Even at institutions where economics is offered as a major, experts say many under-represented students aren’t showing significant interest in pursuing graduate-level study in this discipline. “We don’t get a lot of students who want to go to graduate school because they can go into well-paying jobs after earning their bachelor’s,” Spriggs says of Howard’s undergraduate economics program.
Spriggs wants to see more Black, Hispanic and American Indian economists take on public roles so they can focus on speaking to and interacting with communities of color. For example, he says only a few of the senior Black economists have done much to bring themselves to the attention of average citizens. “Andy Brimmer and Julianne Malveaux have clearly put themselves in position to be seen as economists,” Spriggs says.
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