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Harvard Named World’s Best University for the 9th Year in a Row News

Harvard Named World’s Best University for the 9th Year in a Row

In this article for Yahoo News, Aarthi Swaminathan discusses how college rankings can be misleading.…

Nuo TianJune 9, 2020

Can the Racial and Economic Justice Movement Help Advance Equity in Higher Education? News

Can the Racial and Economic Justice Movement Help Advance Equity in Higher Education?

In this Diverse Issues in Higher Ed article, Yves Salomon-Fernández discusses the importance of higher…

Nuo TianJune 9, 2020

Racial Gaps in Lost Employment Income Divide Americans in the COVID-19 Downturn 2021 Covid Post

Racial Gaps in Lost Employment Income Divide Americans in the COVID-19 Downturn

Frank ZhangJune 8, 2020

Texas Woman’s University Expands Dual Nursing Program to Second Community College News

Texas Woman’s University Expands Dual Nursing Program to Second Community College

Sarah Wood writes for Diverse Issues in Higher Ed about how Texas Woman’s University expanded…

Nuo TianJune 7, 2020

Virus Exposes Sharp Economic Divide: College vs. Non-College News

Virus Exposes Sharp Economic Divide: College vs. Non-College

In this AP News article, Josh Boak discusses how COVID-19 exposed an economic divide between…

Nuo TianJune 6, 2020

As New Data Shows Early Signs of Economic Recovery, Black Workers Are Being Left Out News

As New Data Shows Early Signs of Economic Recovery, Black Workers Are Being Left Out

Nate Rattner and Tucker Higgins write for CNBC about how the gains of an economic…

Nuo TianJune 5, 2020

A Degree Doesn’t Buy Privilege for Black Graduates News

A Degree Doesn’t Buy Privilege for Black Graduates

In this Bloomberg article, Donald Moore discusses how a college education does not prevent discrimination…

Nuo TianJune 5, 2020

Jobs Will Return Slowly After Pandemic Subsides 2021 Covid Post

Jobs Will Return Slowly After Pandemic Subsides

Frank ZhangJune 5, 2020

Black Americans Suffer From Generations of Economic Marginalization News

Black Americans Suffer From Generations of Economic Marginalization

Chris Stein writes for AFP about the inequality and economic marginalization that Black people still…

Frank ZhangJune 4, 2020