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The USC Race and Equity Center and Achieving the Dream are launching an academy to help institutions develop a plan to make change on campus.

Relatively new to a full-time career in academe, Dr. Kendrick B. Davis was named chief research officer and associate professor of research at the University of Southern California’s (USC) Race and Equity Center in November. The appointment brings Davis’ work — particularly [...]

A group of new liberal arts college presidents of color has formed an alliance to collectively address issues of racial diversity, equity and inclusion on their campuses.

PayScale, Inc. and the USC Race and Equity Center are partnering to help organizations achieve pay equity that goes beyond a one-time engagement and incorporates continuous monitoring and maintenance to keep pace with the business. Working together, both organizations will uniquely combine research, technology and advisory services to expand diversity, equity and inclusion into compensation. Beginning in October 2020, PayScale and the USC Race and Equity Center’s Pay Equity Analysis and Advisory offering will be available for PayScale MarketPay customers to create a path to pay equity.

The presidents of 60 California community colleges have formed an alliance that aims to combat racism and educational inequities on campuses where the majority are students of color. The move follows mass protests triggered by the death of George Floyd, which have [...]

More than half of the 115 presidents in the California community-college system have formed a new partnership with the University of Southern California’s Race and Equity Center, pledging action and financial commitments to diversity on their campuses.

On Monday, Dr. Estela Bensimon—arguably one of the nation’s most prominent and prolific educational scholars—announced her retirement from USC and the merging of the Center for Urban Education (CUE) that she founded in 2000 with Harper’s Race and Equity Center. The merger will serve as a game changer for diversity, inclusion and equity work across the higher education landscape.

Equity initiatives only work if university leaders are on board. At least that’s the principle behind the Racial Equity Leadership Academy, a new program announced at the opening plenary of the 16th annual Achieving the Dream conference on Tuesday. Achieving the Dream, [...]

With the support of an Equity Leadership Acceleration (ELA) Grant from the Lumina Foundation, DHE partnered with the University of Southern California’s (USC) Race and Equity Center to offer professional development to all 60-plus agency employees in advancement of the Equity Agenda. DHE staff convened for a [...]