E quity has become a familiar term on American college campuses in recent years, as well as a flash point in the nation’s culture wars. Centers for teaching and learning embrace it, as do institutes ...

A rising tide raises all boats. However, it is hard to guarantee equal outcomes in education when students are not starting from the same place, nor are they exposed to the same quality of instruction ...

Equity-based education, also referred to as educational equity or equity in education, has been implemented in schools across the country to give each student the opportunity to succeed, but critics ...

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In George Orwell’s allegorical novel Animal Farm, the animals conspire to take control of their farm from the uncaring humans. In the process, they attempt to avoid the typical horrible behavior of ...

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” – Audre Lorde With the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on Affirmative Action, I am ...

Senator Bernie Sanders (I) whipped up a myriad of reactions from the American right on Friday night with his appearance on Bill Maher’s Real Time on HBO. While Sanders sat with Maher for a one-on-one ...

The definition of equity in dictionaries is the quality of giving equal treatment to everyone while still acknowledging the differences between individuals. In this sense, equity means fairness in the ...