Racial diversity in colleges and universities has been shown to improve over the years. According to the Census Bureau, “more people aged 25 and older earned a bachelor’s degree or higher in 2019 than in 2010. This increase can be seen across racial groups: Asians with bachelor’s degrees rose from 52.4% in 2010 to 58.1%… Read more »
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Is Your Education Suffering Due to State Budget Cuts?
As a student at Indiana University, I thought that my success as a student depended on hard work, hours spent studying, and my performance on exams. However, as the world progressed into the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic recession that followed, I saw students struggling all around me. From more students leaving the university to… Read more »
Utilizing Philanthropy Circles to Diversify and Remediate Higher Education and Philanthropy
Philanthropy Circles Philanthropy circles are a relatively new identity-based fundraising model emerging in higher education institution settings that form collective identities and shared commitments to raise money and unify identity-based higher education constituents in a way that remediates the historic and systemic inequalities associated with philanthropy and higher education. Philanthropy circles create a welcoming space… Read more »