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Deborah Santiago, vice president for policy and research at Excelencia in Education will speak as a guest panelist for, Supporting Success in Postsecondary Education and Training.

This event is third in a discussion group series hosted by the American Youth Policy Forum in partnership with the Campaign for High School Equity.

Session Summary: 

It is now widely acknowledged that getting in the door to college does not necessarily lead to college completion. The myriad challenges that youth, particularly low-income and first-generation college students, face as they contemplate the postsecondary environment too often prevent them from persisting beyond the first year of  postsecondary education, and gaps in college graduation rates remain. Innovative programs do exist, however, that prepare students with the academic behaviors and
personal life skills they will need to be successful and help them to get off to strong start in college. This discussion forum will highlight effective programs that support students as they make the transition to postsecondary education and persist in their studies.

Deborah Santiago, vice president of policy and research at Excelencia in Education, will attend this event as a presenter.

Updates will be made to this posting when more information is available.

Deborah Santiago, vice president for policy and research at Excelencia in Education will present at the session titled, Promising Practices to Raise College Completion Rates: What Current Evidence Suggests.

Several of America's leading voices in education will serve as panelists for the second in a series of National Conversations, sponsored by Indiana Wesleyan University.

The event, which will be October 22 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., will focus on the theme "Education in Crisis: The Unasked Questions."

Scott Jaschik, founder and editor of Inside Higher Ed, will serve as the moderator for the main panel discussion.

Panelists for the 90-minute main discussion, "Education in Crisis: The Unasked Questions," will be:

• Michael Gerson, The Washington Post
• Naomi Schaefer Riley, an author and national writer
• Phil Gardner, Employment Research Institute at Michigan State University
• Holiday Hart McKiernan, Lumina Foundation
• Deborah Santiago, Excelencia in Education
• Mark C. Taylor, Crisis on Campus
• Gail Mellow, LaGuardia Community College

Jay Hein, President of the Sagamore Institute, will moderate the question-and-answer portion of the main panel discussion.