DIVERSE STRENGTHS,SHARED VISION

Drawing on our collective knowledge to help students succeed

COLLEGE ACCESS & PREPARATION FORUMJune 16-17, 2016 Embassy Suites Hotel 250 Gateway Boulevard, South San Francisco, CA 94080

7:30 a.m. REGISTRATION and CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 – 9:15 a.m. WELCOME Grand BallroomLiz Halimah, Associate Vice Provost, Diversity and Engagement (D&E), UC Office of the President (UCOP)

UC San Francisco WelcomeDaniel Lowenstein, MD, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, UC San Francisco

9:15 – 10:15 a.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS Grand BallroomExporting More Than Backlash After 21 Years: How Has California Performed as a Model of Post-Racial Education Equity? Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. PASSING BREAK

10:30 – 11:30 a.m. INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS

Diverse Partnerships for STEM: UC Santa Barbara and the SmithsonianMario Castellanos, Executive Director, Office of Education Partnerships (OEP), UC Santa Barbara

Erica Johnson, P20 Coordinator, OEP, UC Santa BarbaraDr. Jesus E. Maldonado, Conservation Geneticist, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

Cristina Soto-Balderas, Mathematics Transfer Student, UC Santa BarbaraSausalito Room

Repairing the Education Pipeline: Data and Strategies for Targeted Interventions Liz Halimah, Associate Vice Provost, D&E, UCOPJungwon Huh, Senior Research Analyst, D&E, UCOP Isaiah Lankham, Data Systems Analyst, D&E, UCOPTiburon Room

Building a Stronger UC: Synergizing Undergraduate Admissions and Outreach ProgramsMiguel A. Alvarez, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions, UC BerkeleyPresidio Room

UC Legislative UpdateSteve Juarez, Associate Vice President and Director, UC State Governmental Relations

Nadia Leal-Carrillo, Legislative Director, UC State Governmental RelationsGrand Ballroom

11:30 – 11:40 a.m. PASSING BREAK

11:40 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. DR. WINSTON DOBY IMPACT AWARD CEREMONY Grand BallroomYvette Gullatt, Vice Provost, D&E, UCOP

12:15 – 1:15 p.m. LUNCH Hotel Atrium

1:15 – 2:15 p.m. GENERAL SESSION: Policy and Trends in Higher Education AccessHans Johnson, Ph.D, Center Director and Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California Higher Education Center Grand Ballroom

2:15 – 2:25 p.m. PASSING BREAK

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2:25 – 3:25 p.m. INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS

Using the Center-Wide Information System (CWIS) to Improve StudentPrograms and AdvisingMike Jenkins, Programmer/System Analyst, Center for Educational Partnerships (CEP), UC Irvine

Amanda Valbuena, Director, Research and Evaluation, CEP, UC IrvineSausalito Room

Getting Real About UC Undergraduate AdmissionsLisa Garcia, Project Policy Analyst, Undergraduate Admissions, UCOP Evera Spears, Coordinator, Student Affairs – Admissions, UCOPGrand Ballroom

UC Santa Barbara/Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) Cost Sharing and Co-Funding Fiscal ModelRosa Martinez, Assistant Director, EAOP, UC Santa Barbara Britt Ortiz, Director, EAOP, UC Santa BarbaraTiburon Room

UC’s New Transfer Pathways Monica Lin, Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions, UCOP Presidio Room

3:25 – 3:40 p.m. SNACK BREAK Golden Gate Foyer

3:40 – 4:40 p.m. INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS

UC Student Initiated Programs from the Student’s PerspectiveModerator: Graciela Fernandez, Director, Student Outreach and Retention Center (SOAR), UC Irvine

Jazz Kiang, Chairperson, Campus Retention Committee, UCLAEvelyn Ma, Vietnamese Student Union (VSU) President, UCLALila Reyes, Student-Initiated Committee Chair, UCLAVicky Sevin, Student Outreach Coordinator, SOAR, UC IrvineKelsey Stewart, Middle School Outreach Coordinator, African Diaspora Cultivating Education, UC Davis

