Bowdoin College's Education Department will commemorate the 50-year anniversary of Upward Bound with a lecture on Thursday, October 29 at 7:00 p.m. Dr. Laura Perna, founding director of the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy will give a talk titled "Increasing Higher Education of All Students: The Need for a Comprehensive Approach".
Dr. Perna recently co-authored the Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the US-a 45 Year Trend Report and has been a vocal proponent of federal and state investment in higher education and TRIO college access programs.
We hope that you can join us here on campus or tune in to listen live online on October 29.
To stream live:
http://www.bowdoin.edu/live/