The transformative power of higher ed

By Stefanie Botelho. On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. 
Within seven days of King’s death, James Hester, president of New York University, who was moved to set educational inequality on a new path, announced he was opening the doors of the private school to as many black and Hispanic students from New York City public schools as $1M could support. More...