With diversity, equity, and belonging efforts at universities and other institutions across the country under scrutiny, it’s important to understand what is at stake. The Case for Equity, a new video series from Harvard Kennedy School and the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, will explore equity in a variety of contexts, including health care, economics, education and more. HKS faculty experts will draw on the latest research to help you understand what kinds of policies will succeed or fail in making a more equitable society. 

In this episode, Mark Shepard, Associate Professor of Public Policy, explains what equity is, and why it’s relevant to public policy.