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Hechinger Report: U.S. Education Opportunity Gap

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Low Numbers, Low Awareness For Support Programs Dampen University Of Iowa Experience For Many Minority Students

By Lyle Muller | May 3, 2018

The University of Iowa has services and programming to help African American and Latino students feel welcome but a lot of those students don’t know about them, students at a Thursday night IowaWatch/KCRG-TV9 public forum on diversity at the university said. Meantime, these students struggle to exist in a predominantly white campus, African American and Latino students at the forum said. “When you think of universities, you think of white spaces,” Kimberly Chexnayder, a senior from Kansas City, Missouri, said. “It’s so hard for white people to think about their own privileges.” ?

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Panelists for ‘Diversity Reality at Iowa: The Truth Behind the Statistics’

By Rosemary Adams | May 3, 2018

Panelists for a May 3, 2018, IowaWatch public forum, Diversity Reality at Iowa: The Truth Behind the Statistics, came from a variety of backgrounds. Here they are.

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Public Forum at 7 p.m. – Diversity Reality At Iowa: The Truth Behind The Statistics

By Rosemary Adams | April 17, 2018

UPDATE: IowaWatch reporter Maria Curi and KCRG-TV9 reporter Forrest Saunders will moderate the May 3 forum. 5/2/18

IowaWatch will host a public forum in Iowa City to explore ways the University of Iowa can be more inviting to Latino and African American students. The forum, called “Diversity Reality at Iowa: The Truth Behind the Statistics,” is to take place on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at the University Capitol Center in Room 1117, which is located in the Old Capitol Town Center in downtown Iowa City. It will begin at 7 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m. and is open to the public. KCRG-TV 9 is a media partner for this event.

minority college enrollment

Work Remains In University of Iowa’s Effort To Support African-Americans and Latinos, Students Say

By Lauren Wade and Maria Curi | January 29, 2018

A new Hechinger Report study shows many flagship universities across the country have low enrollment of African-American and Latino students, yet the University of Iowa shows a slight rise in first-time degree-seeking students from those minority populations. That doesn’t mean work still needs to be done for better diversity, students interviewed said.

Hechinger Report: U.S. Education Opportunity Gap

Many State Flagship Universities Are Leaving Black And Latino Students Behind

By Meredith Kolodner/The Hechinger Report | January 29, 2018

Many of the nation’s best public universities are enrolling disproportionately few African-American and Latino students, a new analysis shows. The Hechinger Report reveals the gap’s extent.

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