Affirmative action is consistently challenged in court but often only examined from a US lens. Penn GSE’s Daniel Wagner suggests that by reviewing policies from other countries, the US could begin to build a more proactive system that increases equity in higher education.
Sydney Negus, GED’17, draws upon the intercultural perspective she honed at Penn GSE to conduct research and evaluate programs in The School District of Philadelphia.
Writing in Times Higher Education, Alan Ruby says that rising costs, visa issues, and Trump’s hardline talk on immigration are all discouraging international students from attending U.S. universities.
Gabrielle Oliveira’s nuanced and complex look at Mexican families, Motherhood Across Borders: Immigrants and Their Children in Mexico and New York, was awarded the first Ethnography in Education Book Award.