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Race
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Florida plans to ‘curb’ diversity efforts at colleges, universities, Nunez says
Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez made clear why schools were asked to detail how much they spend on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
What’s missing from the conversation about HBCUs?
Much of the conversation centered on the context that’s missing from public dialogue and media coverage about historically Black colleges and universities.
What I learned on the race and equity beat this year
On complicated systems, barriers to careers, and the disproportionate effects of student debt.
How the student loan system harms vulnerable borrowers
Black borrowers are more likely to default on their loans and carry larger debt loads than white borrowers.
Medical, theater faculty team up to tackle racism in health care
The University of Texas at El Paso and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso are using role-playing exercises to train health care providers to deal with discrimination.
Helping students find belonging — and stay enrolled
Ensuring that students can navigate college and stay enrolled depends a lot on how comfortable they feel academically, particularly early on.
DEI expert says ‘there’s no proxy for race’ in admissions
The race-conscious admissions cases matter as we consider how the public views higher ed.
Fairness, race, and the battles over admissions
The Supreme Court is poised to consider affirmative-action cases, at a time when a majority of Americans oppose race-conscious admissions.
What I learned from Rafael
His story sheds light on the crisis of rural advising, the problem of low expectations, the challenges facing farm worker families, and the many costs that get in students' way.
Rafael expected he would go to a university — the system never did
Educators put him on a non-university path. His public charter school never questioned it. And it was only a few months before graduation that he learned just how far behind he was.