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A group of students at Brigham Young University pose in matching black T-shirts that say "Be a Menace" in white, capital letters.
Black Menaces Want to Educate You
Aug 30, 2022
A group of Black students started a popular TikTok account where they ask their peers questions about race and identity. Now they’re encouraging others to do the same at campuses across the country.

Recent Articles

The Pi Beta Phi house, a brick structure with white columns, and a bus made of flowers, like a parade float, in front.
Is There a Place for LGBTQ+ Students in Greek Life?
Vice President Kamala Harris stands on a stage with American flags in the background to announce that HBCUs affected by bomb threats are eligible for grants through the U.S. Department of Education. Audience members take photos on their cellphones.
HBCU Leaders Want More Federal Action After Threats
Karl Andersson, a white man with short light hair wearing glasses.
‘Trash Fire’
The Power of Peer Interaction
Nov 03, 2020
New study shows student learning suffered during the switch to remote instruction last spring, but that small group activities helped reduce this loss.

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Leadership in Pursuit of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Archive

Tide hasn't necessarily turned on hiring of minority presidents (letter)
February 16, 2022
Increase in appointments of Black and Hispanic leaders is encouraging, but we should be wary of assuming the progress is permanent.
Alabama building renaming avoids racial redress (opinion)
February 15, 2022
In fumbling the renaming of a building that honored a Ku Klux Klan leader, the University of Alabama avoids real racial redress, Antar A. Tichavakunda writes.
Racist text messages create stir at Occidental College
February 14, 2022
Anti-Asian text messages shared on social media have created turmoil at Occidental College. Students are angered by the administration’s delayed response and lack of disciplinary action.
Colleges have hired more minority presidents amid racial reckoning
February 14, 2022
Colleges hired a greater share of Black and other nonwhite leaders in the months after Black Lives Matter became a household term than they did before, Inside Higher Ed analysis shows. Is the shift meaningful, and will it last?
The push to end caste-based discrimination on campus
February 4, 2022
California State University became the first system to add caste to its nondiscrimination policy, creating a blueprint for others. But some faculty oppose the measure for singling out South Asians.
Colleges hire staff focused on Black men
January 19, 2022
Compton College created a new position focused on the academic needs of Black and Latino men. Campus leaders believe they’re at the forefront of a new and long overdue trend.
Funds for faculty revamping courses with a social justice lens
January 7, 2022
The University of Memphis wants to give faculty members grants to incorporate equity and social justice into courses to reflect the institution’s commitment to those issues. Conservative lawmakers are having none of it.
FIT launches social justice center
January 5, 2022
The Fashion Institute of Technology is establishing the new center after a controversial and racially insensitive fashion show shook the institution.
New data on how race and gender shape science
January 4, 2022
New analysis finds that research by Black, Latinx and Asian scientists is often clustered in certain fields and underrepresented in terms of citation counts. This lack of diversity hurts everyone, the authors say.
Incarcerated students face maze of legal obstacles to jobs
December 15, 2021
Tens of thousands of legal restrictions limit job options for formerly incarcerated students who got college degrees and certificates in hopes of gaining a new lease on life.

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