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  • "Equity is...

    a caring way of thinking, acting and distributing resources."

  • "Equity is...

    color conscious policies, practices and leadership."

  • "Equity is ...

    obtaining equal outcomes."

  • "Equity is...

    not synonymous with equality."

  • CUE Co-Director, Estela Mara Bensimon

    CUE Co-Director, Estela Mara Bensimon

    Equity is more than a buzzword for Estela Mara Bensimon. A professor at the USC Rossier School

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  • CUE Co-Director, Alicia C. Dowd

    CUE Co-Director, Alicia C. Dowd

    “What can and should colleges and universities do to reduce social and economic inequities?” A research agenda

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Welcome

Thank you for visiting our website! We hope it gives you a clear sense of our values and how you can use our work to achieve equity on your campus. We are dedicated to conducting research that makes a difference. We’ve pioneered the CUE Equity Model, a multi-faceted framework and set of tools used to conduct equity-based inquiry that is helping higher education institutions across the country become more accountable to students from underserved racial and ethnic communities.

If you have any questions, please give us a call at (213) 740-5202 or email us at rossier.cue@usc.edu.

The Center for Urban Education (CUE) leads socially conscious research and develops tools needed for institutions of higher education to produce equity in student outcomes.

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