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Arts Education Remains Passion for 2007 Emerging Scholar

by LaMont Jones | January 23, 2019 Dr. Lorenzo Candelaria doesn’t live or work where he did 12 years ago, but the former Diverse Read more

Prioritizing Diversity in Graduate Education

by Mark J. T. Smith | October 12, 2018
Issues in diversity and inclusion have swept the nation with many high-profile cases publicly p [...] Read more

California Program Cultivates Minority Physics and Astronomy Ph.D. Students

by LaMont Jones | October 7, 2018
M. Katy Rodriguez Wimberly is well into her Ph.D. program in physics at the University of Calif [...] Read more

Study Reveals Notable Graduate School Enrollment Trends

by LaMont Jones | October 2, 2018
The number of ethnic minority, first-time graduate students inched up from 2016 to 2017 while w [...] Read more

Mexican-American Professor Aims to Be ‘Agent of Ethnic Mobility’

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She was born to a mother who left school after the third grade to work. Her late father attende [...] Read more

A Passionate Advocate for Gifted and Special Education Equity

by LaMont Jones | September 25, 2018
Dr. Donna Y. Ford did it for her son. She was single and 18 when she gave birth to Khyle, and h [...] Read more

Geographical Bias in Testing: Is Cultural Bias a Problem of the Past or Are We Simply Not Looking in the Right Space?

by Manuel S. González Canché | September 17, 2018
Despite the recent emergence of test optional and/or test flexible programs, wherein students d [...] Read more

Easing The Transition: 3 Pieces of Advice for Supporting First-Generation or Underrepresented Students on Your Campus

by Andrew Martinez | September 11, 2018
Thousands of students are entering college or graduate school for the first time and those who [...] Read more

UMass Amherst Graduate School to Launch STEM Fellowship Program Geared to Historically Underrepresented Students

by Monica Levitan | September 5, 2018
The University of Massachusetts Amherst Graduate School will begin a fellowship program startin [...] Read more

UConn Has Been “Intentional” About Diversity Efforts

by Sarah Wood | September 4, 2018
The University of Connecticut (UConn) has created and implemented a variety of wrap-around supp [...] Read more

Florida Professor Leads Effort to Aid Black Comp-Sci PhD Students

by LaMont Jones | August 30, 2018
Dr. Juan E. Gilbert is part of a large-scale project, the Institute for African-American Mentor [...] Read more

Consortium Creates a Community for Minorities, Women in Cybersecurity

by Tiffany Pennamon | August 17, 2018
Recognizing the need to increase and retain the number of people of color and women in cybersec [...] Read more

Was It Worth It? A McNair Scholar’s Reflection

by Nichole Margarita Garcia |
My palms were sweaty, my stomach uneasy and my body overwhelmed with nerves. I had returned to [...] Read more

Survey: Virginia Tech Students More Satisfied Than Average

by LaMont Jones | August 15, 2018
A Gallup survey of Virginia Tech students suggests that they are more likely than the average A [...] Read more

Vanessa Sansone: Determined to Make a Difference

by Sarah Wood | August 9, 2018
Dr. Vanessa Sansone has used her personal background of being a first-generation college studen [...] 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