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New Immigration Policies, Recruiting Strategies Offer Hope for International Enrollment
Within hours of taking office on January 20, President Joe Biden swiftly worked to undo some of the damage caused by the Trump administration’s...
URI College of Education Receives $1.1M Federal Grant for Special Education Programs
The University of Rhode Island's (URI) Feinstein College of Education has secured a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop...
Pivotal Moments in Higher Education DEI
As we share a bit of our publication’s history in this special anniversary section, we also trace the trajectory of DEI in higher education...
African and Global South Students Face High Rates of F-1 Visa Denials
A new report indicates that students from the Global South are denied visas to study in the U.S. at disproportionately higher rates than the...
Research Roundup
Recent news, reports, and research regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher eduation.
Academic Medical Leadership Diversity
A cross-sectional study from researchers at the Wayne State...
Michigan State Builds Long-awaited Multicultural Center
Construction on a new free-standing multicultural center at Michigan State University (MSU) is set to begin this spring, following decades of demand from students.
Plans...
Wildlife Biology Professor Weaves Indigenous Heritage into Lessons
Erim Gómez, PhD, was 5 years old when he saw a National Geographic documentary about grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park. From that moment...
Harvard University Names First Black President
Harvard University’s 30th president will be the first Black leader and second woman to hold the position.
On Thursday, the university announced Claudine Gay, PhD,...
Higher Education Leaders Urge Congress to Protect DACA Students
Nearly two dozen college and university leaders involved in the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration signed a letter to the U.S. Senate...
Arizona Initiative Extends In-State Tuition to Non-Citizens
Arizona voters have approved an initiative to extend in-state college tuition to some non-citizen students — a move that supporters hope will spark change...
Education Department Investigating Anti-Semitism Allegations at the University of Vermont
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is launching a formal investigation into a complaint alleging anti-Semitism against Jewish students at the...
National Hispanic Heritage Month Q&A
Each year, National Hispanic Heritage Month offers the opportunity to celebrate the culture and contributions of Hispanic and Latinx people in the U.S. This...
After a Decade of DACA, Undocumented Young People’s Fate Still Hangs in the Balance
On June 15, 2012, President Barack Obama announced the creation of a revolutionary new program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to...
Civil Rights Groups Demand Investigation Into Fake University Used to Detain Immigrant Students
This week, more than 40 civil rights organizations penned a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office for Civil Rights and Liberties...
University of Houston Law Center Dedicates DEI Efforts to Supporting Students at Every Stage
Diversity Champions exemplify an unyielding commitment to diversity and inclusion throughout their campus communities, across academic programs, and at the highest administrative levels. INSIGHT...
BIPOC Mental Health Month
Colleges and Universities Offer Psychological Services for Students of Color
This July marks the 14th annual observance of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) Mental...
Jewish American Heritage Month
This May marks the 16th annual celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month, a time to “pay tribute to the generations of Jewish Americans who...
University of Michigan’s Ford School Addresses Social Inequities through Increased Dialogue and Student Engagement
Education and community engagement are perhaps the most crucial keys to addressing the issues of systemic racism and social injustice within the world of...
University of Louisville Advances the Goal of Becoming a Premier Anti-Racist University
Diversity Champions exemplify an unyielding commitment to diversity and inclusion throughout their campus communities, across academic programs, and at the highest administrative levels. INSIGHT...
The 2021 HEED Awards: Support
Office of Hispanic Outreach
Clemson University’s Office of Hispanic Outreach fosters a welcoming environment for Hispanic and Latinx students, staff, and faculty by developing and...
The 2021 HEED Awards: Events & Celebrations
Hispanic Heritage Month
The El Paso Community College (EPCC) Hispanic Heritage Committee hosts a series of events annually to mark this special time of the...
Advocating for America’s Overlooked Areas
Lisa Pruitt, JD, PhD, the Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) School of Law, has...
Law Students Learn to Represent the Underrepresented
Gaining hands-on experience is a critical part of becoming an effective lawyer, which is why many law schools around the nation offer clinical programs...
Monthly Observance: Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage
AAPI Heritage Month, celebrated each year in May, is intended to develop awareness of and celebrate the rich cultures and contributions of America’s fastest...
Op-Ed: Working in Solidarity to Address Anti-Asian Violence and Xenophobia
Christa Grant is the Assistant Dean of Intercultural Affairs/Chief Diversity Officer for Student Affairs at Union College. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Grant...
