In this Brief, we discuss how Lumina Foundation’s Community Partnership for Attainment (CPA) communities have interpreted equity, and discuss what other communities, funders, educators, and community-change stakeholders can learn from their experiences.
Launched in 2013, Lumina Foundation’s Community Partnership for Attainment (CPA) initiative aimed to deepen the impact of cross-sector, place-based efforts to increase higher education attainment in communities and cities across the country. This brief draws from data collected through interviews with representatives from all 75 communities shortly after receiving CPA funding, visits to 14 communities, and follow-up interviews with 10 communities focused specifically on the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We conclude the Brief with recommendations about how to deepen the conversation about the diversity, equity, and inclusion imperative in postsecondary, community, and systems change efforts.
