NYT recently reported on a new report from Brookings & the American Enterprise Institute on ending poverty. New reports on poverty come out all the time with little fanfare, but this one is different. The working group of authors come…
Read More38% of CUNY students live in a household with an income of less than $20,000. 42.2% of CUNY students are the first in their family to go to college. CUNY and other public universities, play a distinct role in advancing…
Read MoreSunny California boasts the top five colleges doing the most for low-income students according to the NYT’s College Access Index. The index is based on the share of students who receive Pell grants, the graduation rates of those students, and…
Read More9 miles apart, Tribeca and Central Harlem might as well be continents away. These two, iconic NYC neighborhoods house some of the city’s most cherished monuments; the Apollo Theater, the World Trade Center memorial, Abyssinian Baptist Church, Wall Street. But…
Read MoreWe have a winner! David from Brooklyn takes first prize for his photo: Glass Half Full or Half Empty. He explained that the photo represents that perceived disadvantages can also be opportunities. For example, a disability doesn’t have to hold someone back.…
Read MoreNew research from the Institute for Children, Poverty, & Homelessness finds a third of the 43,000 homeless children in grades K-5 attending NYC schools were chronically absent in the 2013-2014 school year. Even among their peers who receive free or…
Read MorePoverty-stricken, inner city kids have few creative outlets. School art programs are one of the places where they can be exposed to art and often the experience can be life-altering. But increasingly funding for arts programs is the first thing…
Read MoreInner city kids benefit immensely from exercise. The American Academy of Pediatrics recently studied high school females in New York and found that those who run and play sports are at lower risk of fighting and being in a gang.…
Read MoreThis Is What Equality Looks Like To Me – Photo Contest CUNY ISLG’s Equality Indicators team developed a framework for measuring equality in Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Justice, and Services. Equality, as we define it, is everyone having the same…
Read MoreScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S.T.E.M.) degree attainment is increasingly seen as necessary for competing in a 21st century global economy. Jobs of the future will largely fall into these categories. Yet there is a large gulf in achievement between…
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