COLUMBUS, Ohio — Systemic racism has been a topic of conversation throughout 2020, as has the changes in education made due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Spectrum News 1 is hosting a half-hour special looking into the systemic issues Black students face on college campuses and the strategies universities are employing to bring fairness to higher education.

Glass Walls: Black Experiences in Higher Education will air Monday, Dec. 28 at 8 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 and the Spectrum News App.

Spectrum News 1 education reporter Tonisha Johnson will host a conversation with students at Ohio State University, as well as Ohio State professors and researchers and the president of Wilberforce University, a historical black college or university.

Students involved in the conversation include:

• Navo Emmanual - an honor student-athlete who grew up in a mostly white community and attended a school for gifted students
• Brenda Pearl - a native of Cleveland who grew up in a racially diverse neighborhood and attended schools that reflected the diversity of her community
• Mohamed Camara - a native of Guinea, West Africa who moved to the U.S. at a young age and grew up in a predominantly Black neighborhood 

Educators and researchers involved include:

• Dr. Jacqueline Meshelemiah
• Dr. Stephen Quaye
• Dr. Lori Patton Davis
• Dr. Anthony Pinkard

The mini-documentary will focus on the largest university in Ohio and will discuss what HBCUs can teach their non-HBCU counterparts regarding inclusion.

The Spectrum News App may be downloaded here.

The event will re-air Jan. 3 at 9 p.m.