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Ebony McGee, a Vanderbilt University associate professor who studies diversity in education, in her office at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College. McGee says black faculty at predominantly white institutions are either ignored or closely scrutinized. “They don’t want to stay in that toxic environment, so they leave.”

After colleges promised to increase it, hiring of black faculty declined

Data show the proportion of nonwhite faculty is far smaller than of nonwhite students

Divided We Learn

by  Matt Krupnick  – October 2, 2018

Black students default on college loans at a higher rate than others, study finds

Consequences can be severe for those who default

Higher Education

by  Delece Smith-Barrow  – September 21, 2018

Inclusive campuses

OPINION: Making campus diversity real — starting in kindergarten

We need to examine the full educational journey

Divided We Learn

by  Michael Cunningham  – September 18, 2018

Map to the Middle Class

The story of the future of work in America is one of deepening economic polarization. Good jobs are disappearing for people with only a high-school diploma, while wage and employment gains increasingly accrue to people with higher education.

One solution for boosting Latino graduation rates

A new initiative aims to increase the number of older, Latino student graduates

Higher Education

by  Delece Smith-Barrow  – September 14, 2018

Striking Tacoma Teachers walk a picket line, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, in front of Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Wash. Fights over teacher salaries and work conditions are escalating along the West Coast, and the disputes are particularly acute in Washington, a state that has infused at least $1 billion for teacher pay to resolve a long-running court battle.

COLUMN: Teachers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your pain!

Strikes can help ensure class cabinets are fully stocked

Race and Equity

by  Andre Perry  – September 12, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump listens to then-Director of Communications for the White House Public Liaison Office Omarosa Manigault during an event in the Oval Office of the White House October 24, 2017 in Washington, DC.

COLUMN: Good teachers use the N-word

But it's how they use it that makes all the difference

Race and Equity

by  Andre Perry  – August 21, 2018

Roosevelt Montás, who spoke no English when he arrived in New York City from the Dominican Republic at age 12, leads Columbia University’s Freedom and Citizenship summer program for New York high school students.

Reading, writing and arguing: Can a summer of big questions push students to college?

High school students get jump-start studying great books, philosophers

Higher Education

by  Matt Krupnick  – August 1, 2018

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Participants from the college’s Summer Bridge program traditionally leave their mark on campus in the school colors of black, purple and gold.

Can ‘work colleges’ in cities become a low-cost, high-value model for the future?

The nation’s first urban work college will open a second site in Texas and launch a work-college consortium

Divided We Learn

by  Delece Smith-Barrow  – July 26, 2018

COLUMN: Restorative justice is about more than just reducing suspensions

Psychologists are exploring how traditional disciplinary tactics fall short and why community-minded alternatives are worth exploring

Columnists

by  Daisy Yuhas  – July 25, 2018

Cleveland Browns head coach Hue Jackson watches during practice at the NFL football team's training camp facility, Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in Berea, Ohio.

COLUMN: Disrupting education, the NFL way

Hiring more black public school teachers helps students get to the goal line

Race and Equity

by  Andre Perry  – July 24, 2018

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