Why Higher Education is Failing to Close The Racial Wealth Gap

This entry was posted on 09.16.21, in Commentary, Diversity, Students. Bookmark the permalink.

For all too many Black students, a college degree isn’t a ticket into the middle class….As our society engages in a historic reckoning over its persistent racial disparities — in employment, income, healthcare, life span, on-time high school graduation, homeownership, incarceration, political representation, poverty rates, school suspensions and wealth — we, in the academy need to take a close, critical look at our own house. Continue Reading.