Diversity Management, News and Updates
The lack of diversity in secondary education has recently been coming to light all over the country, with protests and outrage coming from Yale, University of Missouri, Occidental, Ahmerst, Claremont McKenna and Ithaca. For some students, the problem begins right at the application process. The Coalition for Access, Affordability, and…
By Chris Hoenig As First Lady Michelle Obama ramps up her Reach Higher education initiative, Rutgers Future Scholars is one of the programs getting to demonstrate first-hand the success of inspiring young students to succeed. Rutgers Future Scholars is one of less than 20 programs invited to the National Summer…
Talent development starts in the trenches, saysRutgers University’s Courtney McAnuff, who grew up in a low-income neighborhood.He has dedicated his career to preparing a more diverse future workforce through higher education and has expanded those goals to reach students at the high-school level. The heart of what he does is…
How can organizations diversify their workforces and ensure a continuous pipeline of top-performing employees Ernst & Young, No. 6 in The 2012 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity, takes a proactive approach and reaches out to students before they even choose a college or a major. The Big Four professional-services…
Rutgers Future Scholars Jamira Riddick loves math but didn’t want anything to do with accounting. “I always thought accounting would be boring,” she says. The junior at New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School and a member of the Rutgers Future Scholars Class of 2017 visited Ernst & Young, No….
Luke Visconti’s Ask the White Guy column is a top draw on DiversityInc.com. Visconti, the founder and CEO of DiversityInc, is a nationally recognized leader in diversity management. In his popular column, readers who ask Visconti tough questions about race/culture, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability and age can expect smart,…
