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Multicultural Learning Office - January Events

Multicultural Learning Office

January 2010 Events



Sylvia Hurtado


Professor and Director of the Higher Education Research Institute, Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences, UCLA

Thursday, January 28th, 2010



Using Student Data to Demonstrate Institutional Impact
12:00 - 1:30 pm
Williman Room, Benson Center


Creating Diverse Learning Environment: Campus Climate, Practices and Outcomes
5:30 - 7:00 pm
California Mission Room, Benson Center

Sylvia Hurtado is Professor and Director of the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA in the Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences. Just prior to coming to UCLA, she served as Director of the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan. Dr. Hurtado has published numerous articles and books related to her primary interest in student educational outcomes, campus climates, college impact on student development, and diversity in higher education. She has served on numerous editorial boards for journals in education and served on the boards for the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE), the Higher Learning Commission, and is past-President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). Black Issues In Higher Education named her among the top 15 influential faculty whose work has had an impact on the academy. She obtained her Ph.D. in Education from UCLA, Ed.M. from Harvard Graduate School of Education, and A.B. from Princeton University in Sociology.

Co-sponsored by the Office for Multicultural Learning-Office of the Provost, the University Council on Inclusive Excellence, the Markkula Center for Applied of Ethics, and the School of Education.