In this policy brief, Just Equations Executive Director Pamela Burdman and National Policy Director Melodie Baker examine how mathematics education can help resolve this historical exclusion and unequal placement of underrepresented students in higher education.
That means ensuring that access to college as well as to STEM careers is driven by students’ potential, not by their race or other background characteristics. So that math opportunity can also become the great equalizer.
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