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Shaun Harper has held one of USC’s most prestigious academic appointments since he came to the University in 2017 as Provost Professor in the USC Marshall School of Business and the USC Rossier School of Education. Now he adds another distinction. Harper has [...]

Brandi Jones has been promoted to professor of research at the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education. She has also joined the USC Race and Equity Center as our inaugural Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff. Previously, Jones was [...]

Danette Gerald Howard, a Lumina Foundation executive and nationally acclaimed higher education leader, has been named the USC Race and Equity Center’s inaugural Executive in Residence. Prior to becoming a foundation leader, Howard served as Secretary of Higher Education for the State [...]

Shaun Harper, Founder and Executive Director of the USC Race and Equity Center, has been inducted into the National Academy of Education, the most prestigious organization in one of his two academic fields. The National Academy’s mission is to advance high-quality research [...]

Royel Johnson is joining the USC Rossier School of Education as an associate professor in January 2022. He is coming from Penn State University where he was a faculty member and associate director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education. [...]

Higher education won’t address racial inequity unless states and institutions acknowledge the current problems and respond to them head-on, a speaker tells state officials.

At a Wednesday webinar, several California community college leaders addressed an ongoing need for racial equity in faculty hiring. They shared strategies that have worked on their campuses—and what more can be done, especially with millions of state dollars on the horizon [...]

Public backlash has forced Hollywood stakeholders, from the group behind the Golden Globes to the major studios, to address the industry's legacy of inequality in recent years. But several DEI experts who are advising the industry told Insider said Hollywood is still [...]

To support colleges and universities in their efforts to address inequities on campus, Achieving the Dream (ATD) and the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center have collaborated to establish the Racial Equity Leadership Academy (RELA). Dr. Monica Parrish Trent [...]