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Asian American Pacific Islander

Diversity’s Day of Infamy

The recent revelation that Johns Hopkins, once thought to be a “good guy”, owned four slaves himself  is one of those backward looks in time that brings about a major shame. However awkward, exposing the truth is always important.

December 15, 2020

STEM

Resetting the Earth and Space Sciences to be Diverse and Inclusive

So far, 2020 has shone a spotlight on how our society is failing Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC), from the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 to continued police brutality. Protests across the U.S.—and around the world—have sparked important conversations to address systemic racism and remove barriers.

November 19, 2020

African-American

2020 Dr. John Hope Franklin Awardees Recognized by Diverse

Diverse: Issues In Higher Education held its annual Dr. John Hope Franklin award ceremony virtually, honoring three educators whose scholarship and work represents the tradition of the late pioneering historian.

November 16, 2020

Community Colleges

Summit Focuses Equity Lens on Student Parent Success

The experiences of student parents pursuing a college education amid the COVID-19 pandemic was the focus of Thursday’s Achieving the Dream Student Parent Success Summit.

November 5, 2020

Students

Activists Make Last Minute Effort to Turn Out College Students on Election Day

With over 66 million people already casting votes for the 2020 presidential election, there is still a last minute push for college students to turn out on Election Day.

October 30, 2020

STEM

19 Universities Join The National Alliance for Inclusive & Diverse STEM Faculty

About 19 universities in the U.S. have joined the third cohort of a program called, Aspire: The National Alliance for Inclusive & Diverse STEM Faculty. The initiative looks to develop more inclusive faculty recruitment, hiring and retention models within STEM, reported Forbes. The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) administers the program with financial […]

October 30, 2020

Home

Panel Explores Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic

Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and the Educational Testing Service (ETS) recently collaborated on a live panel titled, “Ensuring Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic,” which covered strategies that support and prioritize diversity and inclusion efforts in recruitment, admissions and retention amid remote instruction.

October 22, 2020

News Roundup

Howard U School of Divinity Awarded $1M for Ethical Leadership and Racial Justice Initiative

The Howard University School of Divinity (HUSD) was recently awarded $1 million from the The Lilly Endowment Inc., a private philanthropic foundation, to launch the Ethical Leadership and Racial Justice Initiative. In a nutshell, the initiative will fund a cohort program for students whose academic interests align with ethical leadership and racial justice. It will support students who are pursuing theological training in an […]

October 21, 2020

STEM

UT Austin’s Plans to Increase Diversity in Academia with Award from The National Science Foundation

The University of Austin Texas (UT Austin) and eight other research universities have recently been granted a 3-and-a-half-year award funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) — to make the pathway of increasing diversity in academia more accessible for historically underrepresented minorities. This research project is part of NSF’s Alliances for Graduate Education and the […]

October 15, 2020

Faculty & Staff

Say Their Names, But Not the N-Word

The current reckoning about anti-Blackness in the United States is exposing the limits of solidarity. Millions of white and non-white people have marched and expressed support for Black Lives by saying the names of men and women brutally killed or shot in police custody. This powerful act of solidarity humanizes these victims while bearing witness to systemic racism. At the same time, faculty in some of our nation’s colleges and universities continue to defend the right to utter the N-word as part of their educational practice. This counterintuitive notion is not just tone-deaf to the national reckoning but harms the institutional culture, devalues the presence of Black faculty, staff and students, and compromises the moral credibility of the professoriate.

September 30, 2020

Students

Poll: COVID-19 Has Made Young People Question The Value of College

A new nationwide poll, with support from Equitable Futures, a project of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, shows that 52% of youth respondents said they value college differently now than before the pandemic. The findings reveal that COVID-19 pandemic has greatly altered how Black, Hispanic, Latinx youth, and White young people from lower income […]

September 24, 2020

African-American

Why Countering Racism Requires Regular, Dedicated Anti-Racist Work

As a qualitative sociologist I am drawn to stories that demonstrate social facts. Here is a story that I would like to share that underscores why I believe that we must be committed to anti-racist work and do so even in the midst of a year defined by disruption.

September 24, 2020