Young Scholars Program holds Summit on Urban Education

The Ohio State University Office of Minority Affairs Young Scholars Program (YSP) will host the “4th Annual Summit on Urban Education,” on Friday and Saturday (2/4 and 2/5) at The Blackwell, 2100 Tuttle Park Place. The theme for the event is “Matriculating Minority Males from Middle School to College…Celebrating Success Reaching for Excellence.” The goal of the conference is to identify the challenges that prevent minority males from attending college. Attendees will include educators and administrators from across the state and university.

Reporters are welcome to attend the conference. Highlights on Friday (2/4) include a keynote speech by youth advocate Lewis Dodley at 11:30 a.m.; concurrent sessions from 12:30 to 4 p.m. focusing on challenges and solutions to the problem of encouraging minority males from middle school to college; and a summary of the day at 4:15 p.m. presented by Frank Hale, Jr., Vice Provost Emeritus and Distinguished University Consultant. On Saturday (2/5), a panel of YSP alumni and current scholars will offer their points of view on the issue at 9:30 a.m.

The YSP sponsors the summit annually in to review current on issues confronting urban education, and to pursue the most effective means to offer its support. The mission is to collaborate with the nine largest urban school districts in Ohio to explore issues related to the transition of economically challenged, first- generation and underserved students to attend Ohio State. These issues include recruitment, admissions, retention, graduation rates, diversity and post-secondary educational trends.

WHAT: The YSP 4th annual Summit on Urban Education

WHEN: Friday and Saturday (2/4 and 2/5)

WHERE: The Blackwell, 2110 Tuttle Park Place, The Ohio State University

WHY: The summit will identify the challenges that prevent minority males from attending college.