Bright Spots: How 2 Universities Built a Diverse Student Body
Nationally, public flagship universities continue to profess support for diversity, but their enrollments tell a different story. In fact, many enroll a smaller proportion of Black students today than they…
Self-Advocacy or Defiance in Protests? Depends: Are You White or Black?
“Please, I can’t breathe.” Are these words of “resistance,” or are they a man’s simple plea to stay alive? In seven minutes, George Floyd became yet another Black man who…
Improving On-Campus Racial Climate
January 22, 2020 by Hayley Margolis When I first started undergrad at George Washington University, I was disturbed to find out that their symbol for the campus community was the Colonial. So, I have spent the…
Reconciling Your School’s Racist History
July 31, 2019 by Coleman Evans As a White woman progressing through college and my internship at Ed Trust, I have come to understand the extent to which systemic racism permeates every aspect of our education…
ExtraOrdinary Districts Special Edition: The Milford 11
May 17, 2019 by Karin Chenoweth In the summer after the Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, Delaware’s first African American attorney, Louis L. Redding and local minister Reverend Fisher met with…
On Charlottesville: Race Matters, But Facts Do Too
August 15, 2017 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D. Deadly protests this weekend by torch-carrying White nationalists at the University of Virginia and in the city of Charlottesville, Va., serve as a terrible reminder to us all just how…
Protected: Standing for DEI Programs in Your State
September 09, 2015 by Ed Trust Despite the ongoing threats to diversity, equity, and inclusion, college DEI programs are important for students of color to feel like they belong, and must remain intact.