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Closing the College Gap: What Can Universities, Schools, and Communities Do?

 

On November 1, 2010, individuals from all over the region gathered in Gesu School's Sherrerd Gymnasium to consider avenues for closing the college gap at Gesu's 13th Annual Symposium on Inner-City Education.

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MODERATOR
John J. DiIulio, Jr., Ph.D. Frederic Fox Leadership Professor of Politics, Religion and Civil Society; Professor of Political Science; & Director of the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program, University of Pennsylvania

PANELISTS

Christine S. Beck President & CEO of Gesu School

Wanda D. Bigham Consultant to Higher Education and Pre-Collegiate Institutions, Former Assistant General Secretary for Schools, Colleges, and Universities for the United Methodist Church

John Bridgeland President and CEO of Civic Enterprises and Author of the report The Silent Epidemic

George W. Bur, SJ President of Saint Joseph's Preparatory School

Eric J. Furda Dean of Admissions at the University of Pennsylvania

Richard D. Kahlenberg Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation and author of Rewarding Strivers: Helping Low-Income Students Succeed in College