Social accounting includes looking beyond the bare numbers of racial diversity

By Earl Lewis, Director and Founder, Center for Social Solutions, Professor of History, Afroamerican and African Studies, and public policy, University of Michigan
Nancy Cantor, Chancellor, Rutgers University - Newark

Editor’s note: From time to time, The Conversation asks leaders in America’s colleges and universities to address some of the most pressing issues in our nation. Here we ask Earl Lewis, director and founder of the University of Michigan’s Center for Social Solutions, and Nancy Cantor, chancellor of Rutgers University – Newark, a diverse, urban public research university,…

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~	Yemen: Houthi Landmines Claim Lives, Livelihoods

~	Argentina: Reconsider Supreme Court Nominations

~	The Vatican is cracking down on miracles. Here are the new rules for ‘supernatural’ occurrences

~	It’s not just retiring athletes who need mental health support – young sportspeople need it, too

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~	Singapore Doubles Down on Executions

~	Why the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion is a bad deal for Canadians — and the world

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