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Game Changers: What can be done to address educational equity in the US?

Interview date: February, 2021
Interview date: February, 2021
Key takeaways
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Henning Stein (Head of Global Thought Leadership, Invesco) joins Raphael Bostic (President, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlant ) and Deborah Bial (Founder and President, Posse Foundation) to explore the wide-ranging effects of educational inequity on the US economy and innovative approaches to tackling this challenge.
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Students from under-represented backgrounds represent an enormous source of untapped potential for driving the US economy but accessing this talent requires universities to think differently about how they select and support their students.
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The COVID pandemic and the increased focus on social justice in the US and elsewhere have heightened awareness of educational inequity and opened the door to new opportunities to address it.

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