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HBCUs Are Not Minority-Serving Institutions
They and tribal colleges are mission-based institutions born out of the affirmative discrimination by the federal government.
‘Beliefs Change’
A field reckons with its past involvement in conversion therapy for LGBTQ people—and somehow a graduate admissions decision gets thrown into the mix.
‘A World Where You Seldom See Another Brown Face’
A scholarship fund focused on Native American graduate students wants to increase their numbers in academe and professional careers and combat long-standing disparities.
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The Exclusivity of Inclusive Excellence
Andrea Y. Simpson reflects on how the phrase, as interpreted at so many institutions, can undermine the goals of diversity and inclusivity, as well as limit the scope of first-rate scholarship.
‘Stronger Together’
Twenty Hispanic-serving research universities are banding together to increase the number of Latino graduate students and professors at their institutions.
The Board of Trustees vs. Everyone
Seattle Pacific University’s board voted to maintain a policy that bars hiring LGBTQ+ individuals. The decision has sparked protests from students and faculty who are pushing to change the policy.
‘Beyond Rhetoric’ on Diversity
UMass-Boston aspires to be an antiracist institution. Some faculty members disagree with this, saying it’s limiting for a university. Others raise major concerns about the institution’s ongoing treatment of its Africana studies faculty.
Opinion
The Forgotten Predominantly Black Institutions of Higher Ed
Predominantly Black institutions need more attention and funding, Kurt L. Schmoke and Zaldwaynaka Scott write.