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Symposium Agenda

Friday, February 6, 2026

Starts: 8:30am Pacific/11:30am Eastern

Ends: 11:30am Pacific/2:30pm Eastern 

Registration is FREE and now open!

°Õ³ó±ð³¾±ð: Workforce and Economic Mobility: Higher Education’s Role in Driving Opportunity

Join us for the 2026 National Social Mobility Symposium, hosted virtually by California State University San Marcos, to explore how colleges and universities can serve as catalysts for students’ lifelong success and play a role in shaping workforce and economic outcomes. The program will feature a dynamic panel discussion addressing employer expectations, talent pipelines, systemic barriers to career readiness, and national policy and innovation driving mobility. Attendees will gain insights into how institutions are evolving to meet the needs of today’s learners and tomorrow’s workforce. 

Morning Virtual Program (National Audience)

Friday Schedule
Times are approximate and subject to change
TIME EVENT/SESSION SPEAKERS
8:30 a.m. Pacific/
11:30 a.m. Eastern		 Welcomes & Framing Remarks

HOST: Ellen Neufeldt, Ed.D., President, California State University San Marcos

EMCEE: , Trustee, CSU Board of Trustees
  Keynote Address

Strada: - Strengthening the link between education and opportunity 
  National Panel Discussion #1

The Future of Workforce and Economic Mobility

MODERATOR: Senior Writer, The Chronicle of Higher Education

PANELISTS:

  • - Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
  • - Vice President for Research and Innovation, University of North Texas; Board of Higher Education and Workforce Co-Chair,The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • - Senior Vice President, The Education Trust
  • - Senior Fellow, Work, Education, and Labor Division, Urban Institute
  National Panel Discussion #2

From Initiative to Identity: Making Social Mobility Core to Institutional Strategy

A Presidential Conversation with:

President Ellen Neufeldt, California State University San Marcos

, Clayton State University

, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
11:30 a.m. Pacific/
2:30 p.m. Eastern		 Closing & Call to Action

EMCEE: , Trustee, CSU Board of Trustees