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2019 Year in Review

by Sara Weissman | December 30, 2019 In 2019, issues related to diversity in higher education took the national stage, from affirmat Read more

Four Institutions to Each Receive $260M Donation

by Sarah Wood | November 14, 2019
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of Southern California (USC), Duke [...] Read more

University of Southern California Grapples With Increase in Student Deaths

by Jessica Ruf | November 13, 2019
Nine student deaths at the University of Southern California (USC) this school year have left s [...] Read more

Businessman Receives Prison Time for Role in College Admissions Scandal

by Sarah Wood | October 31, 2019
Jeffrey Bizzack, a California businessman, was sentenced to two months in prison for his role i [...] Read more

Study Finds College Students Build Friendships that Bridge Divides

by Lois Elfman | October 10, 2019
A new study finds that college students who build interworldview friendships are likely to deve [...] Read more

Is Hollywood Ready for Its Close-Up? UCLA Scholars Examine Progress in Diversity

by Pearl Stewart | September 22, 2019
A new UCLA study found that “current status quo approaches to addressing the entertainment in [...] Read more

Student Development Practitioner Finds New Home at USC

by Sarah Wood | September 17, 2019
Winston Crisp is now serving as vice president for student affairs at the University of Souther [...] Read more

Felicity Huffman Sentenced to Prison for Role in Admissions Scandal

by Sarah Wood | September 13, 2019
Actress Felicity Huffman, who pleaded guilty for her role in the college admissions scandal, wa [...] Read more

Teen Artist Wins $30K Google College Scholarship

by Sara Weissman | August 14, 2019
Arantza Peña Popo, a Georgia high school graduate from Columbia, won a $30,000 college scholar [...] Read more

Dr. Sumun L. Pendakur to Deliver Address at University of Michigan-Flint Commencement Speaker

by Monica Levitan | April 11, 2019
Dr. Sumun L. Pendakur, chief learning officer and director of the Equity Institutes within the [...] Read more

Praise Greets Folt Selection as First Woman USC President

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

USC Officials to Deny Admission to Students Linked to Nationwide Admissions Scandal

by Monica Levitan | March 14, 2019
Amid the recent unveiling of the largest college admissions cheating scandal in U.S. history, o [...] Read more

USC Race and Equity Center Unveils PRISM

by Tiffany Pennamon | November 13, 2018
A new racial equity tech tool from the Race and Equity Center at the University of Southern Cal [...] Read more

USC Leaps Forward in Diversity with Two New Initiatives

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

The Minority Coach Roundup Week 5

by Frank J. Matthews | October 2, 2018
This weekend was another exciting one for 13 of the 18 minority head coaches in the Football Bo [...] 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