Diversity

Bridgewater State asked a white faculty applicant about her white privilege. The job seeker, who lost the job, says this line of questioning was discriminatory. Was it?

The United Negro College Fund is launching a new online learning platform where HBCU students and scholars at different institutions across the country can learn and connect.

A new study challenges what’s known about gender bias in letters of recommendation for academic science jobs.

The backlash to universities adding caste as a protected category under antidiscrimination policies is a warning of what’s to come, Pranay Somayajula writes.

Northern Essex Community College introduced a slew of new initiatives to enroll and retain Hispanic students after the pandemic led to a sharp enrollment decline. The college recovered the losses, and administrators learned lasting lessons about how to better serve these students.

Russian forces shelled and destroyed the building that housed the Hillel chapter in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The international Jewish student organization is helping students and employees fleeing the country.

Shanique G. Brown and Jennifer M. Gómez, two Black professors, write an open letter to BIPOC grad students and others offering 10 tips for appropriately engaging with marginalized faculty.

Federal funding should be targeted to those institutions that most effectively serve Latino students, not just those that enroll large numbers, Kim A. Wilcox writes.