Annual Conference
Immigration and Education:
Political and Policy Implications
AACHE Annual Conference
2005
Arizona State University, West Campus
Friday, November 18, 2005
Program
Time
Event/Activity
Room
8:30 – 5:00 Registration CLCC 110
9:30-10:30 Welcoming Ceremony CLCC 110
Antonio Arroyo, President of AACHE, Pima Community College
Dr. Carlos Vélez-Ibañez, Chair of Chicana and Chicano StudiesDepartment, Arizona State University, Tempe Campus Recognizing Prof. Cordelia Candelaria’s appointment as Regents Professor
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Plenary I: CLCC 110
The Status of Immigration Research:
An Agenda for Social Justice
Presenters:
Dr. Luis Cabrera, Assistant Professor of
Political Science, Arizona State University,
West Campus
“A New Underground Railroad? Putting
Questions of Global Justice in Focus on the
Arizona-Mexico Border”
Dr. Lisa Magaña, Associate Professor of
Chicana and Chicano Studies, Arizona State
University, Tempe Campus
“Politics of Immigration Policy”
Dr. José Mendoza, Glendale Community
College
“Higher Education Obstacles for Immigrant Students”
Moderator: Luis Cabrera
12:00 -1:30 LUNCHEON La Sala
1:30-2:45 Plenary II: CLCC 110
Increasing Access for
Arizona’s Latino Students
Presenters:
David Bousquet, Vice President for
Enrollment Services, Northern Arizona
University
“Arizona 2005: Where to From Here”
Raúl Cárdenas, Associate Dean of
Undergraduate Admissions, Arizona State
University and
Anita Verdugo Tarango, Senior Advisor to the VP of University Undergraduate Initiatives, Arizona State
University
“Access ASU”
Moderator: C. Alejandra Elenes
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:00 Keynote Presentation by
Rep. Ben Miranda
Moderator: José Mendoza
4:00-4:15 Break
4:15-5:30 Plenary III: CLCC 110
Voices of Students
Presenters:
Elda Ramírez, NAU Graduate Student,
“The Struggles of a Successful Latina”
José Rivas, ASU, West Campus undergraduate student, “Latino Issues Addressed by the Green Party”
Luz Rodríguez, ASU, West Campus undergraduate student, “Immigration and Education”
Imran Kirkland, ASU, West Campus undergraduate student, “Yelling F.I.R.E in a Marginalized Institution of Education”
Wendy Ramales, ASU, West Campus undergraduate student, “The Dream Act”
Moderator: Rebecca García
5:30-6:00 Book Presentation CLCC 110
Dr. René Díaz-Lefebvre, Professor
of Psychology, Glendale Community
College
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