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Tag: Diversity
Community Colleges
Community College Bachelor’s Degrees Help Achieve Access and Equity
At the turn of this century, workforce needs began to change. More employers sought to hire students who had attained their bachelor’s degrees. Companies were looking for specific accreditations that didn’t exist at many traditional four-year institutions, like cyber security or trade-skill management. There was an increased demand for teachers and nurses. Community colleges were listening.
August 6, 2021
STEM
The Importance of Valuing Diversity Within Research
The world of research has never been more inclusive than it is now. Only 100 years ago, nearly all researchers were white and men. Research participants were primarily white men as well. Classic social science studies including the Stanford Prison Experiment only included college-aged men as participants, while people of color were forcibly experimented upon, resulting in inhumane pain and in some cases, death.
July 23, 2021
African-American
TMCF to Create National Black Talent Bank to Increase Diversity in Workforce
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) will create the National Black Talent Bank in an effort to increase corporate diversity and advance economic pathways for talented African American students. The talent bank will have a database of talented Black high school seniors and create alternative paths to college and career. It will also give a […]
June 7, 2021
STEM
Alabama State University Receives $300,000 Grant to Increase Diversity in Cybersecurity
Alabama State University has been awarded a $300,000 cybersecurity grant to increase diversity in the field, the Washington Examiner reported. The “Increasing the Diversity in Cyber Security Through Undergraduate Research Experiences” grant will be used to increase cybersecurity graduates and ensure minority student growth in the cybersecurity sector. “The objectives of this project are to […]
May 24, 2021
News Roundup
Bentley University Offering Undergrad DEI Major
Bentley University is offering an undergrad diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) major. Starting July 1, students will be able to choose between a Bachelor of Arts degree, focusing on approaches to social justice, and a Bachelor of Science degree, emphasizing DEI in organizational strategy. Both concentrations will pair business courses and arts and sciences courses […]
May 12, 2021
Latest News
Higher Ed’s Most Common Rationale for Diversity Favors White Students More than Black
Ask a university administrator why they value diversity and they’ll likely give you one of two rationales. One is instrumental: “diversity provides viewpoints that are educationally fruitful for everyone.” The other is moral: “diversity is just and intrinsic to undoing years of systemic racism.” But is one rationale better than the other? And which one do students prefer? These were the driving questions behind a recent study conducted by Princeton researchers.
May 6, 2021
Opinion
Diverse Jury Saw George Floyd as Human and Delivered Justice
One aspect of the Derek Chauvin verdicts in the murder of George Floyd that people fail to see is how there’s justice in diversity—if you let diversity work.
April 26, 2021
Opinion
From DEI to JEDI
Is the acronym Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) outdated? After a summer of uprisings for racial justice during a global pandemic, we felt this era required us to lead with Justice and so we renamed our office at the MGH Institute of Health Professions from JEDI, transitioning from DEI, to reflect our paradigm shift in 2020.
April 9, 2021
News Roundup
University of Minnesota School of Public Health Releases Draft Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan
The University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) released a draft plan for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) to students, staff, alumni and faculty in February to provide feedback, The Minnesota Daily reported. The draft, “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategic Plan” – started in January 2020 and is meant to guide actions over the […]
March 15, 2021
Recruitment & Retention
What Will You Do to Embrace Who America Truly is in 2021?
The year 2021 promises to be one of the biggest efforts to recruit diverse talent in history. America’s top companies, nonprofits and schools have the opportunity to not only uproot systemic barriers to advancement, but also leverage diverse perspectives and experiences as a means to innovate, problem solve and provide better products and services.
January 7, 2021
Community Colleges
Flat is the New Up: How the Year of Covid-19 Continues to Reinvent Higher Ed
Along with its persisting global presence and its surging number of victims, COVID-19 has conjured numerous challenges due to its unprecedented nature. Whether we see the vast changes around us as positive or not, we need to adapt to stay in the performance race. Higher education is facing some critical demands, and it might be useful to summarize some gripping ones, along with the ways we’re collectively addressing them.
January 5, 2021
Faculty & Staff
UNC Greensboro’s Faculty Diversity Jumped in Five Years. How Did It Do It?
In the past five years alone, the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG) has experienced a notable jump in faculty diversity for each ethnicity category, excluding White. How did it do it?
December 18, 2020
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