[EDLING:1456] Conference on English Learners and Higher Education

[Francis M Hult]

>                               UC LMRI 2006 Annual Conference
>               Co-sponsored by Arizona State University, College of Education
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>                                        May 5-6, 2006
>                          Hilton Irvine/Orange County Airport Hotel
>                                         Irvine, CA
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>                                 Featuring Keynote Speakers:
>                            Linda Harklau, University of Georgia
>                               and Robin Scarcella, UC Irvine
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>                        * Registration open through April 28, 2006 *
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> The 2006 UC LMRI Conference will focus on English Learners and Higher Education.
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> For English learners to achieve parity with other students, they must have greater
> access to and success in higher education. Yet English learners are less likely to
> graduate from high school, attend college, and complete a four-year degree than
> other students.  This year's conference will focus on English learners and higher
> education.  The conference will also feature presentations on other topics
> concerning English learners.
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> Session topics will include:
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>  *  Improving Access to Higher Education for Language Minority Students
>  *  Literacy Development of Young English Learners
>  *  Assessment and Development of English Language Learners
>  *  Improving the Academic Performance of English Learners in Higher Education
>  *  Preparing Teachers of English Language Learners
>  *  Understanding Persistence of English Learners in Higher Education
>  *  Five-Year Study of Proposition 227: What Was Learned and What Wasn't (Featuring
>     Panel Members: Robert Linquanti, West Ed; Patricia Gandara, UC Davis; and Kellie
>     Rolstad, Arizona State University)