Tag: Diversity

The Chronicle reports on the growing number of Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) and whether these colleges are properly supporting the students they are meant to serve. In order to qualify as a Hispanic Serving Institution, 25% of full-time undergraduate students must be Hispanic. By that measure, 1 in 4 nonprofit…

The Chronicle covers recommendations on how colleges can move from pledges of racial equity towards strategic action. Findings from the report “Moving From Words to Action” by NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education showed that few statements from institutions acknowledging the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor listed…

The Chronicle reports on Howard University’s longest sit-in protest. Over 100 students have been occupying the Armour J. Blackburn University Center and camping nearby in protest of living conditions and lack of student representation in the school’s decision-making. Dozens of students from other universities have joined in solidarity by protesting…

Diverse Education reports on achieving Latinx student success through Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), community, and family. According to the 2020 census, 18% of the population identifies at Latinx. Experts indicate that colleges need to reach out to Latinx communities, embrace family involvement, employ Latinx staff and faculty in leadership positions,…

The Chronicle reports on students at the Asian University for Women in Afghanistan hoping to flee the country, given the current state of seizure from the Taliban. Kamal Ahmad, the founder of the University, is working with American colleges, hoping some may admit the students. Meanwhile, the United States has…

On June 4, the board of trustees at Washington and Lee University voted 22 to 6 to maintain the school’s name, which in part commemorates Confederate general and former university president Robert E. Lee. According to the New York Times, calls for the university to change its name intensified last…