One of the most significant challenges facing education and business is the development of a diverse talent pipeline.
The Postsecondary Equity Network (PEN) is a coalition of the willing; a network of colleagues committed to creating a postsecondary education system that meets the needs of today’s increasingly diverse students. PEN supports colleges and universities in eliminating equity gaps in degree completion for students from low-income backgrounds who are Black, Hispanic or from rural communities.
MOCAN has conducted research to understand which Missouri institutions are enrolling and graduating students of color, and to understand their most effective success strategies. Using lessons from the Degrees with Less Debt research, the Postsecondary Equity Network provides two levels of support to postsecondary institutions:
1) Professional development to support the diverse leaders who are creating equitable practice, policy, and culture within the postsecondary education system; and
2) Training and resources on high-impact practices to faithfully implement effective student supports.
Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center
MOCAN is honored to be the first non-institutional partner in the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers. TRHT has the goal of erasing barriers to equal treatment and opportunity on campuses and in communities through a framework that works to dismantle a false narrative of a hierarchy of human value.
