Higher-education analysts say curricular changes must align with institutions’ missions and should be faculty-driven. If the centrality of attractive, affordable, and effective educational options helps propel students — particularly low-income and minority students — into satisfying and well-paying careers, then it is a powerful social-equity engine in and of itself.
This Chronicle issue brief explores why this is a moment of distinct urgency in helping students understand, cope with, and eventually improve their turbulent world. You'll learn how colleges are bringing issues of racial equity and justice into a variety of disciplines, among them criminal justice, public health, art and design, and even esports. |
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| Criminal Justice: What's it like to study and teach criminal justice in 2020 America. Public Health: Public-health experts and first-responders have been valorized since March. But while some health subfields continue to see the gains they did pre-pandemic, academic interest in health overall is not spiking. Journalism: Amid questions of identity, authority, and inequity, journalism professors are rethinking assumptions and traditions. |
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