Beninese professor at Princeton works to increase the number of African American economists

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Yeah, there need to be more black economists! Salute this man!

 

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From the beginning until roughly 2:34, he addresses racial bias.

Spoiler: About Dr. Spriggs

He is one of the leading economists in the country, and was the Asst. Secretary for Policy-Dept. of Labor in the Obama administration.

He is African American, in fact his dissertation was "Afro American Wealth Accumulation Virginia 1900-1914"

Economists must remove racial biases from their profession, AFL-CIO chief economist says
Jul 24 2020
How to remove racial bias from economics, according to AFL-CIO economist.
Key Points

• William Spriggs, chief economist to the AFL-CIO, said economists’ models and assumptions often include racist ideas that perpetuate inequality.
• Spriggs said he hopes this can be a “teachable moment” for the profession.
• In an open letter earlier this month, Spriggs urged fellow economists to rethink how they study racial disparities.

Economists must do “a huge amount of work” to eliminate racial biases from their profession, according to the AFL-CIO’s chief economist.

In a CNBC interview, William Spriggs said economists’ models and assumptions often include racist ideas that perpetuate inequality.

“The polite way of looking at it is that somehow Black workers or Hispanic workers are deficient,” Spriggs said. “So the view is projected, well, they’re high unemployment, that’s because they’re deficient.”

Companies and policymakers have been reevaluating how to address systemic racism in the American economy since the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. Spriggs, who is also an economics professor at Howard University, said he hopes this can be a “teachable moment” for his profession.

In an open letter earlier this month, Spriggs urged colleagues to rethink how they study racial disparities and to question institutions that reinforce economic inequality.

“We ignore the constructs that our society has created,” he told CNBC. “The purpose of those constructs are to create inequality. That naivety, it’s painful if you’re a Black economist to listen to people think of the world in this way.”

Economists and policymakers have been increasingly pointing to the economic harm of social and racial inequality as the coronavirus pandemic has hit minorities especially hard. Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said earlier this month systemic racism is a “yoke that drags on the American economy.”

“Our policymaking has to consider diversity of the workforce,” Spriggs said.

 

[Kenny West]

From the beginning until roughly 2:34, he addresses racial bias.

Spoiler: About Dr. Spriggs

He is one of the leading economists in the country, and was the Asst. Secretary for Policy-Dept. of Labor in the Obama administration.

He is African American, in fact his dissertation was "Afro American Wealth Accumulation Virginia 1900-1914"

Economists must remove racial biases from their profession, AFL-CIO chief economist says
Jul 24 2020
How to remove racial bias from economics, according to AFL-CIO economist.
Key Points

• William Spriggs, chief economist to the AFL-CIO, said economists’ models and assumptions often include racist ideas that perpetuate inequality.
• Spriggs said he hopes this can be a “teachable moment” for the profession.
• In an open letter earlier this month, Spriggs urged fellow economists to rethink how they study racial disparities.

Economists must do “a huge amount of work” to eliminate racial biases from their profession, according to the AFL-CIO’s chief economist.

In a CNBC interview, William Spriggs said economists’ models and assumptions often include racist ideas that perpetuate inequality.

“The polite way of looking at it is that somehow Black workers or Hispanic workers are deficient,” Spriggs said. “So the view is projected, well, they’re high unemployment, that’s because they’re deficient.”

Companies and policymakers have been reevaluating how to address systemic racism in the American economy since the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. Spriggs, who is also an economics professor at Howard University, said he hopes this can be a “teachable moment” for his profession.

In an open letter earlier this month, Spriggs urged colleagues to rethink how they study racial disparities and to question institutions that reinforce economic inequality.

“We ignore the constructs that our society has created,” he told CNBC. “The purpose of those constructs are to create inequality. That naivety, it’s painful if you’re a Black economist to listen to people think of the world in this way.”

Economists and policymakers have been increasingly pointing to the economic harm of social and racial inequality as the coronavirus pandemic has hit minorities especially hard. Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said earlier this month systemic racism is a “yoke that drags on the American economy.”

“Our policymaking has to consider diversity of the workforce,” Spriggs said.

He's definitely hip

Loving the idea. Already got "get money" engraved in the culture. Why not a mastery of money as well?

 

[MajesticLion]

Why isn't he doing this at an HBCU






Sorry, I got my script late.

