2020 Laureate · Higher Education
Estela Mara Bensimon
Founder & Director, Center for Urban Education
University Professor & Dean’s Professor in Educational Equity
Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California
Citation
Recipient of the 2020 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education — Higher Education.
Biography
Estela Mara Bensimon has devoted her career to racial and gender equity in higher education. Founder and director of the Center for Urban Education at USC's Rossier School of Education, she created the Equity Scorecard, a tool used by campuses nationwide to close outcome gaps, and co-authored 'From Equity Talk to Equity Walk.'
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