# How the higher education system fails Black educators

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxDayton
- Speaker: Faheem Curtis-Khidr
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/faheem_curtis_khidr_how_the_higher_education_system_fails_black_educators)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

History professor Faheem Curtis-Khidr envisions a world in which students can see themselves reflected in their educators. He makes an urgent case for instilling equity in every level of the university experience in order to retain Black educators, explaining why this is a vital step to making higher education more accessible to students of color.

## Lectures

1. [How the higher education system fails Black educators](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/faheem_curtis_khidr_how_the_higher_education_system_fails_black_educators/995871b3d1ee), 9 min (TED's player)