 

[Peak]

Wantchekon leads new effort to propel Black students into top economics Ph.D. programs
Delaney Parrish, Department of Economics
Aug. 20, 2020


Leonard Wantchekon


In 2014, Princeton professor Leonard Wantchekon opened the doors to what is now one of the top-ranked economics programs in Africa. Today, the African School of Economics (ASE), with campuses in Benin and Côte d’Ivoire, offers several undergraduate degrees, four master’s degrees, a Ph.D. program and a pre-doctoral program, all aimed at providing “a greater voice to African researchers and entrepreneurs in the debate over the continent’s development.”

Now, Wantchekon, a professor of politics and international affairs, is bringing his experience building academic pipelines in Africa to universities in the United States. This month, he announced a new partnership between ASE and Hunter College in New York City that, through a collaboration with Princeton University, will take direct aim at the underrepresentation of Black and minority students in the field of economics. Though African Americans make up 12.6% of the U.S. population, only 3.3% of U.S. citizens and permanent residents who earned a Ph.D. in economics in 2017 were Black or African American. As of May of 2018, Black economists made up only 1.2% of faculty in the top 20 economics departments in the U.S.

Through the new initiative, which focuses on enrollment and programming within Hunter College’s master’s program in economics, Wantchekon and his partners hope to create a deep pool of students prepared to earn admissions at top Ph.D. programs, including at Princeton.

“We complain about lack of diversity [in the field], but it’s not just about demanding it,” Wantchekon said. “We have to be supplying it. We have to say ‘It’s on me, as well.’”

In addition to working with Princeton economics faculty on the Hunter College campus, students will be given the opportunity to take classes at Princeton, as well.

“We’ve heard a lot of enthusiasm from our faculty about the initiative,” said Wolfgang Pesendorfer, chair of the Department of Economics at Princeton where he is the Theodore A. Wells ’29 Professor of Economics. “From the start we’ve been proud to support this effort by Leonard and his partners at Hunter College, and we look forward to contributing as instructors, researchers, mentors and more.”

Addressing the core pipeline problem
Since its founding six years ago, ASE has launched 20 of its students into competitive Ph.D. programs in the United States and Europe. Having developed an impressive proof of concept in West Africa, Wantchekon feels confident those learnings can inform the new collaboration in the United States.

One significant part of the pipeline problem in economics, Wantchekon says, is the rigorous quantitative training required to be admitted to top economics Ph.D. programs. While some undergraduate students at leading research universities in the U.S. have access to the type of graduate-level coursework required, many don’t. And even within undergraduate economics programs at these institutions, where many students receive this training or mentorship, enrollment of Black students remains stubbornly low. If we rely on these feeder systems to diversify the field, he says, progress will be slow, if it happens at all.

“We have to create a conduit for these students who didn’t go to top-tier research universities. Top economics Ph.D. programs have one Black student every four to five years, but they should have two or three every single year.”


“African American representation in the field is important, and Harlem is the place to make it happen.” — Leonard Wantchekon

When it comes to building a community where underrepresented students can thrive, location matters, according to Wantchekon. In his discussions of the project, Wantchekon stressed the importance of the program’s new campus in Harlem, which he sees as the cultural capital of the African diaspora in the United States.

“The more I thought about it, the more I realized what Harlem means for the African diaspora and the African American community. The political, cultural and social history of African Americans happens, In large part, in Harlem. African American representation in the field is important, and Harlem is the place to make it happen.” Location, he says, is one part of what made working with Hunter College so attractive.

Wantchekon wants students in the new program to embrace their culture and experiences and use them to strengthen their research and contributions to the field.

“For minority students applying to a Ph.D. program, they need math, econometrics and theory. But they also bring in-depth knowledge of the African American and African diaspora experience.” This knowledge is important to the field, he says, and should be nurtured.

Wantchekon also hopes the location will help underrepresented students build a community they can rely on for ongoing support throughout their career.

“Not only will students be trained at the very highest level, but there will be a strong cohort effect. Instead of being the only Black student in your program, you’ll be one of 20, 30 or 40. Support will be provided both inside and outside the classroom, academically, but also socially and culturally.”

While recruitment for the new program will aim to admit at least half of its students from schools in the United States, including historically Black colleges and universities, it will also aim to increase diversity among international students in economics by recruiting Black students and other minorities from Latin America, particularly from Brazil and Colombia, and elsewhere around the globe.

Next steps
The new program will be up and running by fall 2021, with the first students admitted next spring and beginning preparatory work in the summer.

