Radically Repositioning Our Urban Education

Our American system of higher education was designed to cater to the privileged few. But the ivory tower does not work for most. To counter our ongoing racial, socioeconomic, and gender equity gaps, we need to radically rethink who and how we educate. With so much at stake, I believe that the opportunities for higher education to create the kind of society that we aspire to in this country have never been greater.