UCLA CODE to College

UCLA CODE to College

A special UCLA summer program just for foster youth who are entering the 9th graders grade, specifically targeting youth in our community and providing students with information about college preparation and interaction with current college students. They live in a UCLA Residence Hall and attend academic workshops. Students must be a current 8th grader and a LA County foster youth with an open DCFS case.

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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