Colleges show only minor progress in diversifying student body
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Colleges in recent years have boasted that they are steadfastly committed to student and faculty racial diversity. But a new analysis by McKinsey & Company says that’s really more talk than action.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED –For all the talk in higher ed about increasing diversity, historically marginalized racial and ethnic populations are still underrepresented among college students, faculty and administrators, according to a new report from McKinsey & Company. “These findings are not novel, but what is significant is the slow rate of progress,” notes the report, titled…
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INSIGHT INTO DIVERSITY — The University of Houston Law Center (UHLC), located in one of the most multicultural cities in the U.S., is one of the nation’s most diverse law schools. Nearly 40 percent of first-year students in 2021 were members of underrepresented ethnic or racial groups, almost 25 percent were nonresidents of Texas, and…
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PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — Director of Development and Alumni Affairs Kelly Rimmer received the 2022 Diversity and Inclusion Award from Penn State’s Division of Development and Alumni Relations during a division-wide awards ceremony in May held at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center on the University Park campus.
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CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS — It’s no secret among lawyers and judges: The American legal profession has a diversity problem. People of color are underrepresented. There simply aren’t that many lawyers who are Black, Hispanic, Asian or Native American.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Attorneys of color often carry a burden of expectations that others do not; pressure to perform perfectly at all times may weigh heavily on them, say Davis Wright Tremaine diversity, equity, and inclusion chief Yusuf Zakir and Major, Lindsey & Africa partner Kate Reder Sheikh. They write about steps firms can take…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Following the May 2020 murder of George Floyd and the ensuing outcries about structural racism in society, Fordham Law School, like institutions everywhere, looked inward—and, a few months later, produced a plan for addressing racism within and beyond the campus community.
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PENN LAW — Arlene Rivera Finkelstein, Assoc. Dean for Equity & Justice and Chief Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Officer, shares information about this year’s Juneteenth celebrations.
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CISION PR NEWSWIRE — Practising Law Institute (PLI), a nonprofit leader in continuing legal education, is responding to the legal industry’s need for in-depth, actionable training on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) with a groundbreaking new two-hour CLE program, now available on demand.
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HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — Eight first-year Hofstra Law students have been chosen for 2022 Bar Diversity Fellowships from the Nassau County Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association. Students will have the opportunity to gain experience working at one of the participating law firms.
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