The Office of Mission and Values

March 3, 2011 Student Affairs

Global Initiatives
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DePaul Center Globalization and Immigration,

Room 8010 its impact in Education.
1 E Jackson 8th Floor

RSVP I Had A DREAM Act:

Alice Farrell Undocumented College Students
Afarrell@depaul.edu in the States and in Congress.
Michael A. Olivas
Dr. Michael A Olivas is the William B Bates Distin-
guished Chair in Law at the University of Houston Law
Center and Director of the Institute for Higher Education
Law and Governance at UH. Dr. Olivas has published in
higher education journals and reviews and has served
on the editorial board of more than twenty scholarly
journals, including The Review of Higher Education, The
Journal of College and University Law, and the Journal
of Higher Education.
Dr. Olivas has been designated as a NACUA Fellow by
the National Association of College and University
Attorneys. In 2009, he was chosen as President elect of
the AALS, and will serve as the President in 2011. Dr.
Olivas has been active in local and national service
organizations and has chaired the boards of Arte Publico
Press and the Public Interest Advocacy Center
Scholarship Fund.
Dr. Olivas ’ expertise is in academic freedom and
faculty tenure matters, as well as finance, admissions,
and other areas of higher education law. Further, Dr.
Olivas has considerable experience in accreditation
matters, both at the Institutional and national levels,
having served on the council of the ABA Section on
Legal
Education and Admission to the Bar and on the
Executive Committee of the Association of American
Law Schools.
Harvard University Press will publish his newest book,
Immigration Nation: Plyler v. Doe and the Education of
Undocumented Children, in 2010.