The Common App will make it possible for colleges to conceal students’ race and ethnicity information when viewing their applications, a move intended to give schools flexibility if the Supreme Court ends affirmative action.
Topics: Diversity
The enduring, widening disparities that limit Black students’ degree attainment
Experts tell The Hechinger Report that racial gaps in college access, degree attainment, and wealth are growing—and could worsen amid legal challenges to affirmative action and diversity initiatives.
At many HBCUs, men represent just one third of undergraduates
Male students make up a shrinking share of undergraduates at many HBCUs across the country, mirroring overall declines in Black student enrollment that could stall efforts to diversify in-demand professions.
Big tech internships, job offers less likely for low-income students
Students from low-income households have limited exposure to advanced math courses and opportunities that could prepare them for STEM internships and careers. Colleges and companies are ramping up efforts to ensure more equitable access.
To increase diversity in medicine, schools must confront structural barriers, new studies say
New reports published by the Journal of the American Medical Association Network highlight strategies colleges, medical schools, and medical-residency programs can use to address structural inequities that have slowed efforts to increase diversity in the medical profession.
Georgetown report: Ending race-conscious admissions would threaten racial, ethnic diversity at selective colleges
If the U.S. Supreme Court restricts race-conscious college admissions, selective colleges will find it impossible to create student populations representative of the demographic diversity of graduating high school classes unless they overhaul their admissions practices, says a new report from Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce.
Georgetown opens first-of-its-kind mosque on a U.S. campus
The masjid builds on the university’s commitment to interreligious understanding and care for the whole person, or cura personalis, in creating sacred spaces on campus and community for students of all faith traditions.
Colleges commit to expanding, diversifying pipeline of health care professionals
Higher education institutions are feeling even more urgency to graduate nurses and pharmacists amid health care labor shortages and burnout among frontline workers.
Discrimination, additional stressors create barriers to graduation for Black students, study finds
A new joint study from the Lumina Foundation and Gallup finds that Black college students face distinctive challenges to completing a postsecondary degree, including racial discrimination and conflicting work and caregiving commitments.
Meet Georgetown Law’s first chief diversity officer
Anjali Bindra Patel shares how Georgetown Law is “building the culture we want with each inclusive step and each inclusive action.”
New report explores connection between faculty diversity and student success
To improve student outcomes, U.S. colleges and universities must collaborate to ensure students of all backgrounds can see themselves reflected among faculty at their institutions, a new report finds.
Supreme Court once again considers race-conscious admissions at U.S. colleges and universities
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the future of affirmative action in college admissions, as higher education leaders considered what the ruling could mean for their efforts to increase diversity.