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A Letter to George Floyd

by Chris Gilmer | June 2, 2020 I do not know at a biological or emotional level what it is like to be Black. White privilege w Read more

MacArthur Fellow Lisa Daugaard a Restorative Justice Advocate

by Sarah Wood | November 13, 2019
Criminal justice reformer Lisa Daugaard, the executive director of the Public Defender Associat [...] Read more

Business Schools Want to Do More to End Poverty Globally

by Sara Weissman | August 7, 2019
There’s a gap between the role business schools think they could play in alleviating global p [...] Read more

Ignoring Race and Privilege: How The College Board’s SAT Adversity Score Missed the Mark

by Ivory A. Toldson and Donna Y. Ford | June 11, 2019
Adverse experiences and social privilege are both life circumstances that can alter a test-take [...] Read more

Moral Centrality in Educational Equity

by Atiya Strothers Love | May 2, 2019
Just last year in May of 2018, we witnessed the resurrection of Resurrection City as the new Po [...] Read more

Why We Had to be Our Own College Counselors and How Congress Can Help

by Christine Rodriguez | April 16, 2019
There’s been so much attention lately about the college admission scandal — rich parents tr [...] Read more

Report: Technology Advancements Causes Changes in American Workforce

by Sarah Wood | February 8, 2019
A new report from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) — an organization focused on e [...] Read more

Herman J. Felton Jr. Earns Ph.D. from Jackson State University

by Monica Levitan | December 10, 2018
Dr. Herman James Felton Jr., who grew up in poverty and with dyslexia, beat all odds and earned [...] Read more

Giving Thanks Amid Political Uncertainty

by Khalilah L. Brown-Dean | November 20, 2018
In my family Thanksgiving has never been about pilgrims having a mythical dinner with Indian tr [...] Read more

Education Scholar Pushes Boundaries

by Monica Levitan | September 9, 2018
Ever since he was a teenager, Dr. Lawrence Scott has lived by the motto that “success is meas [...] Read more

Single Moms with College Degrees Less Likely to Experience Poverty

by Tiffany Pennamon | August 1, 2018
A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) this week adds to the inst [...] Read more

Summit to Focus on Creating Pathways for Educational and Economic Mobility

by Jamal Eric Watson | May 13, 2018
The Wayne County Community College District in Detroit will host its inaugural Urban Community [...] Read more

Financially Independent Students: The “New Majority” in College

by Tiffany Pennamon | February 20, 2018
A new majority of college students are more independent than students in previous years, accord [...] Read more

Vega’s Poor Start Benefits At-risk Population

by Jamal Eric Watson | March 7, 2017
Poverty isn’t some abstract idea to Dr. Desireé Vega, selected by Diverse as a member of the [...] Read more

University of Michigan Announces Efforts to Address Poverty

by Associated Press | January 17, 2017
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan is planning a series of projects that aim to br [...] Read more

Live Panel Discussion Ensuring Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic

Recorded on October 22, 2020

The Fight for Tenure: An Uphill Battle for Minoritized Faculty

Recorded on July 1, 2020

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America— What Role Does Higher Education have to play?

Recorded on June 19, 2020

Live Panel Discussion
Ensuring Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America—
What Role Does Higher Education have to play?