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Shirley McBay Quotes

1935–2021

Shirley McBay (May 4, 1935 – November 27, 2021) was an American mathematician who was the founder and president of the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network, a nonprofit dedicated to improving minority education. She was the dean for student affairs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1980 to 1990.

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I enjoyed it immensely was never short on confidence.

I frequently compelled individuals and groups to confront their own attitudes, behavior, and personal history.

Educational opportunities for most minority youth, and hence their educational attainments, lag behind the chances, choices and performance of the nonminority

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Shirley McBay (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.