Toward a More Equitable Research Enterprise
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The recent Supreme Court rulings in the Harvard and University of North Carolina cases have renewed national conversations about equitable access to education. But these two court cases were not about access to education in general: they were instead about access to a small set of relatively rich institutions, institutions that receive the lion’s share of federal research dollars. Interest in those universities is high because they are believed to better prepare students for the future. To the extent that this is true, it shouldn’t be a surprise, for we as a nation have chosen to directly invest more heavily in those institutions than in thousands of other universities across the country.
Originally published: August 23, 2023
Author: Kim A. Wilcox
Position: Chancellor
Institution: University of California at Riverside
Published by: Inside Higher Ed