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Racial Justice and Equity
The Next Phase of Placement Reform: Moving Toward Equity-Centered Practice
Aug. 17, 2022
Test-only placement systems are associated with inaccurate placement determinations that can perpetuate college achievement gaps by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. In response, colleges across the country are increasingly experimenting with and adopting alternative placement strategies that reduce the number of students assigned to prerequisite developmental education and increase access to college-level courses.
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Increasing Equity in College Student Experience

Findings From a National Collaborative

July 12, 2022
A multi-year national project focused on increasing student belonging and academic success has culminated in this report from the Student Experience Project outlining tangible interventions universities and colleges can implement.
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Greater Funding, Greater Needs

A Report on Funding for HBCUs

July 8, 2022
Historically Black colleges and universities have distinguished themselves over the past two years in the face of uncertainty and difficulty. They innovated to embrace remote learning and redirected funds to provide their students with much-needed support. And they received an outpouring of funding: The federal government has allocated more than $6.5 billion to HBCUs over…
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Latino Student Success

Advancing U.S. Educational Progress for All

July 7, 2022
For Latino students—the largest ethnic group in our nation’s schools—the pandemic threatened to undermine decades of steady educational progress. At the same time, many of the inequities in America’s schools that were present before the pandemic remain. For example, Latino students are less likely to attend a high-performing school than non-Latino white students, and Latinos…
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Resilient But Deeper in Student Debt: Women of Color Faced Greater Hardships Through COVID-19

Stories of the Impact of COVID-19 on Women’s Finances and Their Capacity to Repay Student Loans

June 28, 2022
Women carry about two-thirds of the $1.7 trillion of federal student debt, with Black women more than twice as likely as white men to owe more than $50,000 in undergraduate student loan debt. The COVID-19 crisis has only exacerbated the financially unstable positions of many women, according to a new report from the Center for…
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The State of Higher Education for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Californians
May 31, 2022
The future of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in the United States hinges critically on what happens in California. Not only is the Golden State a national trendsetter on educational policies that seek to advance equity, but California also plays an outsized role with respect to the fates of Asian American and NHPI…
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The Equation for Equality
March 22, 2022
As the tech industry continues to see a high demand for positions while also being plagued with skill shortages, a report from Emsi Burning Glass says women of color must be part of the conversation or be in consideration for these roles—especially with so many still looking for work and with many more already using…
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Factors That Jeopardize Postsecondary Enrollment and Success for Black Students in Florida

Summary Findings from a 2021 Survey by The Hope Center

Feb. 24, 2022
This report from the Helios Education Foundation identifies factors that influence postsecondary enrollment and success among Black students in Florida. The findings also reveal the extent to which the pandemic has exacerbated long-standing impediments to postsecondary access and attainment.
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Factors That Jeopardize Postsecondary Enrollment and Success for Black Students in Florida

Summary Findings From a 2021 Survey by The Hope Center

Feb. 24, 2022
This report from the Helios Education Foundation identifies factors that influence postsecondary enrollment and success among Black students in Florida. The findings also reveal the extent to which the pandemic has exacerbated long-standing impediments to postsecondary access and attainment.
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Indiana’s opportunity to repair the education-to-workforce pipeline

A report from Business Equity for Indy's Learning and Talent Opportunities Taskforce

Feb. 18, 2022
There are a variety of actions employers can take to make meaningful improvements in education and employment outcomes for Indiana’s Black population. This report provides options for small, medium and large employers, as well as accompanying policy recommendations
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