Seminars and Symposia

Educational Reform and Social Mobility in Chile

Professor Florencia Torche
Department of Sociology, Queens College, City University of New York

Discussant:
Jonathan Conning
Hunter College, City Univeristy of New York

Moderator:
Mauricio Font
Queens College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Chile in the mid 1990's put into effect reforms that set in motion profound changes in the Chilean educational system from pre-school to secondary level of education. However, the question of equity is still pervasive despite the efforts to allocate public and private resources to improve education. This Bildner panel brings together specialists that will appraise the achievements and access the challenges that have resorted from these educational reforms in Chile.

Florencia Torche is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Queens College CUNY, and Associate Researcher at the Center for the Study of Wealth and Inequality, Columbia University. Her research focuses on the processes of inequality reproduction in the occupational, educational, and wealth spheres in different national contexts. She is currently completing a book manuscript entitled ‘Inconsequential Mobility: The Chilean Case in Comparative Perspective’. Other projects include a comparative analysis of educational stratification in four Latin American countries, and an analysis of home ownership inequality in Chile.

When: Monday March 14, 2005 4:30-6:30p.m.
Where: Room 9204
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th St.), New York City

To reserve, please send email to bildner@gc.cuny.edu.