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Texas Initiative for Male Students of Color Issues First Policy Brief

A major initiative in Texas to bolster the success of men of color in college continues to expand, and the inaugural report in what will be a series of policy briefs reveals some interesting data about where male Latino students in the state are performing best academically.

April 3, 2019

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Dr. Shaun R. Harper Voted AERA President-Elect

Dr. Shaun R. Harper, a prominent education researcher whose work on race, equity and inclusion has catapulted him to the top of his field, has been voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

April 2, 2019

Leadership & Policy

Praise Greets Folt Selection as First Woman USC President

Less than three months after an unceremonious departure from her job as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dr. Carol L. Folt has been named the first female president of the University of Southern California.

March 20, 2019

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ACE Study: Racial Equity Gaps Still Plague Higher Ed

In a matter of seconds, University of Maryland higher education professor Dr. Sharon L. Fries-Britt picked off one of the biggest elephants in the room and extended a data-heavy conversation from the head to the heart.

February 14, 2019

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USC Leaps Forward in Diversity with Two New Initiatives

A new Center for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion and an additional $50 million to promote diversity, inclusion and equity campuswide will augment University of Southern California efforts to broaden and deepen cultural diversity at the 47,500-student school.

November 2, 2018

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USC Center Helps Advance Racial Equity

Five months after a group of students at DePauw University angrily confronted their college president following a string of racially charged incidents on campus, Dr. D. Mark McCoy was sitting in front of his office computer actively processing the incident with Dr. Charles H. F. Davis, who was some 2,000 miles away.

October 18, 2018

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USC Race Center Issues Report Card on Black Student Equity

A new study by the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center paints a grim picture of inequity for the 900,000 African-American undergraduate students at public institutions of higher learning across the nation.

September 24, 2018

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New Book Examines How Scholar-Practitioner Advanced Equity in Student Affairs

When some of the nation’s top scholars decided to pen a book examining the life of Dr. Melvin C. Terrell and his contributions to the field of student affairs, Terrell knew that was something special. But then again, the retiree’s life has been nothing short of extraordinary.

June 28, 2018

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Achieving Equity in Education: Journalists as Truth-Tellers and Teachers

LOS ANGELES — Gathered for the 2018 Education Writers Association National Seminar, hundreds of education journalists heard from education experts, thought leaders and fellow journalists about ways to make their coverage of education issues nuanced, culturally relevant and enlightening.

May 16, 2018

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Black Male Student-Athletes Still Face Harsh Inequities

A report from the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center spotlights the pervasive disparities between graduation rates for Black male student-athletes, student-athletes in general and Black undergraduate men overall.

March 11, 2018