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Penn’s Graduate School of Education will launch a new research center, The Penn Center for Minority-Serving Institutions (CMSI) today. Dr. Marybeth Gasman, a historian and professor at GSE, has been named as director of this first-of-its-kind center, which is focused on furthering higher education for underrepresented populations.
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, The Kresge Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Educational Testing Service, the Penn Provost's Office and the Penn’s Excellence Through Diversity Fund have contributed a total of $2.5 million in funding to date. Today’s opening kick-off features a town hall meeting and panel discussion, Envisioning the Future of Minority Serving Institutions: Challenges and Opportunities, followed by a public reception.
The Penn Center for Minority-Serving Institution: http://www2.gse.upenn.edu/cmsi/
The panel discussion will be at 4 p.m. in the Terrace Room, Claudia Cohen Hall. Dr. Gasman will moderate the panel:
Michael T. Nettles, senior vice president of Educational Testing Service
Cheryl Crazy Bull, executive director of the American Indian College Fund
Kalindi Doshi, the Asian & Pacific Islander American College Fund
Karl Reid, senior vice president for research at the United Negro College Fund
Deborah Santiago, vice president for policy at Excelencia in Education
The reception will be held at 6 p.m. at the CMSI, in St. Leonard’s Court.
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