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New Venture will bridge East Winston to power structures
The Chronicle
It’s six miles from East Winston to the sprawling Graylyn International Conference Center on Reynolda Road. At first blush to some, the distance might seem much more, that from blight to bright.
Increasingly refined data can pave way for upward economic mobility
The Chronicle
At Winston-Salem State University’s Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM), data is one of our bedrocks.
CSEM receives award
CSEM News
Winston-Salem State University has recognized CSEM with a special honor.
CSEM researchers included in crucial grant to study pandemic’s economic effects
CSEM News
Winston-Salem State University announced a grant of $1 million from the UNC Board of Governors and the N.C. Policy Collaboratory at UNC-Chapel Hill to combat COVID-19...
Study on housing loss reveals few surprises for urban core
The Chronicle
Last month representatives from New America, a think tank that focuses on a range of public policy issues, revealed findings from a study that took a closer look at evictions and mortgage foreclosures in Forsyth County.
CSEM-loaded student busts the barriers
Yes Weekly
Tyler Chisolm, a Winston-Salem State University senior majoring in psychology, is bright and driven.
CSEM joins county in win-win study of homeownership
The Chronicle
Winston-Salem State University’s Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM) and the county of Forsyth have come together to study the county’s Homeownership Program.
New study analyzes soaring home displacement rates in Forsyth County
WFDD
Over the past decade, Forsyth County has made some unflattering national news. A 2015 Harvard University study revealed its status as having the third-worst economic mobility in the U
Craig Richardson and Tim Robustelli: Forsyth needs long-term solutions to housing loss
Winston-Salem Journal
Last week, protesters in Winston-Salem called for reinstatement of North Carolina’s eviction moratorium amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
WSTA suspends two-bag limit
CSEM News
The Winston-Salem Transit Authority has suspended its rule limiting passengers to just two bags of groceries, and a local high school student played a big role in its decision.
CSEM research finds city and/or businesses might benefit by subsidizing Uber use
The Chronicle
New research on the city bus system from Winston-Salem State University’s Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM) finds that female riders commuting to work pay a higher overall economic price than their male counterparts.
CSEM supports problem-solving spatial justice research
Winston-Salem Journal
The old saying is true: Geograph
Local high school student connects with CSEM and charges ahead
CSEM News
Sarina Horner works on reform of city bus system.
CSEM Research Fellow says people in poverty want some joy, too
The Chronicle
For Winston-Salem State University psychology professor Michele Lewis, two recent news stories were jarring...
Program helps East Winston students confront problems aggravated by the pandemic
The Chronicle
Student Intern Ladarian Eaton helps the YouthRise class participants define their concerns. Photo by John Railey
Released offenders welcome research to ease transition
WRAL
They come out blinking at the free world, nervous, anxious, and although most will not admit it,
How public transit affects African-Americans' upward mobility
Spectrum News
He doesn't have access to a car. Goodman, 19, has to start his day hours before his shift to catch the #87 bus at the city's Transportation Center...
Aligning to give vulnerable students the gifted teachers they need
The Chronicle
The challenge of how to get the best teachers in the lowest-performing schools in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools system is one that has confounded educators for years...
Hear these young people (speak on structural racism)
Winston-Salem Journal
A rising senior at an East Winston High School, spoke to researchers from Winston-Salem State University’s Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM) about the fear he feels from others as an African-American male...
Pandemic heightens concerns for bus rider
CSEM News
Subject of documentary film rises to new challenges
Exploring the reasons behind the high rates of Hispanic evictions in pandemic
Triad City Beat
Vanessa Reyes of Winston-Salem has come a long way in her 19 years, and a big part of her journey from Mexico has been the road to speaking out, trying to explain to the public the reasons her fellow Latinx residents face high eviction rates...
WSSU grad works with CSEM, Tate Consulting on economic mobility
The Chronicle
For Quinton Benson, it all started that day he saw the boy in the grocery store...
CSEM intern Sierra Chesnutt charges ahead
CSEM News
Corona virus restrictions challenge this intern, but won’t stop her work.
Graduates of entrepreneurial class are future of East Winston
The Chronicle
Graduates of the inaugural class of the East Winston version of the “Playbook for Entrepreneurial Excellence” took their virtual graduation, the new normal now...
Hispanics in Forsyth County may face higher risk of eviction from COVID-19
Winston-Salem Journal
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office recently announced a halt to evictions as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the United States. Delinquent renters can now remain in their homes
CSEM research could open doors for African American women with disabilities
The Chronicle
The pandemic underscores the need for this study.
How COVID-19 may amplify education inequities
WRAL
CSEM Fellow explores what could be a transformative time
Forsyth Tech, WSSU center join to put students on ‘wheels’ to success
The Chronicle
Schools take on longstanding transportation challenges
John Railey: Helping offenders rebuild their lives
Winston-Salem Journal
CSEM Fellow brings life experience to innovative research.
