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Tag: Racial Inequities
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Racial Equity Leadership Academy is Partnership Between USC and Achieving the Dream
To support colleges and universities in their efforts to address inequities on campus, Achieving the Dream (ATD) and the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center have collaborated to establish the Racial Equity Leadership Academy (RELA).
February 8, 2021
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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
Students
Study: Many ‘Free College’ and Promise Programs Unequitable
Free college can be just that for students most in financial need, if a program is designed around equity. The problem is, many “promise” and other so-called free college state programs are inherently unequitable and are not constructed to benefit low-income students, according to a new study by The Education Trust.
September 5, 2018
News Roundup
University of Minnesota to Host 50th Anniversary Conference of Kerner Commission
In honor of the 50th celebration of the Kerner Commission, the University of Minnesota (UM) will host a free national conference where scholars, politicians and the public are welcome to discuss the controversial report. The Commission, created by President Lyndon B. Johnson’s commission on civil disorder, sparked controversy with its famous conclusion: “Our nation is […]
September 4, 2018
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America Remains Divided 50 Years After Kerner
Healing is still needed and America’s racial wounds are still raw, according to the 50-year update released Tuesday by the Eisenhower Foundation as part of its ongoing follow-up to the original report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, commonly known as the Kerner Commission.
February 27, 2018
Students
Times Change, But Need to Look Beyond Campus Persists
Campus climate cannot be divorced from national events, whether it be police involved killings of Black people, the murders at an Orlando gay nightclub, international politics such as in the Middle East, or the 2016 Election campaign’s violent and incendiary rhetoric.
September 18, 2016
Opinion
Educational Privilege and Being Caught in the Middle
I can’t always cash in on this privilege due to racial inequities, and sometimes gender inequities, but being highly educated and at an elite university does benefit me and loved ones on occasion.
November 24, 2014
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