Proctor Report Series: Year of Equity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Marybeth Gasman | marybeth.gasman@gse.rutgers.edu | 848-932-0848
New Brunswick, N.J., August 22, 2024 – The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, & Justice (Proctor Institute) is proud to announce the completion of the Year of Equity series, a three-report research series examining equity in education, both at the K-12 and higher education levels.
The first report “Caring or Capitalizing: How HSIs Leverage Title V Funds, investigates how Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) use Title V funding and whether they prioritize Latinx students with grant activities. You can read this report here.
The second report, “Reframing College: Mexican American Students, Higher Education and Family Restorative Justice,” examines the impact of an early college program in San Luis, Arizona that prepares Mexican American, first-generation, college-going students for success in postsecondary education by reshaping their perspectives through family engagement and validation of Latinx scholarly identity. You can find this report here.
The third report is entitled “Wounded Healers: The Pandemic, Racial Battle Fatigue, and Higher Education in California.” This report examines the impact of the 2020 quadruple pandemic, a four-part interconnection of health crises, financial calamity, climate change, and racial violence, on the experiences of Black students, faculty, and staff in the California higher education systems. You can read this report here.
“This series allows us to focus our research efforts on equity and see the role it plays in different educational contexts,” said Marybeth Gasman, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University. “Giving this platform to scholars also allows us to see where strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities may lie in educational equity.”
Find the lastest report here.
About the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice
The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice (Proctor Institute) is a national center that focuses on issues of leadership, equity, and justice within the context of higher education. It brings together researchers, practitioners, and community members to work toward the common goals of diversifying leadership, enhancing equity, and fostering justice for all. The Proctor Institute is located at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, in the Graduate School of Education and, houses the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI). For more information about the Proctor Institute, please visit https://proctor.gse.rutgers.edu/.
