A Critical Analysis of Higher Education Reparations at Universities Founded Pre–Civil War

• In Event: Troubling Perceptions of Organizational Barriers to Access

Abstract

Many higher education institutions with histories of slavery are grappling with the idea of reparations to help amend their respective racist violent histories. This study examines the various forms of higher education reparations institutions are proposing/recommending and explores institutional characteristics and state contexts that predict institutional engagement in reparations. Implications of the findings for the higher education reparations movement are discussed.

Authors

• Juan Carlos Garibay, University of Virginia

• Amalia Z. Dache, University of Pennsylvania

• Christian P.L. West, University of Virginia

• Christopher Lee Mathis, University of Virginia