Melissa Zamora, Student Director for Yik’al Kuyum, UC DavisSausalito Room

Advancing Student Equity and Access through Faculty Research and EngagementCatherine Cooper, Professor and Faculty Director, Educational Partnership Center (EPC), UC Santa Cruz

Maria Rocha-Ruiz, Executive Director, EPC, UC Santa CruzSusan Yonezawa, Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence (CREATE), UC San Diego

Tiburon Room

Pathways to LeadershipLiz Halimah, Associate Vice Provost, D&E, UCOPRafael Hernandez, Director, EAOP, UC San DiegoOrquidea Largo, Director, CEP, UC MercedWalter Robinson, Associate Vice Chancellor, Admissions and Enrollment Planning, UC Davis

Presidio Room

The UC Application: Insights into the New Personal Insight QuestionsRefugia Acosta, Associate Director Admissions, UC Santa Barbara Evera Spears, Coordinator, Student Affairs – Admissions, UCOPGrand Ballroom

5:00 – 7:00 p.m. RECEPTION Atrium Terrace

7:30 a.m. REGISTRATION and CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:15 – 8:30 a.m. WELCOME BACK Grand BallroomLiz Halimah, Associate Vice Provost, D&E, UCOP

8:30 – 8:40 a.m. PASSING BREAK

8:40 – 9:40 a.m. INFORMATIONAL SESSIONSBalancing Intensive Cohort Services and School-Wide InitiativesRosa Martinez, Assistant Director, EAOP, UC Santa BarbaraCatalina Mendiola, EAOP, UC Santa Barbara College Site Coordinator, South HS, Bakersfield, CA

Britt Ortiz, Director, EAOP, UC Santa BarbaraGriselda Sanchez, EAOP, UC Santa Barbara College Site Coordinator, Channel Islands HS, Oxnard, CA

Sausalito Room

Application of Theory: Learning Culture as a Strategy for Student SuccessRafael D. Alvarez, Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Program Director, San Diego City College

Doctoral Candidate, SDSU Ed.D. Program in Community College LeadershipTiburon Room

Getting the Most Out of the Khan Academy SAT Practice ToolDavid Moniz, Director of State & District Partnerships, The College Board Grand Ballroom

History of UC OutreachPenny Edgert, Executive Director, California Education Round Table Intersegmental Coordinating Committee (ICC)

Presidio Room

9:40 – 9:50 a.m. PASSING BREAK

9:50 – 10:50 p.m. INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS

Affordability and Success: UC’s Education Financing Model and Outcomes for Financial Aid Recipients Christopher Carter, Director, Student Financial Support, UCOPJamal Collins, Financial Aid Outreach and Communications Liaison, UCOPSausalito Room

Proposition 209, Twenty Years Later: Guidelines for Addressing Race and Gender Equity in College Access and Preparation Programs

Margaret Wu, Managing Counsel, Litigation, Office of General Counsel of the Regents

Grand BallroomPeer Mentors as Transfer Agents of ChangeJewel Bourne, Peer Mentor, Center for Community College Partnerships (CCCP), UCLA

Alfred Herrera, Assistant Vice Provost and Director, CCCP, UCLA Tiburon RoomSurvey 101: Question Design and LayoutSevan Kalaydjian, Program Evaluator, Research and Evaluation, CEP, UC IrvineAmanda Valbuena, Director of Research and Evaluation, CEP, UC IrvinePresidio Room

10:50 – 11:00 a.m. PASSING BREAK

11:00 – 11:50 a.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS Grand BallroomChoosing Equity: Closing Opportunity and Achievement Gaps in this GenerationRyan Smith, Executive Director Education Trust – West

11:50 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CLOSING Grand BallroomLiz Halimah, Associate Vice Provost, D&E, UCOP

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June 16, 2016

On behalf of the University of California and the O�ce of Diversity and Engagement, I welcome you to UC’s annual College Access and Preparation (CAP) Forum!

This year’s theme is Diverse Strengths, Shared Vision: Drawing on our Collective Knowledge to Help Students Succeed. We are all part of the university’s web of academic preparation and support programs for students from �rst generation, low-income and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds. We have a common purpose, but sometimes the intense, localized nature of our work makes it di�cult to reach out and collaborate in meaningful ways.

