2007 Latina/o Education Summit

Community College Students: Understanding the Latina/o Transfer Experience
Through the Entire Postsecondary Education Pipeline

Friday, May 25, 2007
UCLA Tom Bradley International Hall
8:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Information: http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/center/events
LatinoEducationSummit2007_2.asp

The 2006 education summit, "Critical Transitions in the Latina/o
Education Pipeline" focused on the educational experiences of Latina/o
students from primary to graduate school. The conference identified
and discussed factors that are critical in making successful
transitions through the education pipeline for this student
population. This year, the conference will focus specifically on the
community college segment and the Latina/o transfer student
perspective.

Of the Latina/o students who pursue a higher education, 60-65% of
students begin at the community college level. Thus, Latina/os are
more likely than any other racial/ethnic group to begin their
postsecondary education in the community college system. Although the
transfer rates onto four-year institutions for Latina/o students
continue to be low, when we analyze doctorate production rates for
Chicana/os, for example, one out of four Chicana/o doctorate
recipients first attended a community college en route to the Ph.D.
Hence, the 2007 education summit will engage in a critical discussion
regarding the role of the transfer function, community colleges,
four-year and graduate institutions in addressing the educational
needs of the growing Latina/o student population as they navigate
through the entire postsecondary educational pipeline.

The future of the Latino/Chicano community and the future of
California will be determined by the efforts made to improve the
educational conditions for Latino/Chicano students and in particular
the experiences of community college students. Thus, the purpose of
this conference is three-fold:

1• Identify critical institutional factors that may prepare
Latino/Chicano community college students to transfer onto four-year
institutions and graduate education

2• Identify critical social factors that may prepare Latino/Chicano
community college students to transfer onto four-year institutions and
graduate education

3• Compile various research and policy recommendations from the
literature on community college transfer students and offer practical
solutions to educators, students, and policy makers to increase
educational opportunities for community college transfer students.