Immigration & Higher Education Study Committee

Committee Co-chairs
Wilson Bradshaw
Vinodh Kutty
Committee Participants
Josh Becerra
Lois Bollman
Scott Burns
Maureen Bruce
Maureen Cisneros
Mercy Das-Sulc
John DeSantis
Bright Dornblaser
Leo Espinoza
Saeed Fahia
Meredith Fergus
Gary Jeter
Lily Moua
George Ogbonna
Traci Parmenter
Carl Phillips
Jasmine Shrestha
Stacia Smith
Mike Van Keulen
Zer Vang
Val Vargas
James Worlobah
Zha Blong Xiong

Charge of the Immigration & Higher Education Study Committee

The Citizens League Immigration & Higher Education Study Committee will attempt to answer the following key questions:

What are the most important facts and trends about immigration & higher education in Minnesota? For example:
  • What are our best estimates of the number of immigrant students in Minnesota's K-12 and higher education systems? Where are they coming from? What types of immigration status do they have?
  • How well are immigrant students performing? How well are they performing in the crucial areas of math, science and technology?
  • What challenges do immigrant students face? Are different immigrant groups facing different challenges? Are some immigrant groups more likely to participate in higher education than others?

Given these facts and trends, what are the critical choices and policy issues facing Minnesota?

  • What questions do these facts and trends raise about public policies?
  • What do these facts and trends say about the roles of government, foundations, families and other institutions?
  • What are our top priorities in addressing these issues?

Read the full charge of the Immigration & Higher Education Study Committee.

Meetings of the Immigration & Higher Education Study Committee


Thursday, June 29
Neighborhood House

Wednesday, July 19
Neighborhood House

Wednesday, July 26
Harriet Tubman Family Center

Tuesday, August 8
Neighborhood House

Thursday, August 24
Neighborhood House

Tuesday, September 12
Harriet Tubman Family Center

Wednesday, October 4
Citizens League Offices


Times:

All meetings will be from 4:00-5:30 p.m.


Locations:

Neighborhood House
179 Robie Street East
St. Paul, MN 55107-2360
Tel: 651-789-2500

Tubman Family Center
3111 First Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Tel: 612-825-3333

Citizens League Offices
555 N Wabasha St., Suite 240
St. Paul, MN 55102
Tel: 651-293-0575