The New York Times: “MacArthur Foundation Announces 2021 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners”
This year’s 25 winners include Ibram X. Kendi, who wrote “How to Be an Antiracist,” the poet Hanif Abdurraqib and the writer and curator Nicole Fleetwood. The awards come with prestige — and $625,000.
BU D&I Now Hiring Learning & Training Facilitation Fellow
September 27, 2021 — Boston University Diversity & Inclusion (BU D&I) seeks a motivated, organized, and reliable Learning and Training – Facilitation Fellow to join the team in this inaugural role. The Fellow must be a current BU graduate, or professional student from any degree program. With mentorship and guidance from the BU D&I Learning and Training Director and BU D&I L&T Specialist, the successful candidate will primarily manage and facilitate training sessions and workshops for the BU’s […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education: “5 Ways to Make a Real Improvement in Hiring Black Professors”
How San Diego State University has increased its Black faculty members by 12 since the summer of George Floyd protests.
New “Living Language Guide” Builds Shared Understanding
September 8, 2021 — BU D&I has curated a new Living Language Guide to support the creation of common and shared understanding around diversity and inclusion-related words, terms, and phrases. The Living Language Guide was inspired by the similar work of many other institutions and organizations and is the result of many months of research by […]
Inside Higher Ed: “Removing Barriers for Students With Disabilities”
A bill supported by Democrats and Republicans would eliminate the costs and burdens that students with disabilities face in accessing college accommodations.
Inside Higher Ed: “Broadening the Right to Sue”
Federal appeals court says blind students have broad right to sue Los Angeles Community College District.
Ipsos: “All Americans see the value of higher education, but race continues to be a partisan flashpoint”
New Axios-Ipsos Hard Truths poll finds that American attitudes towards higher education are remarkably similar until race gets mentioned
The New York Times: “Black Colleges, From the Start, Were Given Less and Expected to Do More”
Why America’s Colleges Have Always Been Unequal — and How to Set Them Right
The Atlantic: “There Is No Debate Over Critical Race Theory”
Pundits and politicians have created their own definition for the term, and then set about attacking it.
The New York Times: “We Disagree on a Lot of Things. Except the Danger of Anti-Critical Race Theory Laws.”
What is the purpose of a liberal education? This is the question at the heart of a bitter debate that has been roiling the nation for months.