Making Caring Common regularly publishes reports that examine barriers to caring and ways in which adults can help children overcome those barriers.

Posts tagged Access and Equity

Innovation and Justice: Reinventing Selective Colleges

COVID-19 has been disastrous for colleges across the country. But it has also created extraordinary opportunities to reshape a higher education system that is wildly inequitable and in dire need of reform.

A new white paper from Harvard’s Making Caring Common project makes the case that America’s selective colleges can and should educate far more—and far more diverse—students by doubling or even tripling their class size. Rather than gaining status from how few students they admit, these colleges should tout a far more just and democratic metric—how many students they educate.

College Admission, All ReportsAli CashinApril 27, 2021College Admission, Access and Equity

Do Parents Really Want School Integration?

Do parents really want school integration? The short answer is yes. Our research suggests that the vast majority of parents across political affiliation, race, class, and geographic region strongly favor schools that are racially and economically integrated. But unfortunately, this doesn’t translate into action. In districts where parents actually have a choice, schools tend to become more segregated, not less.

Bias, All Reports, K-12Ali CashinJanuary 29, 2020Parenting, K-12, Access and Equity

Turning the Tide: Inspiring Concern for Others and the Common Good Through College Admissions

It's time to say, "Enough."

Turning the Tide: Inspiring Concern for Others and the Common Good through College Admissions marks the first time in history that a broad coalition of college admissions offices have joined forces to collectively encourage high school students to focus on meaningful ethical and intellectual engagement. The report includes concrete recommendations to reshape the college admissions process and promote greater ethical engagement among aspiring students, reduce excessive achievement pressure, and level the playing field for economically disadvantaged students. It is the first step in a two-year campaign that seeks to substantially reshape the existing college admissions process.

College Admission, All ReportsAli CashinJanuary 20, 2016College Admission, Access and Equity, Moral and Ethical Development