Diversity Course Requirement at University of Washington Starts Fall 2014
When I arrived at the University of Washington (UW) campus in Seattle, I assumed that courses on diversity and cultural differences would be included in the undergrad credit requirements – called Areas of Knowledge (AoK). Within AoK are subject areas meant to broaden the student’s topics of study, introducing new ideas as to not limit...
Boys and Men of Color: How Are They Doing in America?
February 27, 2014 marked a momentous day in the United States when President Obama approved the immediate release of the “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, an interagency effort to improve educational and life outcomes for boys and young men of color. While statistics President Obama presented at his speech emphasize the need for the initiative, many more of...
Commemorating Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
On May 17th, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously issued a decision that segregation in public education violated the right to equal protection under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This decision directed the lower courts to see to the desegregation of the nation’s schools. It also overturned the doctrine of “separate but...
Camden School District Takeover a Symptom of Racial Segregation
One of the monthly features on diversitycentral.com is News and Trends. I usually write up 3 or 4 of these pieces each month from press releases and external research. This month one of these pieces concerned the takeover of the Camden school district of New Jersey. Now, I hadn’t heard of the takeover before I...