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June 20, 2025 | Blog Post | Kaelin Rapport

Harvard’s Leadership Has Fallen Short But Can Still Turn the Tide

Harvard’s actions will have consequences not just for the school or the Ivy League, but for institutions of higher education across the country,  including state schools, minority-serving institutions, and community colleges.

May 9, 2025 | Blog Post | Christian Collins

How the Education & Workforce Committee’s Reconciliation Bill Would Harm Students with Low Incomes

The details of this proposal make it clear that the GOP is sacrificing the future of the country for working people to fund planned tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy.

May 7, 2025 | Blog Post | Christian Collins

Standing Up for Academic Integrity Through Athletic Conferences

By Christian Collins Athletic conferences are arguably the greatest existing system of collaboration between universities. These conferences are specifically designed to foster partnerships between schools that otherwise compete against each other for students, funding, and survival. Of the nearly 5,900 total Title IV higher education…

April 9, 2025 | News Clip | Christian Collins

Trump threatens funding cuts for universities like Ohio State. How much cash is at stake?

By The Columbus Dispatch (Excerpt) “Christian Collins — a policy analyst with The Center for Law and Social Policy, a Washington, D.C.-based anti-poverty advocacy organization — said the vast majority of federal education spending is mandated by law, so pulling funding would require an act…

February 26, 2025 | News Clip | Christian Collins

How AI, federal job cuts could impact Black workforce

By Anna Kutz, Danielle Crenshaw (EXCERPT) “I feel that kind of the next large struggle for, especially the Black labor force in the country, is in these ongoing discussions around artificial intelligence and how it’ll impact the American workforce at large,” said Christian Collins, a policy…

February 25, 2025 | News Clip | Christian Collins

2025 Black History Month theme recognizes labor activists

By Anna Kutz, Danielle Crenshaw (EXCERPT) Two years ago, a policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy, Christian Collins, wrote, “Black labor is the cornerstone of U.S. global hegemony.” This year, he told NewsNation that’s as true as ever. The United States’ current…

February 5, 2025 | Blog Post | Christian Collins

The Entitlement to Black Labor Often Comes at the Cost of Black Humanity

Trigger Warning: This page contains references to themes which some individuals may find distressing, including suicide and harassment.  “The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery.” – W. E. B. Du Bois By Christian Collins Black…

October 9, 2024 | Blog Post | Christian Collins

A Framework to Reimagine Postsecondary Education 

CLASP collaborated with the Leadership Conference Education Fund to offer 100 specific strategies that federal and state policymakers and institutional leaders can adopt to ensure postsecondary educational access for all students regardless of racial identity.  

March 19, 2024 | News Clip | Christian Collins

The Exploitation of Black Athletes

By Christian Collins (EXCERPT) This year’s National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) Division 1 (D1) men’s basketball championship takes place at a contradictory moment for Black male college students. The Supreme Court’s recent ruling banning race-conscious admissions laid bare how, except in limited environments like college athletics,…

February 14, 2024 | News Clip | Christian Collins

Op Ed: SCOTUS Ruling Disproportionately Impacts Opportunities for Black Males

By Christian Collins EXCERPT The rulings from the United States Supreme Court declaring race-conscious admissions policies unconstitutional are a warning that diversity, equity, and inclusion for Black males is only prioritized on playing fields and not in classrooms. Read the full op-ed here.

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