International Symposium “Culturally Responsive Collaborations in Higher Education: Advancing Student Affairs Practice & Graduate Education in Ghana…”

The Higher Education in the Ghanaian Context (HEGC!) 2020 class and the HEGC! partners at the University of Cape Coast are hosting an international symposium. 

Friday, February 28, 2020

10:00am - 12:00pm EST and 3pm - 5pm GMT 

University of Maryland, College of Education, Benjamin Building, room 0306

**The symposium will also be available virtually. Please RSVP by February 26, 2020**

All faculty, staff, students and community members are welcome to attend. 

This international symposium between the University of Maryland and the University of Cape Coast will feature guests from Ghanaian higher education, government officials, the Association of African Universities (AAU), and participants in the HEGC! 2020 program. The theme for the symposium is “Culturally Responsive Collaborations in Higher Education: Advancing Student Affairs Practice & Graduate Education in Ghana…”

During January 2020, Dr. Candace M. Moore, Faculty Director of the Higher Education in the Ghanaian Context (HEGC!) study abroad program, with Dr. Jillian A. Martin, Co-Instructor for HEGC!, led a group of graduate students and higher education staff/faculty to Ghana for eleven day—guiding participants' worldview to expand beyond Western ideals of social justice education and engaged participants in a critical examination of concepts related to power, privilege, and oppression through their engagement with Ghanaian culture, the country’s approach to higher education, and specially the role of student affairs graduate education and practices in the context of Ghanaian higher education.

You may RSVP to join the symposium in-person or virtually here. We look forward to engaging with you!