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Pace University Program Focused on Diversifying Performing Arts

Using Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s $585,000 grant, Pace University will launch a new program to diversify voices in media and the performing arts. Dr. Darnell Hunt, who is the dean of social sciences at the University of California in Los Angeles reported that less than five percent of television writers are Black. The initiative, Writing […]

September 4, 2019

Students

CIEE Fellowship Program Promotes Study Abroad Equity

Only 10.9 percent of all United States study abroad students from 2016 to 2017 were from minority-serving institutions (MSIs), according to the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE). CIEE, a nonprofit study abroad organization, wants to level the playing field and increase student accessibility to international travel.

August 28, 2019

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University of Richmond Group Formed to Discuss Race, Social Issues

After the events of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017, members from the University of Richmond community formed a group to discuss race and racism.

August 6, 2019

Campus Climate

Diversity Low in Higher Education IT Field, Study Finds

New research by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) reveals a need for diversity, equity and inclusion within the higher education information technology field.

July 31, 2019

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HxA Conference Examines How to Respectfully Tackle Difficult Topics

Attendees at the Heterodox Academy conference in New York participated in frank discussions about how to address complex issues from free speech to building community.

June 23, 2019

Opinion

An Adjunct’s Thoughts on Shrinking College Enrollments and the State of Diversity

On the final week of Asian American history month, I was invited to speak to the Filipino American history class of Dr. Robyn Magalit Rodriguez, a professor and the chair of the Asian American Studies department at UC Davis and a founder of the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies.But what I found noteworthy is what I experienced as I walked through campus. I just could not believe the number of Asian Americans at UC Davis.The place seemed to be exploding with diversity.

June 3, 2019

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San Francisco State Selects First Female President

Dr. Lynn Mahoney— a trained historian known for her scholarship on race and gender— has been tapped to be the next president of San Francisco State University.

May 22, 2019

Opinion

Some Thoughts on Finals, I.M. Pei and Asian American Pacific Islander History Month

And now to the hardest part of being an adjunct lecturer. Final papers. Final exams. Grading. Both the students, and ultimately, yourself. There’s no help. No TA (teacher’s assistant). You are the TA and the professor. And besides the school work, you have your own professional work to do. But teaching is the higher calling, right?

May 19, 2019

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NCAA Inclusion Forum Urge Participants to Transform Passion to Action

More than 600 student-athletes, faculty and college administrators gathered over the weekend to discuss ways that they can transform their institutions into places that embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.

April 28, 2019

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Dr. LaVar J. Charleston Named Inaugural Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion

Dr. LaVar J. Charleston, an alumnus of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been tapped to serve as the school’s first associate dean for diversity and inclusion. He will begin in his new post on June 16, 2019. Charleston, who is currently the assistant vice chancellor of student diversity, engagement, and […]

April 23, 2019

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Dania Matos to Lead Diversity, Equity Efforts at UC Merced

Dania Matos, who is currently the deputy chief diversity officer at William & Mary, has been named associate chancellor of diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of California Merced. Matos is the first appointment to the new position, which will serve on Chancellor Dorothy Leland’s senior leadership team and is charged with advising the […]

April 22, 2019

Students

Yes Virginia, There is a Choice

Like many other students of color who receive messages that they’re not good enough, I had resigned myself to believing that I was either unready or unprepared for college. As a first-generation student, I couldn’t rely on legacy status to give me a leg up in the admissions process and my family certainly couldn’t rely on making donations to athletic booster clubs or local alumni groups.

April 16, 2019