Texas Initiative for Male Students of Color Issues First Policy Brief

by LaMont Jones | April 3, 2019 A major initiative in Texas to bolster the success of men of color in college continues to expa Read more

Dr. Shaun R. Harper Voted AERA President-Elect

by Jamal Watson | April 2, 2019
Dr. Shaun R. Harper, a prominent education researcher whose work on race, equity and inclusion [...] Read more

Praise Greets Folt Selection as First Woman USC President

by LaMont Jones | March 20, 2019
Less than three months after an unceremonious departure from her job as chancellor of the Unive [...] Read more

ACE Study: Racial Equity Gaps Still Plague Higher Ed

by LaMont Jones | February 14, 2019
In a matter of seconds, University of Maryland higher education professor Dr. Sharon L. Fries- [...] Read more

USC Leaps Forward in Diversity with Two New Initiatives

by LaMont Jones | November 2, 2018
A new Center for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion and an additional $50 million to promote [...] Read more

USC Center Helps Advance Racial Equity

by Jamal Watson | October 18, 2018
Five months after a group of students at DePauw University angrily confronted their college pre [...] Read more

USC Race Center Issues Report Card on Black Student Equity

by LaMont Jones, Jr. and Jamal Eric Watson | September 24, 2018
A new study by the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center paints a grim pictu [...] Read more

New Book Examines How Scholar-Practitioner Advanced Equity in Student Affairs

by Jamal Watson | June 28, 2018
When some of the nation’s top scholars decided to pen a book examining the life of Dr. Melvin [...] Read more

Achieving Equity in Education: Journalists as Truth-Tellers and Teachers

by Tiffany Pennamon | May 16, 2018
LOS ANGELES — Gathered for the 2018 Education Writers Association National Seminar, hundreds [...] Read more

Black Male Student-Athletes Still Face Harsh Inequities

by Lois Elfman | March 11, 2018
A report from the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center spotlights the perva [...] Read more

Diversity in Graduate Education: Looking at — and Beyond — Admissions

Does Testing Serve a Purpose in Holistic Application Review?

Supporting Noncognitive Factors: Connecting Students with Resources, from Theory to Practice