How can we leverage and share the formidable resources of the university — the expertise of our faculty and sta� colleagues, of one another — in the service of making public higher education accessible to the generations ahead? Over the next two days, you have protected space and time, and access to the experts — each other. I encourage you to capitalize upon this opportunity: Introduce yourselves, ask questions, listen and share freely.

This year’s sessions are designed to speak to your needs and interests, and I am con�dent that you will discover new information and ideas to bring home and put into practice. Sessions include an overview of the new Personal Insight Questions on the UC application and discussion of strategies for preparing our participants to answer them well; working e�ectively within the Prop 209 guidelines; cost sharing and co-funding models, and much more.

Our keynote speakers are both at the vanguard of advancing educational equity and I am thrilled to have them with us. Thomas A. Saenz is the President and General Counsel of MALDEF, where he leads the civil rights organization’s �ve o�ces in pursuing litigation, policy advocacy and community education to promote the civil rights of Latinos living in the United States.

Ryan Smith is the Executive Director of The Education Trust-West, a research and advocacy organization focused on educational justice and the high academic achievement of all California students, particularly those of color and living in poverty.

For me, a highlight of the CAP Forum each year is presenting the Winston Doby Impact Award to two deserving professionals. This time, it is a bittersweet honor, as both awards are being given posthumously in memory of two luminaries in our �eld, Michele Dyke and Juan Lara. Family members will be with us to receive their awards.

I hope this year’s CAP Forum is inspiring and revitalizing for all of you. Thank you for being part of it and for all the great work you do on behalf of California students.

Best regards,

Yvette GullattVice Provost for Diversity and Engagement and Chief Outreach OfficerUniversity of California Office of the President

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Dr. Winston Doby Impact Award

The Dr. Winston Doby Impact Award was created

in honor of Winston Doby, Ph.D., who devoted

more than 40 years to the University of California.

He was an un¢agging advocate for social justice

and access to higher education for all students.

Dr. Doby credited his lifelong commitment to

others to his mother, who provided his life’s

credo: “You pass this way but once. If there is

any kindness you can show, any goodness you

can do, do it now. For you shall not pass this

way again.”

Previous recipients of the award are: Alfred Herrera, UCLA – 2013 Debbe Pounds, UCLA – 2013 Ebony Lewis, UC Santa Cruz – 2014 Jorge Aguilar, UC Merced – 2014 Gail Kaufman, UC Berkeley – 2015 Stephanie Reyes-Tuccio, UC Irvine – 2015

Dr. Winston Doby Impact Award Recipients, 2015At last year’s forum, awards were presented to Gail Kaufman

(left) and Stephanie Reyes-Tuccio

Winston Doby, Ph.D.

1940 – 2011

Diverse Partnerships for STEM: UC Santa Barbara and the SmithsonianMario Castellanos, Executive Director, Office of Education Partnerships (OEP), UC Santa Barbara Erica Johnson, P20 Coordinator, OEP, UC Santa Barbara Dr. Jesus E. Maldonado, Conservation Geneticist, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Cristina Soto-Balderas, Mathematics Transfer Student, UC Santa Barbara

This session gives an overview of the innovative UC Santa Barbara – Smithsonian Scholars Program, a capstone project of the Regional Alliance of HSI’s of Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties and the internationally recognized Smithsonian Institution. This unique partnership will demonstrate how a new and effective strategy can aid transfer students in their transition to UC, as well as encourage them to seek out research experiences both locally through the UC research network and nationally at the Smithsonian. Presenters will discuss recruitment strategies, provide an overview of the students’ experiences to date, share challenges and successes related to partnership development, and explore the benefits of participating in a broad-based program.Sausalito Room

Repairing the Education Pipeline: Data and Strategies for Targeted Interventions Liz Halimah, Associate Vice Provost for Diversity and Engagement (D&E), UCOP Jungwon Huh, Senior Research Analyst, D&E, UCOP Isaiah Lankham, Data Systems Analyst, D&E, UCOP

