coe-staff: High School Equivalency Program Closure (from Lauren Lindstrom)

[Shoshana D. Kerewsky]

Nicely articulated, Jerry. 

Shoshana

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On 2014-07-10 13:23, Jerry Rosiek wrote: 

> This is a catastrophic loss. It may not register on indices such as our AAU ranking, nor our US & World Reports ranking. However, HEP was a jewel in the COE's portfolio of outreach programs. Its 47 years of service to immigrants seeking education and opportunity, in defiance of the racist and xenophobic ideologies that promote exclusion or erasure of our immigrant brothers and sisters, changing the lives of individuals and families across multiple generations, matters at least as much as many of the COE's more visible programs. That its half-century long existence can be ended so suddenly, without any recourse or back up plan, reflects poorly on our commitment as a College and University to the needs of immigrant communities. 
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> Perhaps this is the occasion to raise a question that has been asked before. Can we make one of our development priorities the establishment of scholarships for traditionally underserved students--in this case immigrant students whose first language is something other than English. We should secure funding internally for this kind of service, and not depend entirely on federal grants for doing such work. 
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> Jerry Rosiek 
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> FROM: coe-staff-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu [mailto:coe-staff-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu] ON BEHALF OF Shaun Haskins
> SENT: Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:12 AM
> TO: 'coe-staff at lists.uoregon.edu'
> SUBJECT: coe-staff: High School Equivalency Program Closure (from Lauren Lindstrom) 
> 
> Dear College of Education Colleagues, 
> 
> I write with an update about one of our Outreach Centers. After 47 years of continuous funding from the US Department of Education Office of Migrant Education, our High School Equivalency Program (HEP) was not re-funded for this grant cycle. Without this funding, the program will be closing effective September 30, 2014. As many of you know, HEP provided critical educational services to help prepare individuals from migrant/seasonal farm-working backgrounds to complete the General Educational Development certificate. The closure of this program is certainly a great loss to the College and the community. 
> 
> Sincerely, 
> 
> Lauren 
> 
> Lauren Lindstrom, Ph.D 
> 
> Associate Dean of Research and Academics 
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> Director, Center at Oregon for Research in Education (CORE) 
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> College of Education, University of Oregon 
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> (541) 346-1399 
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> lindstrm at uoregon.edu 
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