CSEM research could spur dialogue on helping low-performing schools
Yes Weekly
Research from CSEM’s Zach Blizard provides some answers on how the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County system can improve its low-performing schools.
John Railey: Wake Forest, Winston-Salem State united on residents' property rights
WRAL
Educators from Wake Forest University’s Environmental Law and Policy Clinic and CSEM join forces to confront our high rate of evictions and other issues
Our work is now all the more important
CSEM Staff Report
CSEM's work researching the causes and effects of generational poverty wont be slowed by the Corona virus pandemic. The effort is too important, and our momentum is growing.
CSEM to be featured as higher ed innovator in the forthcoming documentary Rigged- April 2020.
CSEM News
RIGGED examines how the long prevailing value system in U.S. higher education erodes individual opportunity and undermines U.S. democracy. The Center for the Study of Economic Mobility at WSSU is featured as one of the innovators that will reverse this trend and that will ultimately transform colleges and universities into pathways for student engagement and social mobility. Interviews with staff members, faculty and top administrators at WSSU each provide perspective on how the University creates success for its students.
CSEM’s new partnership could be explosive in a good way
CSEM News
Can you imagine being in college and having a great business idea or an individual who has been working for over 20 years in a job unfulfilled because it did not align with your passion? If you said yes, there is a program designed to help you achieve your goals.
In February, the Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM) and Tate Consulting began the Playbook for Entrepreneurial Excellence, an eight-week program designed to arm individuals with CEO leadership competencies and skills to give you the confidence to be your boss.
Commentary: Equality, equity: Leveling the playing field for black students
WS Chronicle
Dr. Charity Griffin, a 2018-2019 CSEM fellow, puts a thought-provoking context on the principal reassignments in our local school system
CSEM scholars give a presentation at Wake Forest University on transportation and inequity
Triad City Beat
There is a needed symmetry developing in the local push to reduce poverty, and Winston-Salem State and Wake Forest universities continued that alignment with a panel discussion this week at Wake Forest: “Transportation and Inequity in Winston-Salem."
Professors Russ Smith and Craig Richardson presented the challenges posed by both the geography and the growing concentration of poverty.
WFDD radio interview: Profs. Smith and Richardson reveal transportation’s role in economic mobility
WFDD radio
Winston-Salem State University geography professor Russell Smith and economics professor Craig Richardson were recently interviewed by WFDD's David Ford. The WSSU professors discussed transportation and inequity in Forsyth County and its special challenges.
CSEM announces 2019-20 Faculty Research Fellows
WSSU News
Three WSSU faculty members have been selected as the 2019-20 Center for the Study of Economic Mobility Faculty Research Fellows.
CSEM research referenced in The Washington Post
The Washington Post
Gentrification in the D.C. area phase been found to push people from homes and away from transit.
The Center for the Study of Economic Mobility in Winston-Salem, N.C. found that city bus commuters spent on average 8.6 extra hours per week riding the bus compared with how much time it would take to drive to work, making life even more difficult for those located in "transportation deserts."
Inclusion in documentary of WSSU's CSEM underscores its national prominence
The Chronicle
The Center for the Study of Economic Mobility gains national prominence for its innovative platform in solving economic mobility. Its profile in Rigged, a new documentary, will feature WSSU faculty, staff, and students aligned with CSEM's mission.
Washington, D.C.-based think tank New America announces partnership with CSEM and others to study property loss in the United States.
New America: Future of Property Rights Press Release
CSEM is working in an advisory capacity with New America based in Washington, DC. The goal is to map home and land loss across the country and conduct on-the-ground research in Arizona, Indiana and North Carolina. CSEM will be playing a special role in Forsyth County along with Wake Forest Law School.
Craig J. Richardson and Russell Smith: ‘Spreading the wealth’ in the East Ward
Winston-Salem Journal
Several years of planning and community conversation led to a plan to help invigorate the East End area, also known as the East End Master Plan. Now, it seems those plans are up for debate. As some city council members are mulling over whether to allow those funds to be spread across the entire East Ward to spread the wealth.
Local economist assesses New York Times’ take on Winston-Salem
WFDD radio
A recent article in the New York Times, Why Midsize Cities Struggle to Catch Up to Superstar Cities, has put Winston-Salem in the national spotlight. But based on the reaction it’s received thus far from local residents and an increasingly vocal group of public officials, some are wondering whether the story got it right.
Craig J. Richardson: Innovation in transportation: Can it happen here?
Winston-Salem Journal
Since our founding in September 2017, the Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM) has generated academic research with the aim of spurring beneficial public debate. Housed at Winston-Salem State University, CSEM has been at the vanguard of empirical research around our local public transportation system, along with a host of other research initiatives.
