Program Description


The Fulbright Seminar: Quality and Equity in Education Reform is a short-term education workshop focused on a range of topics including policymaking and educational reform, minority access to education, institutional change, and the role of the private sector. The seminar will be held from March 14 to March 18, 2005 on the campus of Harvard University.

This seminar is being offered to alumni of the Fulbright Faculty Development Program who are active in the education sectors of their countries. Fifteen countries from Latin America and the Caribbean are represented by the twenty participants who will be attending. The purpose of the seminar is to bring together leaders in education with scholars in the field to assess efforts to bring about educational reforms dedicated to improving quality, while simultaneously addressing equity issues.

The presenters include faculty from Harvard University and other Boston area universities, as well as invited speakers from Latin America and the Caribbean. During a series of five panel discussions, each seminar participant will make a formal presentation to the seminar participants on their academic programs, projects, and research.

The seminar is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State through the Fulbright Program, and it is coordinated by LASPAU: Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas.

For further information, please visit the following links:

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State
http://exchanges.state.gov/

LASPAU
http://www.laspau.harvard.edu

 

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Photo of graduates courtesy of Mesbah Haque, Xanat Flores, Diane Floresca, Forest Flager, and Gayle Sherman.