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Ask the White Guy: What I Know About the Rutgers Situation

Ask the White Guy: What I Know About the Rutgers Situation

DiversityInc CEO Luke Visconti, a Rutgers Trustee and member of the Governors Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics, gives you his take on what really happened.

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Rutgers Scandal Update: Pernetti Resigns; President Apologizes for ‘Failure of Process’

Rutgers Scandal Update: Pernetti Resigns; President Apologizes for ‘Failure of Process’

Former Rutgers Athletic Director says that his decisions “were out of keeping with Rutgers community’s values.”

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What’s Everyone Saying About Rutgers’ Rice Crisis?

Reaction toward ex-Coach Rice’s abusive behavior has celebrity athletes, NCAA coaches and leading news columnists demanding that Rutgers take more action.

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Should Rutgers President and Athletic Director Resign After Coach Rice Scandal?

Barchi and Pernetti

With Rutgers’ public image under scrutiny, what’s being done about those who swept basketball Coach Mike Rice’s homophobic and abusive behavior under the rug?

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Why Did Rutgers Wait to Fire Coach After Anti-Gay and Abusive Actions?

Why Did Rutgers Wait to Fire Coach After Anti-Gay and Abusive Actions?

Rutgers should have fired basketball coach Mike Rice in November instead of waiting until a video surfaced yesterday of his homophobic and vicious attacks on players.

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Re-Centering the History in Black History: Rutgers University’s Dr. Clement Alexander Price

Re-Centering the History in Black History: Rutgers University’s Dr. Clement Alexander Price

Dr. Clement Price, founder of the Rutgers University Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience, has dedicated his life to civil rights. Read his remarkable story here.

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Diversity Management: Tyler Clementi Case Sentencing Offers Lesson in Preventing Bias Tragedies

Diversity Management: Tyler Clementi Case Sentencing Offers Lesson in Preventing Bias Tragedies

Diversity management is vital to preventing more tragedies like the suicide of Tyler Clementi, a lesson critical today as Dharun Ravi was sentenced to 30 days of jail time.

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Rutgers Future Scholars Enhances Talent Pipelines With Corporate-Student Outreach

Rutgers Future Scholars Enhances Talent Pipelines With Corporate-Student Outreach

An event with Ernst & Young served to inspire students from low-income families to become the next generation of accounting professionals.

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Where Are Today’s STEM Students?

Look no further than Rutgers University, where one professor has dedicated his life to helping Black, Latino and other traditionally underrepresented undergrads pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math.

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Can Culturally Competent Healthcare Close Disparities Gaps?

Can white doctors provide quality care to communities in which the racial/ethnic demographics are shifting dramatically? One DiversityInc reader addresses this question in her passionate response to our article, “Is There a Black, Latino Doctor in the House?” about Rutgers University’s ODASIS program. See what she had to say about cultural competency and diversity in healthcare.

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Is There a Black, Latino Doctor in the House?

Is There a Black, Latino Doctor in the House?

Rutgers University’s ODASIS program is helping to close the racial/ethnic disparities gap within healthcare and other STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) professions. Its Access-Med program offers undergrads from underrepresented and economically disadvantaged groups career opportunities in the sciences. Here’s how.

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