Tag / socioeconomic diversity
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A Tale of Two Cities
The Delmar Divide stands as a ghost of its racial history. The phrase, coined to find a way to summarize revealing census data showing a wide disparity marked by the street of the same name, signifies St. Louis’s understanding of its most economically divided area. But the phrase also imparts an incomplete view of not…
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A Story of Subways and MetroLinks
I followed my mother urgently onto the platform, through the crowds of fast-moving stiletto heels, backpacks, strollers, briefcases and scrubs that were always running late. I concentrated on staying close behind while simultaneously taking attentive mental photographs of my surroundings: right turn off the train, to the stairs labeled with an “uptown” sign, turn right…
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Dear Colleges: Pause the Construction
Last spring, I sat outside of Mallinckrodt during Alumni Weekend, and a woman passed by with her children. Her sons ran ahead, and I heard her say to her husband, “I don’t know what this building is. Campus looks so different now.” As they wandered away, I marveled at the thought of how our small…
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Prioritizing the Accessibility of a Wash U Education
A WU/FUSED EDITORIAL In August 2013, the White House announced a plan for a new college rating system based on accessibility, affordability, and graduation(?) outcomes. The rankings, which would serve as a basis for federal allocations of student aid, would use metrics such as tuition affordability, percent of students receiving Pell grants, loan debt, graduation…
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Survey Reveals Divide in Student Priorities Along Class Lines
BY SONYA SCHOENBERGER In January 2013, Washington University United for Socioeconomic Diversity (WU/FUSED) surveyed the Wash U student body to gauge levels and perceptions of socioeconomic diversity on campus. The survey, which received 275 undergraduate responses (about 5% of the student body), revealed that Wash U students acknowledge the lack of socioeconomic diversity on campus,…
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RE: A Message from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton
BY SONYA SCHOENBERGER AND GABE RUBIN On August 7th, Washington University students awoke to an email with a subject line bound to get their hearts pumping: “A Message from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.” Wrighton’s message, published in The Record, came a week after an article in the New York Times singled out Washington University for its low percentage of Pell Grant recipients. The Times article quoted…
