What does it mean to pursue higher education during a pandemic? In this topical roundtable, panelists discuss how COVID impacts BIPOC students, and what can be done to create anti-racist educational experiences.
This panel will discuss the nuts and bolts of providing an education in this new normal of remote learning. Given the barriers to education that existed pre-pandemic and what these institutions were already doing, this panel will explore how the pandemic has been a setback (if at all) and how hard will these institutions have been hit, and what some potential solutions look like to move forward. We will also unpack the disparities between K-12 education and college systems.
Moderated by:
- Basil Smikle, Professor, Teachers College and Rutgers School of Public Affairs & Political Commentator
Panelists Include:
- Havidán Rodriguez, President, SUNY Albany
- Jessica Marinaccio, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid, Columbia University
- Joanne Berger-Sweeney, President, Trinity College
- Shaila S. Cuellar, First-Year Student, Syracuse University
