EquityU: Tackling Higher Ed's Ills with New Start-Up--Wright University

<p>It’s not every day — or every decade — that you hear of a new university starting up. For a nonprofit, it's not the most lucrative business venture, and the startup costs and regulatory hurdles are intense. But <a href="https://www.wrightuniversity.net/our-team">Caitlin O’R. B. Carter</a> and <a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/search/resulhttps://www.wrightuniversity.net/our-teamts?q=Maren%20Rosenbach">Maren Rosenbach</a> are determined to build a new kind of higher-education institution in the Seattle area. In this first episode of 2022, we speak with these bold founders of <a href="https://www.wrightuniversity.net/">Wright University.</a> Named after Carter’s late grandmother who was a lifelong educator, Carter and Rosenbach envision Wright University to be an inclusive four-year school focused on racial and social justice “by employing and educating those historically excluded by academia.” They are aiming to raise $500 million in capital to open a physical campus in the Seattle area and start enrolling students by fall of 2023. &nbsp;Listen in to learn more about their compelling vision and what it takes to start a new university in the midst of a worldwide pandemic.</p>