KQED Community Conversation: Higher Education & Attainability | Oakland

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Will first-generation students be able to enter and achieve a college diploma? These and many other issues facing students desiring a higher education degree in California are critical topics to be discussed during a two-part series hosted by the KQED Community Action Panel.

Please join in for East Bay Community Conversations: Higher Education and the California Dream: Myth or Reality.

Hear from and share your thoughts with higher education administrators, faculty, Students, and elected officials.

Introduction: Dr. Kate Karniouchina, Dean, Lokey School of Business and Public Policy, Mills College

Panelists:

• Dr. Elizabeth L. Hillman, President, Mills College
• Dr. Jowel Laguerre, Chancellor, Peralta Community College District
• Dr. Kimberly Mayfield. Dean of Education, Holy Names University
• Mills College Student Representative

Closing Remarks:

• The Honorable Loren Taylor, District 6, Oakland City Councilman
• Janet Miller Evans, Moderator and Co-Host, Adjunct Professor, National University, KQED Community Advisory Panel
• LaNiece Jones, Co-Host, Executive Director, Peralta Colleges Foundation, KQED Community Advisory Panel

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