UCLA Bruin Guardian Scholars Academy

UCLA Bruin Guardian Scholars Academy

http://www.bgsa.ucla.edu/

The Bruin Guardian Scholars Academy (BGSA) is a partnership with First Star and the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). BGSA aims to close the achievement gap of the number of foster youth that graduate from high school and attend college.

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Carlos Alberto Torres in Erfurt, Germany, September 30, 2018. (picture taken by Ana Elvira Steinbach Torres)

In the second semester of 2018 Professor Torres spent his sabbatical in Germany, working as a Senior Fellow at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena which is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany.

Erfurt is a famous city in Germany. Max Weber, one of the founders of the discipline of sociology, was born in this city. Erfurt is the home of the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies (Max-Weber- Kolleg) of the University of Erfurt. The Max-Weber-Kolleg combines the functions of an Institute for Advances Studies and a Graduate School.

CONTACT INFORMATION

  • Carlos Alberto Torres,  Distinguished Professor, UNESCO Chair on Global learning and Global Citizenship Education, and Director, Paulo Freire Institute. 
  • UNESCO UCLA Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education
  • 310-206-3167
  • 310-206-5830
  • torres@gseis.ucla.edu
  • www.pfigce.org