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Dr. Shaun R. Harper Receive Top Honors at Higher Education Conferences

Dr. Shaun R. Harper received two major awards this past week for his ongoing research focused on race, diversity, and equity and inclusion work.

March 14, 2019

MSIs

Report Offers Lessons from MSIs for Preparing Teachers for Diverse Schools

Schools of education are increasingly prioritizing efforts to diversify the teacher workforce, but they can do a better job preparing teacher candidates to be culturally competent and effective instructors, particularly for students in diverse schools and communities, according to a new report this week from Bellwether Education Partners.

March 12, 2019

Students

Experts Say Reauthorized HEA Must Promote Equity

Institutional accountability and effective federal-state partnerships are keys to improving higher education access and equity, particularly when it comes to students experiencing chronic disparities in terms of race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status, experts said at a recent event hosted by the Center for American Progress.

March 1, 2019

Students

Diversity Abroad Conference to Focus on Inclusive Excellence in Global Education

More than 700 senior international administrators, student affairs professionals, study abroad office staff, faculty and more will gather in Boston for Diversity Abroad’s 7th Annual Conference this March.

February 20, 2019

News Roundup

Rowan University Announces Launch of Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Rowan University has recently announced the establishment of the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), an office on campus that will help the university become a model of diversity where equity and inclusion are intertwined with the school’s framework. DEI will establish and maintain significant relationships with internal and external constituents to attain a […]

February 7, 2019

Faculty & Staff

FAMU Initiative Seeks to Transform Institutional Culture for Women Faculty

A new initiative at Florida A&M University (FAMU) that is funded by the National Science Foundation will have significant implications for how historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) address gender disparities in hiring, retention and promotion of women faculty.

February 1, 2019

Community Colleges

Achieving the Dream Celebrates 15 Years with DREAM Conference in February

Since 2004, Achieving the Dream (ATD) – a national, nonprofit leading organization that has helped more than 4 million community college students achieve academic success and close opportunity gaps – will hold its 15th annual DREAM convening in Long Beach, CA from Feb. 19-22.

January 5, 2019

HBCUs

Marybeth Gasman to Join Rutgers Faculty

Dr. Marybeth Gasman, who has established herself as one of the nation’s most prominent scholars of historically Black colleges in particular and minority-serving institutions in general, is leaving the University and Pennsylvania to join the faculty at the Graduate School of Education (GSE) at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, in the Fall.

December 6, 2018

Students

HEA Reauthorization Can Reduce the Equity Gaps that Persist for Students of Color

A new Congress presents a new opportunity to restart the process of reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA). Policymakers must reauthorize HEA with a focus on equity because students of color are still struggling to enroll, persist and complete postsecondary education. HEA can help alleviate these barriers by implementing policies that provide students of color the support they need to earn their postsecondary degree or credential. It is time for a comprehensive HEA bill to better serve today’s students, especially students of color.

December 3, 2018

Home

Crisis-Recovery Framework at Mizzou Inspires Inclusion Beyond Campus

A framework developed to address a campus racial crisis at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) can be adapted to traumatic incidents involving gender, sexual identity and other areas where people experience oppression. And it’s inspiring diversity equity and inclusion efforts in surrounding communities.

November 29, 2018

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USC Leaps Forward in Diversity with Two New Initiatives

A new Center for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion and an additional $50 million to promote diversity, inclusion and equity campuswide will augment University of Southern California efforts to broaden and deepen cultural diversity at the 47,500-student school.

November 2, 2018

Opinion

Who Are These Diversity Officers?

In 2011, I was arrested for civil disobedience in front of the U.S. Senate, fighting for immigrant rights. While I was being arrested, children of undocumented parents visited senators with heart-shaped cookies asking them to take action on keeping families together. Sound familiar?

October 18, 2018