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Recruitment & Retention

Doing the Real Work in Higher Education Amidst Two Pandemics

As we stare down the double barrel of a global pandemic and historic levels of police brutality inflicted upon Black Indigenous People of Color, we are faced with the reality that neither problem is going away. In addition to massive school closures across the country, many disadvantaged groups—Black families in particular—have suffered disproportionately during these turbulent times.

November 6, 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

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

Disabilties

National School Boards Association Tackles Equity Issues Within Public Education

As part of its “Public School Transformation Now!” campaign, which aims to improve equity and access within K-12 public schools, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) hosted a virtual webinar Oct. 27.

October 27, 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

Community Colleges

EAB Launches Initiative to Close Higher Education Equity Gaps by 2030

With the establishment of the “Moon Shot for Equity” initiative, EAB, a higher education consulting firm, will partner with four-year universities and community colleges to close equity gaps by 2030.

October 21, 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

Community Colleges

Steps Beyond Statements: Presidential Leadership in Building a Case for Inclusive Excellence

To say we live in interesting times is a vast understatement. The confluence of the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic upheaval, combined with the structural racism and the ensuing race-related tragedies that continue to plague our nation, has created a “perfect storm” of conditions shining a glaring light on the inequities in our society. Community college presidents are in the eye of this storm, and it is critical for us to demonstrate a commitment to eradicating racism and supporting social justice and, more importantly, to set forth a strategy to effect reform and achieve inclusive excellence.

September 10, 2020

COVID-19

Campaign Focuses on Educator Experiences During COVID-19 Pandemic

To discuss ways to reduce further learning disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic and racial injustice unrest within the United States, the Center for American Progress (CAP) and EduColor launched the #WeBuildEDU campaign Sep. 8.

September 8, 2020

Latest News

AU’s School of Education Implements Initiatives to Foster Antiracist Environment

After students expressed their concerns to administration following the death of George Floyd and other recent acts of police violence, American University’s School of Education (AU SOE) pledged to do their part to create an antiracist campus.

September 2, 2020

Opinion

How Institutions Can Better Respond to Campus Hate Crimes

As we gear up for what is likely to be the most challenging, start of the academic year we’ve ever seen, we must be vigilant and equipped to respond to incidents involving hate and/or explicit bias. With the persistence of our country’s sociopolitical unrest, coupled with a looming presidential election poised to cause greater dissidence, we should expect the tension to continue on our campuses.

September 2, 2020

Opinion

Why Do I Have to Call You Doctor?

On the first day of class I introduce myself using my formal title and ask all student to respect that request. You often see some students have a sense of confusion and bewilderment as the general culture in the Pacific Northwest is laid back and less formal. Based on informal conversations with colleagues and friends, some of them have suggested that some people may think that I may be arrogant, on some ego trip, or maybe masking some deep sense of insecurity. But it is interesting that many White peers, colleagues, and students don’t take the time to think about it from my perspective. It never occurs to them that I may approach my interactions with them as a professor differently because I am a Black man.

August 25, 2020