Six University researchers, including Peter Demerath, Michael Goh, and Ross VeLure Roholt, have been named Generation Next/UROC Faculty Fellows and charged with creating teams to answer the question: Why is there an achievement gap in the context of Minneapolis-St. Paul and what promising practices are helping close that gap? Coordinated by the University of Minnesota Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC) in partnership with Generation Next, the fellows will focus on disparities and structural roots of the achievement gap, working with other University and Generation Next-based efforts. Read more.

Peter Demerath and Michael Goh are associate professors in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD).

Ross VeLure Roholt is an associate professor in the School of Social Work (SSW).