Opinion | A Future Beyond Affirmative Action: Banning Legacy Admissions in Higher Education to Promote Diversity
Student diversity in higher education has not been in more danger in the past 50 years. On June 29, 2023, the United States Supreme Court…
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Public Opinion Analysis – Banning Legacy Admission Process in Higher Education
Protecting Diverse Admissions in Higher Education Diversity in higher education is a big concern, more than ever following the 2023 United States Supreme Court…
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Power Analysis – Banning Legacy Admission Process in Higher Education
Executive Summary In 2023, the Supreme Court deemed race-conscious Affirmative Action unconstitutional in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc (SFFA) v Harvard and Students for Fair…
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What Comes After Race-Conscious Affirmative Action in Higher Education
The State of Diversity in Higher Education On June 29th, 2023, the Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious Affirmative Action in higher education admissions in Students…
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Opinion | Affirmative Action Rollback: Impact on First-Generation Low-Income Students in Elite Universities
From an early age, I was aware that my family had immigrated from Mexico in pursuit of better opportunities. My mother, along with her immediate…
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Promoting Education in a Conflict Zone: A policy recommendation to address illiteracy in rural communities in Afghanistan
Peace and Education Peace is the first and foremost need of the people in Afghanistan, and education is the key. Education is a missing building…
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Congress is Failing to Take Action on College Student Safety
Today student safety on college campuses revolves around the COVID-19 pandemic. But we cannot forget the dangers that our students faced before the pandemic and…
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Removing the Remedial Education Barrier to Community College Graduation
Less than 40% of community college students graduate within six years. A major barrier to community college graduation is remedial classes as these classes increase…
Read MoreDurham Bond Approvals Reveal National Finance Challenges
As North Carolinians anxiously await the final results of the governor’s race, Durham County residents have successfully passed four different bond referendums totaling $170 million…
Read MoreResearch Sheds Light on Risk Factors for Hispanic Students in North Carolina
With North Carolina’s changing demographics come changing classrooms. Research from three Duke professors shows special risk factors for Hispanic children in the state. The number…
Read MoreWhy We Need a National STEM Competition Just for Girls
When I was in the third grade, I invented a refrigerator. It was fancy for the time – it kept an inventory of everything inside,…
Read MoreLearning from Disappointment
A recent paper by Duke graduate student Peter McElroy surveys the literature on the Annenberg Challenge, a huge philanthropic school-reform initiative of the late 1990s,…
Read MoreFinancial Literacy Matters
British Prime Minister William Gladstone articulated the importance of finance in his famous quotes in 1858: “Finance is, as it were, the stomach of the…
Read MoreClosing Problematic Schools
School closure is increasingly being wielded as the ultimate punishment for traditional public schools that do not achieve results acceptable to society. In the public…
Read MoreImproving Urban Schools Through Access
Among the proposals thrown out by Mitt Romney at the first Presidential debate was an interesting take on school choice that would allow students to…
Read MoreCharter Schools: Proceed With Caution
“Guess what? I won the lottery!” My nine-year-old nephew grinned from ear-to-ear as he told me the news. You see, my nephew’s name was drawn…
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