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New Yorker is Dartmouth’s First Black Female Student Body President

Monik Whitney Walters isn’t afraid of people with different ideological beliefs – she likes to challenge herself by engaging them and seeking mutual understanding.

October 17, 2018

Latest News

A Social Scientist Committed to Inclusive Research

Dr. Margaret Beale Spencer’s scholarship is fueled by a responsibility to make her research on human development inclusive for youth of color. In doing so, she has resisted the traditional, stereotypical notions about the development of diverse children throughout her decades-long career.

September 24, 2018

Students

TRIO Programs: Paving the Way for Diverse Students in Higher Education

TRIO programs are essential educational opportunity programs that are vital in promoting educational success, retention, persistence and providing pathways to immense opportunities for low-income, first-generation college students and students with disabilities from diverse backgrounds.

September 18, 2018

African-American

Despite Stellar Record, OSU Pushes Onward

When it comes to diversity, access and inclusion — both at the undergraduate and graduate level — The Ohio State University (OSU) has consistently been leading the way.

August 29, 2018

Students

How to Make Our Institutions More Accessible

While higher education is abuzz with goals of cultivating greater access and success for historically underrepresented groups, many institutions still engage in practices that work against these goals. If we are truly going to open our doors wider, we can’t do so without transforming our own policies and practices.

August 6, 2018

Opinion

The Case for Diversity

I’m a privileged, old White guy who won the ovary lottery. Consequently, I was able to grow up in the right ZIP code and take advantage of the opportunities afforded to me by sheer dumb luck. As a result, I wound up being an academic surgeon and worked at the same place for 40 years until I retired as an emeritus professor to pursue my next encore side gig, including working with several non-profits that sit at the intersection of sick care, higher education, biomedical and clinical entrepreneurship and diversity, equity and inclusion.

May 10, 2018

African-American

OSU Names Scholar Moore Vice Provost for Diversity, Inclusion

The Ohio State University has named Dr. James L. Moore III, a prominent researcher and scholar, as its next vice provost for diversity and inclusion. Moore has served as interim vice provost and chief diversity officer since May 2017.

May 6, 2018

African-American

Arizona’s James a Pioneer in Inclusion Initiatives

Dr. Stanlie James began her career as an innovative scholar of Black feminism and international human rights.

February 11, 2018

Home

Fixing an Athletics Problem

UW–Madison creates a diversity and inclusion office for athletics.

January 11, 2018

Leadership & Policy

University of Washington Feels Like ‘Home’ for President Cauce

During her time as president of the University of Washington, Dr. Ana Mari Cauce has been vocal about her passion for equity and inclusion. As a Cuban emigrant, she understands what she represents for those who imagine a more diverse future for higher education. “I hope that 10 years from now, when people close their […]

October 12, 2017

Students

Lopez Helps University of Phoenix Spread Its Cross-Cultural Wings

Saray E. Lopez, the assistant dean of community outreach & inclusion, is a driving force behind the University of Phoenix’s successful minority outreach efforts.

September 27, 2017

Opinion

We Need to Talk About the Shifting Meaning of Diversity

The notion that diversity implies accommodating all differences is dangerous and reproduces structural inequality.

September 26, 2017