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Opinion | Student Success, College Affordability, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Reimagining access to college in Roxbury, Massachusetts 

Educators and policymakers have been talking about providing all students access to college and career pathways for decades. The impact of technical training and two-year and four-year degrees on earnings and generational change is undeniable. Yet, progress has been, at best, slow. In Roxbury, Massachusetts, we are trying something different. For…

MCQ. Issue 25
04/25/2022
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Student Success

Changing the Face of STEM

The University of Maryland-Baltimore County’s Meyerhoff Scholars Program celebrates 30 years of increasing representation in science and engineering Thirty years ago, Baltimore philanthropist Robert E. Meyerhoff came to then-University of Maryland-Baltimore County Vice Provost Freeman Hrabowski with the seed of an idea: to create a program that would enable all…

MCQ. Issue 14
07/23/2019
Student Success, College Affordability, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The President of the University of Maryland Baltimore Country on how to achieve “inclusive excellence”

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski is the embodiment of what he instills in his students. An African American who was a child leader in the civil rights movement, the self-described “math nerd” went on to become the President of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), an institution that leads the nation…

MCQ. Issue 12
01/11/2019
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