When Equity Changes Its Language, Who Gets Left Behind? (The EDU Ledger)

October 22, 2026 by EdTrust

“Kyla Hurns, a higher education policy analyst at EdTrust, worries that institutions are increasingly using socioeconomic characteristics as proxies for race, even though those characteristics do not capture the full range of Black students’ experiences.

“Low-income and first generation can make up Black students, but that doesn’t mean that’s all Black students,” Hurns said.”

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