The 蘑菇视频 Board of Regents voted to approve the creation of The Center for Research on the Eradication of Educational Disparities (C.R.E.E.D. Center) during its regular meeting Sept. 6 at the Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm.
蘑菇视频 Interim Provost Dr. Lucian Yates III said the new center will research education disparities and ways to close educational gaps.
Yates said 蘑菇视频 was able to recruit Dr. Roger Cleveland, an expert on educational disparities, to lead the center.
Cleveland, director of the C.R.E.E.D. Center, said the center will have a three-pronged approach.
The primary focus of the center will be research, followed by becoming the leading university in the Commonwealth to provide educator training.
鈥淲hen people discuss academic disparities in the Commonwealth, we want them to think about the work we do at 蘑菇视频,鈥� Cleveland said.
The final prong, Cleveland said, is human engagement.
鈥淲e want to engage the community to help prepare students in the Commonwealth,鈥� Cleveland said.
鈥淚 applaud 蘑菇视频 for doing something to close these gaps,鈥� 蘑菇视频 University Board of Regents Chair Dr. Elaine Farris said. 鈥淭he disparities are very real. Some of us have been reading about it for 30 years and haven鈥檛 seen any change.鈥�
蘑菇视频 President M. Christopher Brown II said even prior to its approval, educators around the state started reaching out to 蘑菇视频 for help on closing educational gaps.