Tag: discrimination

A new survey shows that about one in five Black students report facing discrimination at their higher education institutions, a rate that is 15...

The City University of New York (CUNY) has received $750,000 in funding to address religious, racial, and ethnic bigotry, including antisemitism, at its colleges. The...

Medical students across the U.S. have long been subjected to instances of mistreatment from faculty, staff, and classmates. Research shows that for decades, these...

A recent Pew Research Center poll of more than 3,000 Latinx Americans found that those with darker skin colors experience more discrimination. Nearly half of...

The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is seeing a "disturbing increase" in anti-Black incidents on campus, according to the school's diversity officer. Nefertiti A....

American University (AU) officials have deemed an investigation into anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled in a dormitory bathroom inconclusive. The etchings included SS Lightning Bolts, a swastika,...

Princess Dennar, a former program administrator at Tulane University's School of Medicine, recently discussed her alleged experiences with racism and discrimination during an interview...

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Accreditation (ACGME) has reportedly placed Tulane University School of Medicine's graduate medical programs on probation due to diversity...

Bucknell University officials announced they are investigating a recent incident of harassment against LGBTQ students on campus. In a letter to the campus community, officials...

A newly released survey found that nearly 80 percent of Asian Americans say they do not feel respected and are discriminated against in the...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded funding to a University of California, Santa Barbara psychologist whose research could help prevent the development of...

Seattle Pacific University (SPU) faculty cast a vote of “no confidence” in the school’s board of trustees after the board announced last week it...

Diverse groups of faculty and staff at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) are speaking out against the alleged bias, racism, and discrimination they...

A new survey shows that LGBTQ students at colleges and universities with explicit anti-LGBTQ policies face greater risks of sexual assault, anxiety, and disciplinary...

This week, Mississippi lawmakers passed legislation that bans transgender student-athletes from competing in women and girl's sports, making it the first state in the...

Princess Dennar was the first and only Black woman to serve as program director at Tulane University School of Medicine’s Pediatrics Residency program. Now,...

Several tenured professors are suing Centenary University, claiming the New Jersey school wrongfully terminated them and ignored their legal tenure protections and constitutional rights,...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped a lawsuit Wednesday that alleged Yale University had been discriminating against Asian American and White applicants in...

On September 28, University of Iowa graduate student Claire McDonnell recorded a video call of herself and a group of male classmates discussing plans...

Hate crimes in the United States are peaking at levels that haven’t been seen since 2008, according to an annual FBI report released on...

Boram Lee, PhD, was a graduate student at Harvard University last spring when she had her first experience with anti-Asian racism on campus.  Lee, who...

Wake Forest University (WFU) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina is investigating what it calls “malicious” emails sent to 12 professors and staff members in diversity-related...

White supremacist propaganda continues to be a growing problem in higher education, with more incidents occurring on college campuses in spring 2019 than in...

Nine former and current football players for the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMN) — all of whom are African American — filed a...

The Higher Education (PROSPER) Act, which dictates how and why federal aid can be distributed to students and colleges, is up for renewal. Republican...

In 2013, in her new role as supervisor to an intern in the emergency department, Emily Whitgob wanted to ensure a positive experience for...

One of most unusual queries that Sally Rubenstone, senior adviser for the college admissions counseling company College Confidential, ever received came from a young...

In the Fiscal Year 2018 Congressional Budget Justification for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) in the U.S. Department of Labor, the...

If you have ever been selected for jury duty, you may recall attorneys barraging you with questions during the voir dire process. This is...

The author of a controversial bill meant to protect the rights of LGBTQ college students agreed Wednesday to remove a key provision of the...

If you are a federal contractor or subcontractor — who is required to abide by affirmative action regulations under the jurisdiction of the U.S....

The Educational Testing Service (ETS) is launching a campaign to change the way colleges and universities use the graduate record examination (GRE) when making...

The language of transgender identity is constantly evolving as more people embrace gender classifications that fall outside the traditional male-female binary. With such rapidly...

As students across the country have taken to public spaces to express their frustration over college and university’s disregard for diversity issues, they have...

On Friday, the Obama administration issued a letter to every public school district in the country directing them to allow transgender students to use...

On Monday, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory responded to a letter issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, which urged the state to drop...

In reaction to a string of recently approved and proposed “religious freedom” bills by legislatures in a handful of southern states, the National Association...

A study by researchers at the University of Toronto and Stanford University finds that resumes that have been “whitened” by minority job seekers are...

North Carolina last week passed sweeping anti-LGBTQ legislation that includes a ban on transgender people accessing public bathrooms and locker rooms that do not...

Under pressure from both LGBTQ organizations and local corporations, on Monday, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal announced his decision to veto a bill that many...

When one hears the words “diversity,” “inclusion,” and “compliance,” similar ideas may come to mind. However, although these words have related associations, they each...

When you are an employer, knowing who is defined as an “applicant” matters. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal...

If I asked “who are you?”, would you be worried? Most of us answer some form of that question every day — for example,...

Six hours after University of Missouri (UM) System President Tim Wolfe resigned from his post, the chancellor of UM’s flagship campus in Columbia (MU),...

Jacqueline A. Berrien, former chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and civil rights activist, passed away Monday, Nov. 9. Berrien, a native of...

On June 4, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson gave the commencement address, titled “To Fulfill These Rights,” at Howard University, a historically black college...

The Ellen Pao gender discrimination case against her former employer — the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (Kleiner Perkins) — was...

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, color, race, national origin, and religion. The law’s protections...