HCM Releases New Policy Playbook to Demand Excellence in Higher Ed for Black Learners
LEVEL UP POLICY PLAYBOOK
The onus is not on Black learners. Every stakeholder must have a hand in combating enrollment decline, closing equity gaps, and supporting the overall success of Black learners holistically.
During the past 20 years, the American higher education system has lost an estimated 600,000 Black learners, a disproportionate and stark decline even before the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. When given equitable access to continued educational opportunities, Black students achieve upward economic mobility and academic and career success, and they contribute to meeting diverse workforce and economic needs. Today we call on postsecondary institutions, federal and state policymakers, and business and community leaders to work together to advance policy
This playbook is a call to action for key players—postsecondary institutions, state policymakers, federal policymakers, and community and business leaders—to uphold practices and policies that reinforce the value proposition of higher education for Black learners and dismantle the structures that function as barriers to Black learner success.
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