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Freeman Hrabowski to chair Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans
Freeman Hrabowski III. PHOTO/IUPUI
President Barack Obama has named a University of Illinois alumnus and nationally known college administrator to chair the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans.
Freeman Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, was named chair of the commission last week, according to a White House press release.
In that role Hrabowski will advise Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan on the new White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, designed to produce a more effective continuum of education programs for African-American students.
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The commission will lead a national dialogue on African-American achievement from early childhood through adulthood, working with federal agencies, educators and philanthropic partners.
“The nation’s future will depend heavily on the extent to which we educate all of our nation’s children. This commission will work to ensure that increasing numbers of African Americans excel academically,” Hrabowski said in a release.