By Pankhuri Malhotra, University of Oklahoma Companies are increasingly highlighting their support for diversity, but that can backfire if consumers sense tokenism, a recent analysis from my team found. I’m…
By Benjamin Chrisinger, Tufts University Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own state…
By Lauren Sausser, California Healthline July 2, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. — Jerrian Reedy was 9 when his father was admitted to the hospital in Hattiesburg, about two hours northeast of…
By Angela R. Logan, University of Notre Dame In a 2-1 vote on June 3, 2024, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit held that…
By JT Torres, Washington and Lee University Just four years ago, following the murder of George Floyd, almost every college and university in the U.S. had at least one diversity,…
By Ann Marie Ryan, Michigan State University Experts see increasing diversity among police as a key solution to reducing racial bias in traffic stops, arrest rates and officer-involved shootings. The…
By Lauren Sausser, California Healthline April 25, 2024 CHARLESTON, S.C. — When he recently walked into the dental clinic at the Medical University of South Carolina donning a bright-blue pullover…
By Nao Hagiwara, University of Virginia and Tiffany Green, University of Wisconsin-Madison There is increasing evidence that implicit bias – non-conscious attitudes toward specific groups – is a source of…
The American Climate Corps program aims to recruit a diverse workforce. But it will face challenges including low pay, the need for child care, and historic discrimination against women in…
By Jeffrey C. Sun, University of Louisville and Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton The fate of hundred of millions of dollars in scholarship money is up in the air…
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