Education / Economic Diversity in Higher Education
Because the nation’s selective universities are far more open to upper-income students than other young adults, Century has focused on developing ideas for enabling less well-off students to attend and succeed in college.
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- Senior Fellow Richard D. Kahlenberg
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Richard D. Kahlenberg is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation and writes about education, equal opportunity, and civil rights.
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Richard D. Kahlenberg’s Commentary on Fisher v. Texas
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear Fisher v. Texas, the most recent legal challenge to affirmative action. Century Foundation... -
Affirmative Action for the Rich
Richard Kahlenberg authors a piece for New York Times "Room for Debate" on legacy preferences. -
Who Deserves a College Education?: Richard D. Kahlenberg Opening Remarks
In this event video, Senior Education Fellow at The Century Foundation, Richard Kahlenberg addresses the question at the heart of this discussion on socio-economic and racial affirmative action policies in higher education. -
Rewarding Strivers: Helping Low-Income Students Succeed in College
Richard Kahlenberg's PowerPoint presentation as keynote speaker at a University of Wisconsin conference on higher education. -
Affirmative Action for the Rich: Legacy Preferences in College Admissions
In Affirmative Action for the Rich: Legacy Preferences in College Admissions, a new book edited by Century Foundation senior fellow Richard D. Kahlenberg, addresses the questions that stem from this issue. -
From Safe Harbors to Student Loans
From safe harbors to student loans, Gordon MacInnes describes how the proposed regulations would put students’ interests before those of the for-profit industry. -
Rewarding Strivers
Today, higher education is a major force in promoting social mobility, yet colleges and universities seem more concerned with prestige than finding ways to make higher learning more accessible. Rewarding Strivers outlines two high-profile models that colleges and universities can follow in making the American Dream a realistic one for all students. -
America's Untapped Resource: Low-Income Students in Higher Education
A group of notable experts examine the substantial economic divide in higher education and discuss the ramifications of that divide.
Economic Diversity in Higher Education – All Content
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In The News: Admissions Go to CourtRichard Kahlenberg in the Harvard Crimson.May 24, 2012
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In The News: Food Stamps for the WealthyRichard Kahlenberg discusses higher education tax breaks in The Chronicle for Higher Education.Apr 30, 2012
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Apr 23, 2012
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Richard Kahlenberg quoted in Bloomberg BusinessWeek.Apr 20, 2012
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Americans value equal educational opportunity, but our system has always undercut that goal with housing, zoning, and school assignment policies...Apr 20, 2012
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In The News: The 2-Tier-Tuition ControversyRichard Kahlenberg's latest Chronicle of Higher Education blog post.Apr 16, 2012
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View clip of Richard Kahlenberg in a new documentary, highlighted by the New York Times.Apr 13, 2012
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Richard Kahlenberg quoted in U.S. News & World Report on TCF community college task force.Mar 23, 2012
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In The News: Abolish Tenure?Richard Kahlenberg's latest Chronicle of Higher Education blog post.Mar 22, 2012
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In The News: Community Colleges Should Cast a Wider NetTCF Community College task force featured in Tampa Bay Times.Mar 19, 2012
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In The News: Grappling With Class: An Unspoken DivideTCF research on higher ed economic inequality cited in Georgetown University's The Hoya.Mar 16, 2012
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In The News: Book Argues for Economically Diverse SchoolsEducation Week's Jackie Zubrzycki looks at the publication of The Future of School Integration: Socioeconomic Diversity as an Education Reform Strategy.Mar 15, 2012
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In The News: At Elite Colleges, Too Much Hubris?TCF's Community College Task Force member, Gail Mellow's Letter to the Editor is published in the New York Times. She is President of LaGuardia Community College.Mar 13, 2012
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In The News: The Reproduction of PrivilegeTCF's Rewarding Strivers chapter by Anthony Carnevale and Jeff Strohl cited in the New York Times.Mar 12, 2012
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In The News: Demographic Change in Community CollegesRichard Kahlenberg's latest Chronicle of Higher Education blog post.Mar 12, 2012
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In The News: Gloomy Outlook for Black America, Scholars ConcludeRichard Kahlenberg cited in Amsterdam News.Mar 9, 2012
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In The News: Case Renews Focus On Race In College AdmissionsRichard Kahlenberg interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered.Mar 2, 2012
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Richard Kahlenberg is quoted in Good Magazine.Feb 29, 2012
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In 2007, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down racial integration plans in Louisville and Seattle, many feared that school integration was dead. But today, more than 80 school districts educating some 4 million students have adopted programs to promote socioeconomic diversity in education. Advocates suggest this approach provides a legally viable way to achieve integrated schooling and, importantly, a powerful way to promote equal opportunity and improved outcomes for students. What are the benefits and costs of these programs to break up concentrations of poverty through public school choice? How logistically feasible is socioeconomic integration? Can it be made politically viable? Come hear a panel of experts talk about the cutting-edge research findings in the new publication from The Century Foundation The Future of School Integration: Socioeconomic Diversity as an Education Reform Strategy, edited by Richard D. Kahlenberg.Feb 23, 2012
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Richard Kahlenberg interviewed in Mother Jones article.Feb 23, 2012
