A NEW GENERATION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS (2nd annual SERU/UCUES Research Symposium: May 8, 2008)
Directions/Logistics
Thursday, May 8
Ackerman Student Union - 2nd Floor Lounge
| 9:00-9:15 a.m. | Welcome / Introduction John Aubrey Douglass – CSHE/SERU Project, UC Berkeley Aimee Dorr – Dean, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA |
| 9:15-9:50 a.m. | The STEM/Pre-Med Experience Moderator: David Radwin – UC Berkeley "Gender Differences in Identification with Peers in an Academic Major Among STEM Students at the University of California" "The 'Turning Point' for Minority Pre-Meds: The effect of early undergraduate experiences of minority students at UC Berkeley and Stanford University on aspirations to enter medical school" - Donald A. Barr – Stanford University |
| 9:50-11:10 a.m. | Undergraduate Lives: Curricular and Extracurricular Moderator: Linda Sax – UCLA "Undergraduate Research Participation at the University of California, Berkeley" "Activities, Extracurricular Activities and Their Outcomes" - Allison M. Cantwell and Steven Brint – UC Riverside "UC Students and the Political II: Activism and Change" "Undergraduate Time Use and Academic Outcomes: Results from UCUES 2006" |
| 11:10-11:30 a.m. | Transfer Students Moderator: Steve Chatman – UC Berkeley "Studying the Choice Gap in the Transfer Student Experience: A Collaborative Project by Long Beach City College and University of Southern California Center for Urban Education" |
| 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Asian American and Pacific Islander Students Moderator: Mitchell Chang, UCLA "Postsecondary Success: Factors influencing Academic Achievement, and Student Satisfaction and Engagement of AAPI and Filipina/o American College Students" "A Mixed Methods Approach to Exploring How Asian American Students Navigate Through Physical & Social Spaces of UCSB" "Making a Difference: The Impact of Civic Engagement on Asian American Student Development" |
| 12:30-1:45 pm | Lunch (box lunches provided) |
| 1:30-1:45 pm | Special Break-Out Session: New Web-Based Application of Student Experience Data in Academic Program/Departmental Review - Steve Chatman and David Pokorny - SERU Project |
| 1:45-2:45 pm | Impact of Wealth and Other Personal Factors Moderator: Leticia Oseguera – UC Irvine "The Poor and the Rich: Economic Stratification Among Undergraduates at the University of California" "The Influence of Wealth in Explaining the Racial Gap in College Access" "Exploring the Importance of Student Differences Associated with Wealth, Immigrant Status, Religion, Politics, Race and Ethnicity" |
| 2:45-4:00 pm | Panel Discussion - What We Need to Know to Improve the UG Experience – UC, US, and International Perspectives Moderator - John Aubrey Douglass, Senior Research Fellow CSHE/Co-PI SERU Project Panel: Zhou Zuoyu - Executive Director, Institute of Higher Education, Beijing Normal University/Fulbright Scholar UCLA Judi Smith - Vice Provost Undergraduate Education, UCLA Benjamin Allen - University of California Board of Regents 2007-08/Graduate Student Boalt Law Steven Brint - Professor Sociology, UCR/Co-PI SERU Project D'Artagnan Scorza – University of California Student Regent Elect 2008-09/UCLA |
| 4:00-4:45 pm | The Student and the Familia Moderator: Jane Pizzolato – UCLA "The Relationship Between Parental Involvement and College Students’ Personal, Academic, and Social Development" "The Influence of Generational and Socioeconomic Status, Academic Engagement, and Parental Pressure on University of California Student Mental Health" |
| 4:45-5:00 pm | Symposium Conclusion |
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