Project 2025: What is says about education and why it matters
The UAF Political Science Department is set to host a discussion led by Dr. Carol
Gray, analyzing the language and potential impacts of Project 2025, a policy framework
with ambitious recommendations to restructure the U.S. federal government. Project
2025 suggests major changes, including the elimination of the Department of Education
and the reduction of protections that currently address civil rights and sex-based
discrimination in educational settings.
Dr. Gray specializes in educational policy, civil rights, and social justice issues. Her analysis will address critical components of Project 2025’s language, delving into what these proposals might mean for public education funding, loan forgiveness programs, and federally funded early childhood initiatives like Head Start.
UAF’s Political Science Department emphasizes engagement with pressing social and political issues, and Dr. Gray’s talk is an example of the department's commitment to providing meaningful insights into potential policy shifts. Students, faculty, and community members are encouraged to attend to gain a better understanding of the potential future landscape of federal education and civil rights policy.
This event welcomes anyone interested in policy changes that could shape the future of educational access and equity in the United States. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in a Q&A session, allowing for open dialogue about the stakes involved for various groups in the education system.
Dr. Gray’s expertise in policy analysis is instrumental in breaking down complex legislative language and making it accessible to a broader audience. This event serves as a unique opportunity to better understand the potential trajectory of U.S. education policy and its implications at a local and national level.
A former public defender, Dr. Carol Gray is an Assistant Professor of Public Law at UAF, teaching courses in political science and law. She is available to advise any UAF students interested in applying to law school. Gray obtained her JD from Northeastern University School of Law and her Masters in Advocacy (LLM) from Georgetown University Law Center. She also holds a PhD and Masters of Political Science, and certificates in Human Rights; Feminist Studies; and Race, Ethnicity and Politics, from the University of Connecticut. Gray was a Fulbright Scholar in Montreal; a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar in Egypt; a Prettyman Fellow at Georgetown University Law Center, and a National Association for Public Interest Law Fellow at the Georgia Resource Center which represents those on Georgia’s Death Row. Gray was also a UMass W.E.B. Du Bois Community College Fellow, a Wood/Raith Gender Identity Fellow, and holder of the Mary Miles Bibb post-doctoral teaching fellowship at Framingham State University. Her research is interdisciplinary exploring law, politics and human rights as they intersect with issues of race, class, and gender. She has published in the CLR James Journal; the Worcester Review; and the American Philosophical Association’s Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy and its Black Issues in Philosophy series blog. She published a book chapter on the lack of due process at Guantanamo and has a forthcoming co-authored book chapter on the role of the Arab-Israeli conflict in Israeli foreign policy, an edited volume to be published by Routledge.