This session will engage participants in a data-supported exploration of how California’s African-American and Chicano/Latino students move through the public education pipeline, including a discussion of the academic characteristics associated with lower rates of UC application, admission and enrollment. By drawing together data from multiple sources including the California Department of Education, the College Board, and the UC Data Warehouse, we identify subgroups of underrepresented minority students most likely to benefit from specific forms of intervention, along with projected enrollment gains.Tiburon Room

Building a Stronger UC: Synergizing Undergraduate Admissions and Outreach Programs Miguel A. Alvarez, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions, UC Berkeley

UC plays a critical public service role that can be bolstered by coordinated efforts between Admissions and outreach programs. This session will demonstrate how to build effective collaborative relationships that help give underrepresented and under-resourced California students access to UC, college preparation support and, ultimately, a first-rate college education. Participants will learn to maximize and leverage inter-organizational relationships on their campuses to build a stronger collaborative network to serve students.Presidio Room

UC Legislative Update Steve Juarez, Associate Vice President and Director, UC State Governmental Relations Nadia Leal-Carrillo, Legislative Director, UC State Governmental Relations

This year, the issue of college readiness and access has figured prominently on the state’s legislative agenda. Join representatives from UC’s State Governmental Relations office in Sacramento, who will provide an update on legislation that may impact UC’s college readiness initiatives and speak to ways in which campus staff can contribute to advocacy efforts.Grand Ballroom

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General Session: Policy and Trends in Higher Education Access Hans Johnson, Ph.D, Center Director and Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California Higher Education Center

If current trends in demand for skilled workers and educational attainment of the state’s population continue, California will face a large skills gap by 2030 – it will be 1.1 million workers with bachelor’s degrees short of economic demand. A majority of California’s future college-age population will come from groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in higher education. If California is to fill the future workforce gap, public higher education access must be expanded for low-income, first-generation and underrepresented minority students now. Dr. Johnson, a noted higher education researcher, will highlight barriers to access as well as opportunities to throw open the doors to higher education.Grand Ballroom

Using the Center-Wide Information System (CWIS) to Improve Student Programs and AdvisingMike Jenkins, Programmer/System Analyst, Center for Educational Partnerships (CEP), UC IrvineAmanda Valbuena, Director, Research and Evaluation, CEP, UC Irvine

CWIS is a homegrown data system that is a powerful resource for program coordinators, high school counselors and advisors. Participants will learn how to use the newly expanded system. CWIS provides users with the ability to track and evaluate course-taking patterns; view and correct transcripts enabling immediate feedback to the student on academic progress; provide “on-track” summaries; assist with academic advisement; and update a 4-year planner to reflect course changes needed to meet “a-g” requirements. CWIS is developing into a student information system with a robust and flexible “a-g” evaluation tool, a successful data warehouse for student participation data, and a reporting tool for program directors.Sausalito Room

Getting Real About UC Undergraduate AdmissionsLisa Garcia, Project Policy Analyst, Undergraduate Admissions, UCOP Evera Spears, Coordinator, Student Affairs – Admissions, UCOP

Learn about the “real” landscape of UC admissions, including some do’s and don’ts to consider when advising prospective freshman and transfer applicants. Presenters will provide a synopsis of how application volume and enrollment goals play into the selection process, and an overview of common missteps students make during the admissions process, from application to enrollment. Presenters will also provide tips on how to support applicants throughout the process. Grand Ballroom

UC Santa Barbara/Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) Cost Sharing and Co-Funding Fiscal ModelRosa Martinez, Assistant Director, EAOP, UC Santa Barbara Britt Ortiz, Director, EAOP, UC Santa Barbara

Participants will gain insight into how and why UC Santa Barbara EAOP started cost sharing practices, how it has grown to include all EAOP partnership schools and districts, and how the model has yielded salary savings and is expected to generate revenues totaling $370,000 in 2015-16. Discussion will include an overview of annual service agreements; contract development over time; the role data sharing practices play in justifying agreements with districts; and how LCFF and LCAP have become critical to sustaining and expanding the model. Presenters will explore the ways in which recent UC/UCSB taxes, fees, and decentralized benefits for income accounts are currently being discussed and negotiated, and the challenges they pose to the long term sustainability of this fiscal model. Tiburon Room

