In an op-ed for Inside Higher Ed, Ansley Abraham of the Southern Regional Education Board writes that the time is right for America’s colleges and universities “to reconstruct systems that have been unresponsive, unreceptive or hostile for many students and faculty of color.”
“As states face budget cuts during COVID-19 and after it subsides, the tendency might be to put this off again,” Abraham writes. “Too often, diversity initiatives are the first to fall when times are tight. We need to stop making that mistake. Instead, let’s make this a moment of historic and lasting change in higher education.”
Read Abraham’s full column here.