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Education

Our academic programming views the learning pathway as part of a broader transdisciplinary framework of development and well-being. Conditions associated with education and youth development represent a problem space where persistent engagement and planning across political boundaries, health care providers, youth serving organizations, and educational institutions are critical.

Publications

Transforming the Elite: Black Students and the Desegregation of Private Schools
The Crisis of Race in Higher Education: A Day of Discovery and Dialogue Vol: 19
"Covenant Keeper": Derrick Bell’s Enduring Education Legacy Edited by William F. Tate
Using Past as Prologue: Contemporary Perspectives on African American Educational History Co-edited by Michelle A. Purdy

Recent News & Announcements

October 18, 2018
Professor Cindy Brantmeier is Co-Chair of the Danforth IRB Advisory Board for Washington University 2018-2019.
October 5, 2018
Professor Michelle Purdy in “What You Need to Know about Race and College Admissions” by Charlotte West, Teen Vogue
October 5, 2018
Professor Michelle Purdy in “What It Means to Check the “Race” Box on College Applications” by Charlotte West, Teen Vogue
October 4, 2018
Professor Andy Butler in “5 Tips for Using Multiple-Choice Tests to Bolster Learning” by Beckie Supiano The Chronicle of Higher Education
September 11, 2018
Professor Michelle A. Purdy Transforming the Elite: Black Students and the Desegregation of Private Schools
Book Talk Oct. 3 • 4:30 p.m. John M. Olin Library, Room 142
August 10, 2018
Professor Michelle Purdy's opinion piece published in the “Made by History” series in The Washington Post