UC’s New Transfer PathwaysMonica Lin, Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions, UCOP

The UC Transfer Pathways offer a clear roadmap to help California Community College students prepare for admission across multiple UC campuses and into their intended majors. This session provides an overview of the newly developed Pathways, which identify a common set of lower-division, pre-major preparation courses for twenty-one of UC’s most popular majors. Presidio Room

UC Student-Initiated Programs from the Student’s PerspectiveModerator: Graciela Fernandez, Director, Student Outreach and Retention Center (SOAR), UC IrvineJazz Kiang, Chairperson, Campus Retention Committee, UCLA Evelyn Ma, Vietnamese Student Union (VSU) President, UCLA Lila Reyes, Student-Initiated Committee Chair, UCLAVicky Sevin, Student Outreach Coordinator, SOAR, UC IrvineKelsey Stewart, Middle School Outreach Coordinator, African Diaspora Cultivating Education, UC Davis Melissa Zamora, Student Director for Yik’al Kuyum, UC Davis

A panel of student leaders will discuss the various ways Student-Initiated Programs (SIP) take shape on UC campuses. These student-run programs give undergraduates leadership and K-20 outreach and retention experience.Sausalito Room

Advancing Student Equity and Access through Faculty Research and EngagementCatherine Cooper, Professor and Faculty Director, Educational Partnership Center (EPC), UC Santa CruzMaria Rocha-Ruiz, Executive Director, EPC, UC Santa CruzSusan Yonezawa, Research Scientist and Associate Director, CREATE, UC San Diego

UC faculty across the system are directly engaged in supporting effective practice in college-going and student success initiatives. Faculty and practitioners from UC San Diego and UC Santa Cruz will share best practices and lessons learned from research and evaluation efforts they have designed to strengthen student academic preparation programs, forge new partnerships with schools and other stakeholders, and to attract resources to sustain the work. Tiburon Room

Pathways to LeadershipLiz Halimah, Associate Vice Provost, D&E, UCOPRafael Hernandez, Director, EAOP, UC San DiegoOrquidea Largo, Director, CEP, UC MercedWalter Robinson, Associate Vice Chancellor, Admissions and Enrollment Planning, UC Davis

Learn how work in public service and outreach related to K-12 and higher education can translate into leadership and career opportunities, as the need grows for experienced, passionate political and educational leaders. This panel will discuss how to build a successful path toward leadership at UC, featuring members of UC’s academic preparation and educational partnership efforts. Panelists will share their own career paths and the challenges and lessons they have encountered on their leadership journeys. Presidio Room

The Application: Insights into the New Personal Insight QuestionsRefugia Acosta, Associate Director of Admissions, UC Santa Barbara Evera Spears, Coordinator, Student Affairs – Admission, UCOP

Insights on the new UC admission application questions will be shared – e.g., why the change, expectations, mechanics and tips for your students in responding to the questions. Attendees are encouraged to participate in discussions about the new format from the perspective of outreach officers, and how you plan to guide students on selecting and responding to the questions. Participants will also be encouraged to provide feedback on the suggested approaches.Grand Ballroom

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UC Santa Barbara EAOP’s Dual Service Model: Balancing Intensive Cohort Services and School-Wide InitiativesRosa Martinez, Assistant Director, EAOP, UC Santa Barbara Catalina Mendiola, EAOP, UC Santa Barbara College Site Coordinator, South HS, Bakersfield, CA Britt Ortiz, Director, EAOP, UC Santa BarbaraGriselda Sanchez, EAOP, UC Santa Barbara College Site Coordinator, Channel Islands HS, Oxnard, CA

This session will showcase a unique approach that combines intensive cohort services with school-wide College Going Initiatives (CGI) to promote whole-school academic preparation and college readiness. Participants will learn how the model is supported by a fulltime EAOP college site coordinator and a part-time EAOP academic services coordinator on a daily, weekly, monthly and annual basis. The model has generated consistent and significant whole-school changes in enrollment rates to California public higher education for each graduating class, whenever and wherever implemented (11 schools and counting), regardless of high school size or community demographics.Sausalito Room

