Leadership magazine Sept/Oct 2015 V45 No 1 | Page 7

To our readers
ACSA Executive Director
Wesley Smith

Director of Communications

Identifying personal and institutional biases;
removing barriers for disadvantaged students

Naj Alikhan

Editor

Susan Davis

Board of Directors
President

Tom Armelino

President-Elect

Ralph Gomez Porras

Vice President
Lisa Gonzales

Vice President for
Legislative Action
Linda Kaminski

Past President
Randall Delling

Directors

Eric Andrew, Mauricio Arellano, Randy
Bangs, Jonathon Brunson, Tammie
Calzadillas, Katherine Castleberry, Will Ector,
Holly Edds, Mary Grace, Jeff Harris, Andrew
Ishibashi, Darrien Johnson, Peter Johnson,
Sue Kaiser, Heidi Lawler, Jon LeDoux,
Robert Martinez, Cindy Petersen, Terri
Rufert, Rob Stockberger, Edward Trimis,
Craig Wheaton, Ron Williams

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Dear Colleague:

Persistent achievement gaps can lead to a dangerous belief that
nothing can be done to help our diverse student population achieve
success. But in a state where more than 60 percent of students are nonwh