Idea worth spreading: We desperately need more black graduates. Here is why they are failing. Here is what doesn't work. Here is what might.

Prof. Ian Scott is the director of Academic Development and a professor and deputy dean at the University of Cape Town. He has been a member of the Ministry of Education's Reference Group on Academic Development since 2000. His research and development interests include higher education policy related to teaching-and-learning, curriculum and qualifications frameworks, and comparative models for widening participation in higher education. He is also involved in improving throughput in the Engineering Bachelors Degree.