Tag: anti-racism
San Diego State’s Anti-Racism and Equity Programs
San Diego State University is a 2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity Diversity Champion, one of a select group of higher education institutions that rank in...
Lessons Learned From Enacting A Strategic Plan for Anti-Racism in Higher...
In 2019, I realized that the DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) work that we were doing at the University of Minnesota School of Public...
Penn State Criticized for Nixing Racial Justice Center
Pennsylvania State University is facing backlash from students and faculty after canceling plans to create a Center for Racial Justice in October.
Former Penn State...
DEI Strategies for 2023: Commit, Convene, Communicate
With major legal decisions like the race-conscious admissions cases currently in front of the U.S. Supreme Court and a politically charged climate rife with...
SIU System Campus Climate Surveys Yield Greater DEI Transparency and Innovation
Chief diversity champions understand one of the most effective strategies a college can implement to attract and retain a diverse faculty and student body...
Universities Go Beyond DEI to Become Anti-racist Institutions
In the groundbreaking 2019 book How to Be An Antiracist, activist and scholar Ibram X. Kendi explains that it is not enough for a...
Resisting Resistance to Anti-Racism
We work at the intersection of two industries central to the national conversation on structural racism: higher education and health care. Both are reckoning...
New Medical School Cohort to Build Long-Term Strategies to Combat Systemic...
The health fields in the U.S. has a long history of institutional racism and discrimination. Now, amid growing calls for racial justice, a nationwide...
Colleges Revise Tenure Requirements to Include Diversity and Inclusion Accomplishments
A new movement is underway in academia that requires candidates who are eligible for tenure, promotion, and reappointment (TPR) review to provide details of...
UNC Chapel Hill Renames Campus Buildings in Honor of Diverse Historic...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC Chapel Hill) recently removed the names of White supremacists from two campus buildings and renamed...
Nazareth College Students Protest Over Racism, Diversity Concerns
Students at Nazareth College, a private nonprofit institution in New York, held a protest Saturday over concerns about racism and a lack of diversity...
University of St. Thomas Students Lead Anti-Racism Rally
Nearly 200 University of St. Thomas (UST) students, faculty, and staff gathered on campus September 28 to rally against racism and White supremacy, with...
UW-Madison Takes Anti-Racist Action by Removing 42-Ton Boulder
On August 6, the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) removed a 42-ton boulder from campus because of its historical connection to racial discrimination. Officially known...
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Names Inaugural Marshall-Motley Scholars
On the anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in May, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced the names of...
Law Schools Commit to Furthering Anti-Racist Training, Addressing Inequity
Law schools, perhaps more than any other institutions in higher education, are in a unique position to address structural racism and effect meaningful societal...
Critical Race Theory Under Attack
As conservative lawmakers use falsehoods and fear tactics to suppress anti-racism lessons in the classroom, educators and legal scholars worry about the whitewashing of...
Florida Governor Approves Controversial Bill on Campus ‘Intellectual Freedom’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a controversial bill Tuesday that requires all state colleges and universities to conduct annual campus-wide surveys on “intellectual...
UNC Chapel Hill Revokes Tenure Offer for 1619 Project Creator
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's (UNC Chapel Hill) board of trustees has denied a tenured appointment to Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer...
Unique Social and Behavioral Research Centers Investigate Society’s Most Pressing Issues
Research in the fields of social and behavioral science can have tremendous influence on legislation, spark meaningful conversations, and ultimately lead to a more...
Idaho Senate Passes Bill Banning Critical Race Theory in Public Schools,...
On Monday, the Idaho Senate voted 27-8 to pass a bill that seeks to ban critical race theory from being taught in public schools,...
More Than 160 Confederate Symbols were Removed in 2020, Report Finds
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a year-end update to its Whose Heritage? report on Tuesday, which found that 168 Confederate symbols were renamed...
Valparaiso University Removes Crusader Mascot, Imagery
On Thursday, Valparaiso University (Valpo) in Indiana announced it will remove its Crusader mascot and imagery after a “decades-long debate” about the controversial figure.
In...
Utah House Approves Bill to Rename Dixie State University
The Utah House of Representatives voted 51-20 on Wednesday to launch a process to rename Dixie State University.
If passed by the Utah Senate, the...
Trustees Vote to Rename Dixie State University
The board of trustees at Dixie State University voted unanimously Monday to recommend that the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) drop the word...
Virginia Military Institute Removes Century-Old Statue of Confederate General
On Monday, the Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson statue that stands in front of the student barracks at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) was removed...
University of Pittsburgh Requires Incoming Freshmen to Take Course on Racism
The University of Pittsburgh will now require all incoming freshmen to take a one-credit course on anti-racism.
The new course, which is titled Anti-Black Racism:...
Symbols Matter: Colleges and Universities Respond to Movement Against Racist...
Alongside a major highway in Nashville, Tennessee, stands a 25-foot statue of a man who many would consider the embodiment of American racism. The...
