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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’

by Jamie Rogers |
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

Harvard’s Asian Problem Does Not Justify the Blum Lawsuit

by Emil Guillermo | August 7, 2018
That lawsuit filed by White conservative Ed Blum using Asians as proxies to fight affirmative a [...] 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