What We Care About What We Care About For more than a century, SEF has remained committed to the belief that education is the most effective vehicle for individual achievement. In a word, we believe education is empowerment. By focusing our efforts on minorities and other disadvantaged citizens, we seek to remedy a legacy of educational inequality that continues to shape current policies and practices.
Higher education is central to opportunity.
Comprehensive reform of our school systems requires a coordinated effort between K-12 and higher education. Governments, educators and private citizens must work together to disentangle race from education. Curriculum must become student-centered, building on the interests and needs of students rather than the preferences of institutions. The shortage of minority educators in schools with high minority enrollments robs students of much-needed role models. Societies cannot afford to undervalue and under develop the capacities of its people.