Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
News, opinion, and advice about the issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education.
Ingrained inequities
At the Detroit public university, the share of students completing degrees within six years declined eight percentage points in 2023 — after a dozen years of increases. Now what?
'The tenor of the times'
Are they a victim of politics, conceptually flawed, or here to stay?
Data
We’ve documented actions taken on dozens of campuses to alter or eliminate jobs, offices, hiring practices, and programs amid mounting political pressure to end identity-conscious recruitment and retention of minority staff and students.
Today’s youngest college students face a scary future. They tend to be risk-averse and to distrust administrators and faculty members. Colleges that help them feel connected will flourish, and contribute to a flourishing society.
'Negative Results'
After relations soured, a consultant accused a college’s administration of “prioritizing whiteness.” The president’s attempt to hide the leaked document made things worse.
'Knife edge'
The Office for Civil Rights has dinged colleges in recent months for not appropriately addressing antisemitism.
Title IX updates
New federal protections of gender identity took effect on Thursday, but courts have blocked them across 26 states and hundreds of campuses. Meanwhile, at the state level, bathroom bills abound.
The Review | Opinion
Ideological DEI mandates risk corrupting knowledge production at the root.
Data
Explore this searchable, sortable table showing the race, ethnicity, and gender of full-time faculty members at 3,300 colleges and universities since 2018.
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