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Family Voices: Building Pathways from Learning to Meaningful Work

Black Faculty Are Vastly Underrepresented at Southern Colleges and Universities

New data shows that the level of Black, Hispanic, and other underrepresented college faculty members is not keeping pace with the changing student demographics in many states.

The data shows that only 9.2 percent of full- and part-time faculty members were Black at public four-year institutions in the 16-state region of the Southern Regional Education Board in 2017-18, the latest year data is available.

In those same public four-year colleges and universities, 17.9 percent of undergraduate students were Black. White faculty members were substantially overrepresented when compared to the undergraduate enrollments of their states. The report also breaks out statistics for the 16 states in the region.

Strengthening the Philanthropic Evaluation Field

Working to Learn: New Research on Connecting Education and Career

Investing in the Power of Young People: 20 Years of Philanthropic Support for Youth Organizing

This report evaluates the critical role philanthropy has played in shoring up a youth organizing field poised to meet the multiple challenges of this moment. This report is part of FCYO’s 2020 National Youth Organizing Field Scan, a series of four reports that together offer an  in-depth look into a field that has grown in significant ways over the last two decades.

What to Expect as Gen Z Starts to Parent

How the future will unfold for today’s young children depends on a wide range of factors: climate change, technological developments, economic shifts, among others. But another primary influence will be much closer to home: the values, priorities and expectations of their parents and the choices that they make as a result. This brief explores the Gen Z generation in the United States and how these parents might approach the timeless act of parenting.