National Arab American Heritage Month
National Arab American Heritage Month (NAAHM) is a time for celebrating the history, contributions, and culture of the diverse population of Arab Americans. In...
University of Virginia Adds Africana and Caribbean Studies to Graduate Programs
The University of Virginia (UVA) will expand its graduate school catalog to include Africana and Caribbean studies, the school's news outlet, UVAToday, reported on Monday.
The...
Biden’s Education Department Expected to Prioritize Educational Equity
Incoming Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and his predecessor Betsy DeVos could not, in many ways, be more opposite. While DeVos comes from an extremely...
Trump Administration Reinstates DACA After Federal Directive
The Trump administration has restored the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program after a federal judge in Brooklyn ordered the immigration policy to...
Updates to U.S. Citizenship Test Unfair, Experts Say
New revisions to the U.S. naturalization test by the Trump administration are more challenging and lengthier than before, according to the U.S. Citizenship and...
15 College Students Arrested by ICE for Visa Fraud
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Wednesday that the organization arrested 15 non-immigrant students who claimed to be employed by companies that didn’t...
The 2020 HEED Awards: Events & Celebrations
The annual INSIGHT Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award recognizes colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and...
José Andrés and the New American Dream
The celebrity chef and humanitarian speaks with INSIGHT about food equity, immigrant rights, and how college students can change the world.
While much of the...
Chicago Students Demand Police Reform at Their Universities
On Aug. 1, hundreds of students from various Chicago universities and colleges joined together for a protest to demand their schools divest from the...
Trump Administration Rescinds Policy on Foreign Student Visas
The Trump administration has dropped its policy that would require international students to take at least one in-person class this fall or face deportation....
Harvard, MIT File Lawsuit to Stop New International Student Policy
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Wednesday in an effort to block a...
Introducing INSIGHT Into Diversity’s First Annual Inspiring Affinity Group Award
At INSIGHT Into Diversity, we know that cultivating a sense of belonging and a welcoming environment for employees is critical to creating an inclusive...
COVID-19, Racialized Disease, and the Yellow Peril
Accused of carrying the coronavirus, a Chinese American high school student in California was beaten so badly by peers that he needed to be...
‘DACA liberated me from my fears’: DREAMers, Others Share How DACA’s Uncertain Future Affects...
On November 12, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in the momentous immigration case Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University...
Experts Explain the Continuing Drop in International Enrollment and What Higher Ed Can Do...
Declines in international student enrollment are a growing concern at American institutions of higher education. Since the start of the fall 2019 semester, data released...
Law School Recruitment and Assistance from Legal Groups Help Firms Diversify the Profession
Lawyers are often charged with protecting the rights of the nation’s most underrepresented populations, and yet the legal profession remains one of the least...
International STEM Scholars Face Visa Restrictions, Racial Profiling Under Trump
STEM scholars from countries outside of the United States contribute enormously to research initiatives at American universities. They generate billions of dollars annually toward...
Law Students Serve as the Frontline of Protection for the Undocumented
Kathryn Redmond, JD, spent spring break of her final year of law school in a San Antonio bus station. As a student volunteer with...
Law Schools Across the Country Train Students to Fight for LGBTQ Rights
The emergence of a public LGBTQ community in the United States is in many ways a legal story, according to Michael Boucai, JD, an...
Muslim Student Associations Take Religious Inclusion from Idea to Action
Students care about religious diversity. In fact, 85 percent say it’s important for their campuses to provide a welcoming environment for individuals of diverse...
Films that Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
In 1977, Rep. Frank Horton of New York and Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii proposed that Congress designate one week annually to celebrate the...
Diversity-Related Resources for Communications Faculty and Students
Earlier this year, Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News featured a story about immigration across the United States-Mexico border. Carlson said mass immigration “makes...
Noticias in the News: Journalism Programs Bring Latinx Voices to the Forefront
For Americans who identify as Hispanic and Latinx, quality news relevant to their interests in mainstream, English-language news media can be hard to find.
Although...
INSIGHT Into Diversity Teams with ADL to Address Hate on Campus
ADL, formally known as the Anti-Defamation League, recently partnered with INSIGHT Into Diversity to help colleges and universities understand how to address the rise in...
Recruiters Tackle the Downturn in International Student Enrollment
The number of international students entering United States colleges and universities fell 6.6 percent in the 2017-2018 academic year compared with the previous year’s...
