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Tag: Dr. Andre M. Perry
Students
Education Trust Addresses Black Student Debt Crisis at D.C. Briefing
There is a debt crisis among African-American students on college and university campuses. According to the college access nonprofit organization The Education Trust, Black borrowers have a 50-50 chance of defaulting on a federal loan within 12 years of entering college. Black borrowers are also over 150 percent more likely to default on a federal loan than their White peers.
September 26, 2019
STEM
Endless Exodus: Faculty of Color Leave the Academy in Search of Fulfillment
Dr. Andre M. Perry is one of many academics of color who determined that the campus environment was no longer where they wanted to be. Although no agency appears to track the number of college faculty, particularly those of color, who exit the ivory tower, the transitions over time are significant because the disproportionately low numbers of faculty of color are stagnant or declining while students of color are increasing as a proportion of the nation’s colleges and universities.
July 25, 2019
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