But importantly, Wantchekon notes that the new program is just a first step in his broader plan for addressing the pipeline issue. He sees many more possibilities, in the future, to continue strengthening the collaboration between Princeton and the program at Hunter College.

“Maybe in several years, we’ll have sent 40 or 50 underrepresented students to competitive Ph.D. programs. Think what a difference we can make. And if others get inspired and create similar programs around the country, then we can have several Black students in top Ph.D. programs every year.”


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Black men tryna make a difference

 

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Uppin

 

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Uppin

this is part of a series of posts.
Deliberately titled to challenge notions that people want to believe.

The latest in the series was posted yesterday

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/afr...yer-advocates-for-nigerian-christians.809133/

 

[BigBrown21]

My man is doing great work. I am an Economics major!

 

[Jammer22]

Interesting. Hope they get large numbers of students.

 

[Conan]

Economics PhDs are the key. That pipeline should be made known to more black people. Can't have these cacs who don't know shyt about racial issues dictating "race-blind" economic policies.

 

[The Solid One]

Only two pages

 

[LordOfTheTalentedAndLazy]

nikkas get reaaaal quiet when threads like this pop up. This thread would have 100 posts by now if it was something negative.

Real shyt. Man is making real tangible changes and nobody here gives a fukk. Two pages and the shyt drops off completely.

But let some clown that writes on a TV show tweet akata tho, 25+ pages of stereotypes and finger pointing

Been noticed how many clowns there are on here, that's why I'm seldom on here anymore, I just like to get a quick glimpse of what folks are talking about and be out.

Too many people on here living for controversy and division.

 

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UPDATE


The Hunter College and ASE Masters in Economics
26 January 21
A bold initiative to boost diversity and inclusion in graduate education

Hunter College and the African School of Economics are pleased invite applications for admission to their Masters in Economics for the 2020-21 academic year.

This Masters is part of the Hunter African School Program to Expand Representation in Economics, a collaborative initiative between to the two schools that aims at training and mentoring talented Black and other minority students. The program is designed to prepare them for acceptance and success in America’s prestigious PhD programs in Economics and Public Policy.

The formal coursework will culminate in Masters degrees from Hunter College, CUNY and from the African School in Economics (ASE). In addition, participants will be provided mentoring, workshops and research opportunities, including at partner institutions. Recognizing that some talented students may prefer careers after terminal masters degrees, the program will provide the flexibility to compete for positions at prestigious firms and organizations.

The curriculum is designed to be completed in 2 years – see the course map below. Prior to the formal start of the program in the Fall, students will participate in a 2-week Math Camp in August alongside other introductory activities. Beginning in the eighth week of the Fall and Spring semesters of the first year, supplemental lectures by leading scholars will enhance the curriculum in core subjects.

Over the course of the program, top scholars from partner institutions will bring their expertise to the offerings. In the summer at the end of the first year, students will have the opportunity to participate in GRE training, and writing and research workshops. The research workshop is designed with two explicit goals – to provide students with the necessary skills to write a research paper (thesis) and to give the experience needed to succeed in research internship opportunities. The Fall semester of the second year will involve additional skill-building coursework and formal thesis work. In the final semester of the program, all participants will engage in research supervised by faculty at Hunter College, the African School of Economics, and our partner institutions. Students will also have the opportunity to study abroad in their last semester at an ASE campus in Benin or Côte d’Ivoire.




Participating Faculty
Temisan Agbeyegbe (Hunter)
Mark Aguiar (Princeton)
Natalie Bachas (Princeton)
Karna Basu (Hunter)
Dirk Bergmann (Yale)
Renee Bowen (UCSD)
Alessandra Cassela (Columbia)
Mattias Cattaneo (Princeton)
Ying Chen (Johns Hopkins) Jonathan Conning (Hunter)
Janet Currie (Princeton)
Partha Deb (Hunter)
Monica Deza (Hunter)
Ian Heffernan (ASE)
Bo Honoré (Princeton)
Atif Mian (Princeton)
Karim Nchare (ASE)
Gábor Nyéki (ASE) Nathan Nunn (Harvard)
Jessica van Parys (Hunter)
Sangeeta Pratap (Hunter)
Mahlet Tadesse (Georgetown)
Lucienne Talba (ASE)
Rocio Titiunik (Princeton)
Leonard Wantchekon (Princeton)
Dean Yang (Michigan)