What we are reading July 13th, 2019

Article round up for July 13th, 2019


Michigan is one of the worst states for Black student enrollment and success the Detroit News reports here. The article compares the Black rate of public college enrollment to the Black general population.

The article on Michigan's under performance references a report by The Education Trust called "Broken Mirrors:Black Student Representation at Public State Colleges and Universities"

Here's the Link

It looks like the only states with large Black populations and Black public college enrollments are Massachusetts, New York and North Carolina.

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Pennsylvania's Great Working-Class Colleges

Pennsylvania is struggling with college affordability. The link is here.

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An old Study from 2006 in the Journal of Black in Higher Education found on 13 Black economists in Major Universities. Here's the link. We have to look for an update.


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California proposes legislation to classify contractors as employees

Salon has the story here.

An here is the court case that started the whole thing.

Gig Economy under pressure after California court ruling from San Francisco Chronicle. Link is here.

From April, 2018. The California's supreme court ruled that many contractors should be classified as employees.