Application of Theory: Learning Culture as a Strategy for Student SuccessRafael D. Alvarez, MESA Program Director, San Diego City CollegeDoctoral Candidate, SDSU Ed.D. Program in Community College Leadership

Student success in higher education depends on many factors, including a student’s college-preparation and academic and social integration in the college environment. More important, student success depends on a student’s working knowledge of the post-secondary learning culture. Using an inquiry approach, this presentation will address each element in the Core Praxis Model for a Learning Culture, a strategy for enhancing student success based on the praxis in the San Diego City College Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Program.Tiburon Room

Getting the Most out of the Khan Academy SAT Practice ToolDavid Moniz, Director of State & District Partnerships, The College Board

In its first year, the free Official SAT Practice program has been used by more than 1 million students, four times the total population of students who use commercial test prep classes. The College Board and Khan Academy created this unique tool to give every student a customized practice experience, powered by diagnostic quizzes and their official test results. The session will highlight partnerships between schools and community-based organizations that improve access to this online tool among students on the wrong side of the technology divide. With two decades of experience in both the for-profit test prep industry and the not-for-profit College Board, David Moniz will engage participants in a discussion of the work required to help low-income, first-generation students understand the challenges and opportunities of assessments.Grand Ballroom

History of UC OutreachPenny Edgert, Executive Director, California Education Round Table Intersegmental Coordinating Committee (ICC)

As part of its land grant mission, UC has been directly involved and invested in bridging academicachievement gaps and leveling the playing field for California’s diverse student population. Participants will learn the history and impact of UC’s outreach efforts from the 1960s to the present, including the importance of programs like EAOP, GEAR UP and MESA in cultivating college-going potential in students from historically underrepresented backgrounds.Presidio Room

Affordability and Success: UC’s Education Financing Model and Outcomes for Financial Aid Recipients Christopher Carter, Director, Student Financial Support, UCOPJamal Collins, Financial Aid Outreach and Communications Liaison, UCOP

UC enrolls a greater percentage of Pell Grant recipients than any other similarly competitive university in the nation. Yet, many high school students and their families tell us that they cannot afford to attend UC. This session will help you to address these concerns by providing both a high-level explanation of UC’s Education Financing Model and a summary of outcomes for students from lower-income families once they enroll at UC. We will also get the chance to introduce a new UCOP staff member whose primary responsibilities include serving as a financial aid information and support resource for those involved in outreach activities. Sausalito Room

Proposition 209, Twenty Years Later: Guidelines for Addressing Race and Gender Equity in College Access and Preparation Programs Margaret Wu, Managing Counsel, Litigation, Office of General Counsel of The Regents

President Napolitano has placed a renewed emphasis on efforts to increase diversity throughout the university. Although Proposition 209 limits the availability of some tools, there is still much that UC can do to enhance diversity. A brief overview of the current state of the law and recently published guidelines from the Office of the General Counsel will be presented, and participants are encouraged to bring their ideas and questions.Grand Ballroom

Peer Mentors as Transfer Agents of ChangeJewel Bourne, Peer Mentor, Center for Community College Partnerships (CCCP)Alfred Herrera, Assistant Vice Provost and Director, CCCP

Students often find the transfer process to be a complex series of decisions and tasks. A peer mentoring program is one of the best ways to help students understand and navigate this process. This session will identify key strategies in an effective peer mentoring program and discuss peer mentor roles, the critical role of training, and unexpected but positive outcomes. The peer mentor will discuss how important mentoring was for her, how it influenced her life and what she has learned through the experience.Tiburon Room

Survey 101: Question Design and LayoutSevan Kalaydjian, Program Evaluator, Research and Evaluation, CEP, UC Irvine Amanda Valbuena, Director of Research and Evaluation, CEP, UC Irvine

Participants will be informed and inspired about creating and using surveys to improve college preparation and access for students. Surveys are an effective avenue for gathering information. This presentation will focus on teaching attendees how to create valid and reliable surveys, to be used in their diverse, respective areas of work. This session will give attendees an understanding of the impact of item wording, question ordering, and survey design on the quality of results, and show them how to write valid and reliable survey questions.Presidio Room

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Exporting More Than Backlash After 21 Years: How Has California Performed as a Model of Post-Racial Education Equity?

