The Future of Student Success
Main Stage Program
Friday, Sept. 27
11:00 a.m.
Los Angeles Convention Center, Hall G
The issues and challenges students face today evolve more rapidly than our educational systems adapt. How are the demographics and needs of students changing, and what must be done collectively to support them? Join Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District where more than 600,000 students attend more than 1,000 schools, and Jennifer Baszile, associate vice chancellor of student success and inclusive excellence for the 23 campuses serving more than 450,000 students across The California State University system, as they explore how college admission counseling practices need to evolve to ensure all students can access college and succeed. Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times higher education reporter, will moderate
Speakers:
Teresa Watanabe
Moderator
Los Angeles Times
Teresa Watanabe
Jennifer Baszile
The California State University
Jennifer Baszile
Jennifer currently serves as the inaugural associate vice chancellor for student success and inclusive excellence at the California State University chancellor’s office. She provides systemwide leadership and strategic vision to advance student success and equitable student outcomes for the largest and most diverse four-year public university system in the nation, which serves more than 450,000 students.
Jennifer is also the co-founder of Equiss Accelerator, a consulting firm specializing in student success solutions for colleges and universities. It helps institutions measurably improve retention, persistence, and graduation outcomes for all students in ways that enhance public trust in the transformative power of higher education.
With more than 15 years of higher education experience, Jennifer began her career as a faculty member and was the first African American woman hired to teach in the history department at Yale University, where she won awards for her research and teaching. Jennifer has served as director of a higher education consortium focused on inclusive excellence, and in leadership roles at flagship public, small, liberal arts, Ivy league, and research colleges and universities.
Jennifer is the author of The Black Girl Next Door: A Memoir, published by Simon & Schuster. Jennifer has received numerous awards, including Ebony magazine’s recognition as a top leader under 30, and has been quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, and other national publications. Jennifer holds a Ph.D. in American history from Princeton University and a B.A. in history from Columbia University.
Alberto Carvalho
Los Angeles Unified School District
Alberto Carvalho
Since starting at Los Angeles Unified, Superintendent Carvalho has led the development and implementation of the district’s unanimously approved 2022-2026 Ready for the World Strategic Plan. Numerous initiatives and ideas have enhanced the plan, including the launch of the STEAM Lab Makerspaces, Education Transformation Office, Cultural Arts Passport, and Family Academy. Through Superintendent Carvalho’s leadership, Los Angeles Unified has also established nine new education compacts between the district and local municipalities, made significant progress in greening schools, and secured upgraded credit ratings, generating millions in savings.
During his 14-year tenure as superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-CPS), Superintendent Carvalho garnered local, state, national, and international recognition. His honors include being named Florida’s 2014 Superintendent of the Year, the 2014 National Superintendent of the Year, the 2016 Magnet Schools of America Superintendent of the Year, the 2016 winner of the Harold W. McGraw Prize in Education, the 2018 National Urban Superintendent of the Year, and the 2019 National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Superintendent of the Year.
Under his leadership, M-DCPS became one of the nation’s highest performing urban school systems, receiving systemwide accreditation from AdvancEd in 2014 and 2019. M-DCPS was named as the 2014 College Board Advanced Placement Equity and Excellence District of the Year and the 2012 winner of the Broad Prize for Urban Education. Superintendent Carvalho is now seeking to elevate Los Angeles Unified to the premier spot in American urban education.
Superintendent Carvalho was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Education to serve on the National Assessment Governing Board. He has served as a committee member for the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine and is currently serving as an advisory committee member to the Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance.
Superintendent Carvalho is also a dedicated member of the Homeland Security Academic Partnership Council, the National Board of Directors for Common Threads, the Posse Foundation, the Aspen Institute’s Planet Media Task Force, and Code.org. He is a member of the Leadership Table for the Los Angeles County Executive Committee on Homelessness and serves on the Board of Directors of The Music Center of Los Angeles.
Superintendent Carvalho has been awarded many honorary degrees. He has been honored by the president of Portugal with the Ordem de Mérito Civil and by Mexico with the Ohtli Award. He was also knighted by King Felipe VI of Spain with the Cross of the Orden de Isabel la Católica.
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