A New Orientation Program for Black Students at the University of California, San Diego
The Black Resource Center Success Institute is designed to foster a strong sense of community for new Black students, connecting first-year and transfer students with key support services that encourage engagement, retention, and graduation.
National Institutes of Health Funds Major New Diversity Effort in Biomedical Research
The 12 universities awarded grants will develop approaches to training and mentoring to encourage students from underrepresented groups to enter into and stay in research careers.
UCLA Faculty to Vote on Instituting a Requirement for Undergraduates to Take a Diversity...
The proposal calls for each undergraduate to complete a course with a grade of C or better that substantially addresses racial, ethnic, gender, socioeconomic, sexual orientation, religious, or other types of diversity.
Study Finds Declining Support for Diversity Among Whites Who Are Informed of Demographic Trends
A study by psychologists at the University of California, Los Angeles, finds declining support for multiculturalism and diversity among Whites who were informed that they will no longer be a majority of the population by 2050.
Harper College Program Looks to Increase Faculty Diversity
Harper College, a two-year, public college in Palatine, Illinois, has entered into a partnership agreement with Chicago State University in an effort to increase diversity on the Harper College faculty.
CUNY Initiative Seeks to Increase the Number of Blacks in Journalism
The new initiative will include five, full-tuition scholarships to the Graduate School of Journalism and a summer internship program in New York for 20 undergraduates from minority-serving institutions.
Princeton University Aims to Make the Campus More Welcoming to Low-Income Students
A working group on undergraduate socioeconomic diversity has issued a broad set of recommendations designed to improve academic achievement and create a more inclusive and supportive campus climate for the benefit of all undergraduates.
Virginia Tech Revamps Its Organizational Structure on Campus Diversity
The university, where only 3 percent of the undergraduate student body is Black, has established a new President's Inclusion and Diversity Executive Council that will oversee all of the university's diversity efforts.
Louisiana State University Is a Leader in Graduating Black Students With Ph.D.s in Chemistry
From 2005 to 2009, 19 percent of all Ph.D.s awarded in chemistry at LSU were earned by African Americans. Blacks were less than 10 percent of the chemistry Ph.D. recipients at the other 49 leading chemistry departments in the nation.
Cornell MBA Students Help Local Minority Firms Increase Their Business With the University
The effort is part of the university's Supplier Diversity Initiative aimed at having university departments achieve a greater percentage of their procurements from minority-owned and women-owned firms.
University of Alabama’s New Effort to Boost the Diversity of Its Business Students
The Culverhouse College of Commerce at the University of Alabama has launched a new initiative aimed at increasing the diversity of incoming students.
Ole Miss to Open the Center for Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Engagement
When the Center for Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Engagement opens on campus this fall, it will provide programs and services that encourage cross-cultural interactions while serving as a "safe space" that is welcoming and nurturing to all students.
Indiana University Business School Launches Recruitment Program for Minority Students
The Meet-Educate-Experience-Transition (MEET) Kelley program will bring two groups of rising high school seniors - one male and one female - from across the United States to campus this summer for a week of instruction, campus activities, and a case competition.
Davidson College’s Hiring Process Takes Diversity Experience Into Account
Now, candidates considered for faculty and staff positions are asked about their experience working with underrepresented minority populations.
Administration Addresses Black Student Demands at the University of Michigan
Last fall, the Black Student Union at the University of Michigan began a social media campaign relating to the racial climate on campus and calling for efforts to increase the number of Black students.
Edward Blum Launches Another Assault on Affirmative Action
The Project for Fair Representation has set up three websites seeking individuals who believe they were rejected for admission at three universities due to affirmative action or so-called reverse discrimination.
Four Black Scholars in the Running for Vice Provost Position at the University of...
The four finalists for the position of vice provost for diversity and equity are DeBrenna Agbényiga of Michigan State, O. Gilbert Brown of Missouri State, Calvin White Jr. of the University of Arkansas, and Nathan Thomas who was chief diversity officer at the University of South Florida Polytechnic.
Kent State University in Ohio Recognized for Its Efforts to Promote Diversity
Kent State University in Ohio received that 2014 Institutional Excellence Award from the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education. African Americans make up 9 percent of the undergraduate student body at Kent State.
Duke University Creates Task Force on Faculty Diversity
The Academic Council at Duke University has established a diversity task force that will formulate a diversity plan for the university for the next decade.
North Dakota State University Is Conducting a Campus-Wide Survey on Diversity Issues
The goal of the project is to make the NDSU campus a more welcoming and inclusive environment for all members of the community.
Brown University Expands PostDoc Diversity Program
Brown University plans to bring six postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented minority groups to campus for two years each. African Americans, American Indians, and women in science and economics will be the focus of recruiting efforts.
New Scale Measures a Faculty’s Commitment to Diversity
The ACES scale, developed at the University of Kansas, measures Attitudes toward diversity, Career activities related to diversity, Environment of diversity and Social interaction with diverse groups.
Center for Diversity and Inclusion Opens at American University
Tiffany Speaks will be the inaugural senior director of the new center which combines three previous campus organizations under one umbrella.
