By Jon McNaughtan Earlier this month, the National Forum hosted a two-day event in conjunction with the Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education (CCCIE).  Focusing on the importance of integrating immigrant students into American community colleges, multiple discussion sessions addressed critical areas of concern for many of the nation’s community colleges: developing supportive networks for [...]

Our Nabih Haddad to present today at @penn_state on Int’l Governance and Human Rights. 3-27 1:15 at 430 Burrowes. http://ow.ly/1TPFTV

By Dan Parrish, C.S.C. To anyone who follows the National Forum online it is no secret that we have been substantially engaged in studying undocumented student access since 2007.  I recently had the privilege of presenting some of our findings at the annual conference of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) in Washington, [...]

By Dan Parrish, C.S.C. Who among us doesn’t enjoy listening to a splendid speaker?  Especially if she has a unique perspective on something we care about, we will go to great lengths to put ourselves in her audience.  History is full of stories of great orators inspiring listeners throughout time: from the Parthenon to Gettysburg [...]

We are a people of the story.  As long as humans have been being, we have used stories to communicate our history, our experiences, and our hopes and dreams.  From cave drawings to the Jewish oral tradition to 140-character tweets — homo sapiens has always been fascinated by the power of story. It is not [...]