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Visiting Minority Scholars Lecture Series 1997-1998

The School of Education and the Wisconsin Center for Education Research sponsor a minority visiting scholars program. The goal of the program is to make minority scholars and their work in education more visible on our campus.

VINETTA C. JONES	NOVEMBER 18, 1997
The College Board, Equity 2000 *Topic: Closing the Achievement Gap: Excellence and Equity in Education*
CAROL D. LEE	DECEMBER 11, 1997
Northwestern University *Topic: The Blacker the Berry, the Sweeter the Juice: Scaffolding Literacy through Cultural Capital*
JAMES T. SEARS	FEBRUARY 6, 1998
University of South Carolina *Topic: Rethinking [Homo]Sexualities in Cultural [Con]Texts*
WILLIAM T. TRENT	FEBRUARY 26, 1998
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign *Topic: Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Education Reform: From School Desegregation to Charter Schools*
FRANCISCO O. RAMIREZ	MARCH 19, 1998
Stanford University *Topic: Education, Gender, and Citizenship: Cross-National Studies*
CAROLINE M. HOXBY	APRIL 23, 1998
Harvard University *Topic: The Effects of Class Size and Classroom Racial and Gender Composition on Student Achievement: New Evidence from Natural Population Variation*

Past Minority Visiting Series: 2011-2012 , 2010-2011 , 2009-2010 , 2008-2009 , 2007-2008 , 2006-2007 , 2005-2006 , 2004-2005, 2003-2004, 2002-2003, 2001-2002, 2000-2001, 1999-2000, 1998-1999, 1997-1998, 1996-1997, 1995-1996, 1994-1995, 1993-1994, 1992-1993, 1991-1992, 1990-1991, 1989-1990