Examples of diversity in higher education encompass a spectrum of identities and experiences, including racial and ethnic diversity, gender diversity, socioeconomic diversity, cultural diversity, and ...

Opponents of diversity, equity, and inclusion often argue that supporting these ideas undermines meritocracy by prioritizing diversity over qualifications and merit; exacerbates social and cultural ...

D iversity statements have endured a rough few months. The statements, which generally ask people applying for faculty jobs or seeking promotion or tenure to describe how they can contribute to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Growing up in Texas, Karith Foster was sometimes the only African American kid in her school classes. After graduating from ...

As a growing number of colleges around the country have stopped using diversity statements, a lawsuit filed against the University of California system in May appears to be the first to directly ...

This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he ...