HxA Event: "Class Matters” with Richard Kahlenberg

Event Title:
“Class Matters” - A Conversation with Richard Kahlenberg about His Latest Book

How to Watch:
This online event is FREE but you'll need to register to get the Zoom link in your email (check your Junk folder if you don't see it):
https://heterodoxacademy.org/events/class-matters-a-conversation-with-richard-kahlenberg-about-his-latest-book/

Event Topic:
What is the fairest path to building real diversity in higher education? Join Heterodox Academy (HxA) for a conversation with Richard Kahlenberg about his latest book, Class Matters: The Fight to Get Beyond Race Preferences, Reduce Inequality, and Build Real Diversity at America’s Colleges. Kahlenberg, who directs the American Identity Project at the Progressive Policy Institute and teaches at George Washington University, argues that focusing on class rather than race in college admissions is the key to expanding opportunity, reducing inequality, and strengthening fairness in higher education. Drawing on decades of research and personal experience, he shows how shifting the lens from race to class can both broaden diversity and address America’s widening economic divides.

Moderated by Nicole Barbaro Simovski, this virtual pop-up event will explore core themes of Kahlenberg’s book, including:

• Why class-based admissions policies may better serve equity and diversity goals
• How current approaches mask systemic advantages for the wealthy
• The implications of the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision ending racial preferences
• What a new framework for fairness in higher education could look like

This 60-minute webinar will preview key insights from the book and include time for audience Q&A and discussion. Register now to secure your spot!

About the Speakers:
* Richard Kahlenberg is Director of Housing Policy and Director of the American Identity Project at the Progressive Policy Institute and a professorial lecturer George Washington University's Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. His past books include Excluded: How Snob Zoning, NIMBYism, and Class Bias Build the Walls We Don't See (2023) and A Smarter Charter: Finding What Works for Charter Schools and Public Education (with Halley Potter, 2014).
* Kahlenberg will be joined in conversation by Nicole Barbaro Simovski, Director of Communications, Marketing, and Events at HxA. Simovski has a PhD in experimental psychology with a specialization in evolution and human development from Oakland University in Michigan and is the creator of Bookmarked Reads, a Substack newsletter that features reviews of non-fiction books on topics including science, education, current affairs, history, and interesting people.

About the Event Host:
The Heterodox Academy (HxA) is a nonpartisan collaborative of thousands of professors, administrators, and students committed to enhancing the quality of research and education by promoting open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement in institutions of higher learning. It was founded in 2015 by Jonathan Haidt, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia, Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, a Georgetown University law professor, and Chris Martin, an Emory University sociologist.
To learn more about their mission, go to https://heterodoxacademy.org/our-mission/