Removing financial burdens, or even making college free, doesn’t always remove other key obstacles to getting to college or staying there.
Naomi Harris
Open Campus national reporter covering the intersection of race and higher education.
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What students say about their pressing needs
A new survey of thousands of students at historically Black colleges gives us a clearer glimpse of just how acutely these past couple of years have affected them.
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The power of the village
National service has an important role to play in equity, says Michael Smith, the new CEO of AmeriCorps.
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What gets in the way
In San Joaquin County, California, only about one in five adults has a bachelor’s degree. We talked with students and former students there about their relationship with college.
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Where race and higher ed meet
The Build Back Better legislation would provide new funds for minority-serving institutions. Experts lay out the challenges those colleges face and what they hope new attention could help change.
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How can universities improve Black student representation? A Pitt professor offered a blueprint in the 1970s.
Jerome Taylor attracted Black students in psychology, a field badly in need of diversification, through mentoring, workshops, and collaboration.
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Point Park’s new president aims for progress on diversity, finances and — above all — graduation
Donald Green takes over in the wake of an uproar on campus over an attempt to lay off 17 faculty members. With new leadership, some professors are hopeful for change.
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Tenured positions in southwestern Pennsylvania are overwhelmingly white
As colleges and universities face demands to address racial inequities, there’s one stark gap at nearly every campus in the region.
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After layoff uproar at Point Park, faculty voice concerns about campus diversity and stability
The union that represents the faculty argued that the layoff notices in February “appeared to target members of minority groups, including women of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community.”
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Keeping a promise: Can colleges answer the calls to embrace Black students, staff, and faculty?
As universities respond to calls for reform, staff in diversity and inclusion offices can be a powerful connection between institutions that are often siloed and slow-moving and the students demanding changes in campus culture.