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Students

Conservative Professors: Where’s Our Inclusion on Campus?

In the academy, liberal or far-left professors outnumber their ideologically opposite colleagues nearly 5 to 1, based on a UCLA survey. If we promote diversity in race, gender and religion within the student body, shouldn’t diversity of thought be just as important?

September 14, 2017

Students

Faust Laid Foundation of Inclusion at Harvard

In the wake of Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust’s recent announcement that she will retire in the spring of 2018, many have stepped forward to praise her leadership.

June 21, 2017

Students

LGBT Inclusion: A Work in Progress

The notion that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth do not exist on a college campus demonstrates real prejudice.

June 15, 2017

Students

Inclusion as a Process for Embracing Diversity Toward Better Learning

Fully two-thirds of the current U.S. population have not completed a four-year college degree.

June 1, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Marching for Science? Bring a Mirror

I implore you to take a hard look at the politics within your supposedly apolitical, objective science. These barriers to scientific advancement existed well before Trumpland.

April 17, 2017

Students

University of Tennessee President Pushes Inclusion, Acknowledges ‘Tension’

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro lauded his school’s commitment to diversity on Tuesday while acknowledging “some tension” as UT tries to be more inclusive. “Campus environments that make all students feel welcome and valued are major factors in retention and graduation,” DiPietro said during the school’s second annual State of the […]

February 22, 2017

Students

Role of Chief Diversity Officers Expanding on College Campuses

Institutions have come to realize just how critical a chief diversity officer is to getting things done regarding diversity and inclusion as well as to legitimizing these efforts in the eyes of constituents.

October 27, 2016

Faculty & Staff

We Don’t Have a ‘Diversity’ Problem in Education

We do not have a diversity problem. What we have is a diversity symptom. Institutionalized White supremacy is the problem.

October 19, 2016

Students

University of Michigan Rolling Out Diversity, Inclusion Plan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. ― A vice provost has been selected to serve as the University of Michigan’s first chief diversity officer as part of broader efforts to improve diversity on campus, the school’s president announced Wednesday. Robert Sellers’ appointment will go before the school’s Board of Regents on Oct. 20. The position is being created […]

October 5, 2016

Sports

Mike Lonergan Out as George Washington University Coach after Investigation

WASHINGTON ― George Washington University has fired basketball coach Mike Lonergan. University provost Forrest Maltzman announced the move in a statement Saturday, which said Lonergan was no longer coach following an internal investigation. “The university has created and is committed to maintaining a community where all students, faculty and staff feel welcome and comfortable,” Maltzman […]

September 18, 2016

Students

Portland State University Views Diversity Efforts Through Eyes of Marginalized

Portland State’s Equity Lens panels and Diversity Action Council regularly assess the university’s four-year strategic plan.

July 17, 2016