David Schoem is Director of the Michigan Community Scholars Program at the University of Michigan and a faculty member in Department of Sociology. Christine Modey is Director of the Peer Writing Consultant Program at the University of Michigan and a faculty member in the Sweetland Writing Center. Edward P. St. John is Algo D. Henderson Collegiate Professor of Education at the University of Michigan's Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education. He is interested in education, justice, and public policy. He serves as series editor for Readings on Equal Education and has received awards for his leadership from the Association for the Study of Higher Education and for scholarship from the National Association of Student Financial Aid. Beverly Daniel Tatum , PhD, is president emerita of Spelman College and in 2014 received the Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Psychology, the highest honor presented by the American Psychological Association. She is also the author of the forthcoming Why Are All the Black Kids Still Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race (Basic Books).