The University of California Regents passed Resolution SP-1 barring race-conscious admissions in July 1995, and California voters enacted Proposition 209 in November 1996. Proposition 209 proponents then “exported” the initiative to other states. Indeed, as recently as six years ago Arizona enacted a copycat version of the California initiative. Only two years ago, the United States Supreme Court upheld the Michigan version of Proposition 209, rejecting the same legal theory initially used against Proposition 209 itself. Today, the Supreme Court is once more considering the permissible parameters of race-conscious admissions nationwide in Fisher v. University of Texas. Saenz will discuss whether the state of California, with its ever-increasing diversity, has appropriately modeled post-a�rmative-action education equity policies and practices in the past 21 years, and what might be done in the future to create better models in California for the rest of the nation. He will discuss California’s responsibility to “export” more than just the Proposition 209 prohibition to other states.

Thomas is the President and General Counsel of MALDEF, where he leads the civil rights organization’s �ve o�ces in pursuing litigation, policy advocacy, and community education to promote the civil rights of Latinos living in the United States. Saenz re-joined MALDEF in August 2009, after spending four years on Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s executive team as Counsel to the Mayor. He previously spent 12 years at MALDEF practicing civil rights law as a sta� attorney, regional counsel and vice president of litigation. He served as MALDEF’s lead counsel in numerous cases in the areas of education, employment, immigrants’ rights and voting rights. Saenz graduated from Yale College and Yale Law School, and he clerked for two federal judges before initially joining MALDEF in 1993.

Thomas A. Saenz

President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educa-tional Fund (MALDEF)

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Choosing Equity: Closing Opportunity and Achievement Gaps in this Generation

Ryan Smith will discuss the data on opportunity and achievement gaps in California and the choices we can collectively make to destroy these gaps once and for all.

Ryan is currently the Executive Director of The Education Trust – West, a research and advocacy organization focused on educational justice and the high academic achievement of all California students, particularly those of color and living in poverty. His previous roles include serving as the Director of Education Programs and Policy for the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, the Senior Director of Family and Community Engagement for Partnership for LA Schools, and coordinating Communities for Los Angeles Student Success (CLASS), a Los Angeles-based coalition of civil rights, education and community advocacy groups dedicated to closing the opportunity and achievement gaps for students-of-color and students living in poverty. Ryan is a current Annie E. Casey Foundation Children and Family Fellow and doctoral candidate in Education at UCLA. He has authored more than a dozen editorials and opinion pieces published in the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Sacramento Bee, EdSource, and others.

Ryan J. Smith

Executive Director of The Education Trust – West

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General Session Presenter

Hans Johnson Ph.D. is Center Director and Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California Higher Education Center, a private, nonpro�t organization dedicated to improving public policy in California through independent, objective and nonpartisan research. Johnson’s research examines interactions between population change and public policies and includes work on the determinants and consequences of population growth, international and domestic migration, higher education and housing. He holds a master’s degree in Biostatistics and a Ph.D. in Demography, both from UC Berkeley.

Winston Doby Impact Awards Presenter

Vice Provost Yvette Gullatt provides vision, direction, leadership and oversight of strategies and approaches for the UC system that advance access, diversity and inclusion for students and faculty. Yvette joined UCOP in 1999 and has held a variety of systemwide roles during her tenure, including Vice Provost for Education Partnerships and Director for Student Academic Preparation and Educational Partnerships (SAPEP). Before joining the O�ce of the President, Yvette worked at UC Berkeley in a variety of student a�airs positions, including Director of the Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP). She serves on a number of boards and committees aimed at improving the academic pipeline for educationally disadvantaged, low income, �rst generation and underrepresented students. She consults with organizations in California and throughout the nation on academic pipeline issues and strategies. She holds B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in English from UC Berkeley.

Hans Johnson Ph.D

Center Director and Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California Higher Education Center

Yvette Gullatt

Vice Provost for Diversity and Engagement and Chief Outreach O�cer, UCOP

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