Defining Diversity and Inclusion - By Graciela Meibar
My definition of diversity is that it includes everyone. So to say that it is important to include everyone in the diversity discussion might seem redundant from my perspective. However, I say it...
View ArticleThe Evolving Role of the Affirmative Action Officer - By Shirley Wilcher
Since the signing of Executive Order 10925 in 1961 and Order 11246 in 1965, the person assigned the responsibility to promote equal opportunity through affirmative action has had an evolving role. The...
View ArticleThe Diversity Opportunities of Today - It’s Generational - By T. Hudson Jordan
Diversity within an organization has evolved over the years to encompass the many ways in which people differ from one another. Early diversity conversations may have focused solely on race, while...
View ArticleBreaking the Mold - By Michael Rainey
The National Science Foundation attempts to bring diversity to the STEM fields There’s been a good deal of publicity over the last few years about women, veterans, persons with disabilities, and three...
View ArticleHumanitarian Venture For Software Pioneer Bill Gates: The Bill and Melinda...
The term “genius” is thrown around so loosely these days that it can begin to lose its meaning, but that is certainly the most appropriate adjective to describe Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft...
View ArticleThe National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) - By Howard...
Addressing national needs with a national resource It is an era of chronically high unemployment in the United States of America. A lack of promising employment and career growth affects all willing...
View ArticleLegal INSIGHTS with Jeffrey W. Larroca: The Brave New World of Expanding...
During the landmark debate over The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which codified into federal law the illegality of discrimination based on an individual’s race, national origin, color and religion,...
View ArticleGenerational Diversity is Positioning the Pittsburgh Area as a Region of...
We often hear of employers that aspire to be an “Employer of Choice” in the war for talent. Even during the current sluggish economy, organizations across all sectors spend considerable resources to...
View ArticleWell, When I Was A Kid… - By Constantinos G. Panagopoulos
Okay, show of hands. How many of you had to listen to your father tell you how things were much tougher for him growing up than they were for you? My father, who grew up in Greece, used to tell me...
View ArticleTournament of Dreams - By Michael Rainey
In a world in which equality is frequently a foreign concept, sports can sometimes be the great equalizer. Regardless of what color a person’s skin is or where his or her ancestors came from, many find...
View ArticleA Prescription for Equality - By Michael Rainey
Anyone who has ever had a doctor’s prescription filled or simply needed to conveniently pick up a gallon of milk has undoubtedly walked into one of the 7,600 Walgreens locations across the United...
View ArticleLinking Diversity And Corporate Social Responsibility – A Lost Opportunity -...
Sometimes we miss what’s right in front of us. As an example, I was recently in the middle of a business conversation with a senior executive and we began discussing an upcoming business trip. When the...
View ArticleStudent Identity Development and Job Prospects in the Global Marketplace - By...
While the demographics of students on American college campuses have become increasingly diverse, what are the realistic chances for diverse students to attain jobs in a constricted world economy? And...
View ArticleThe Diversity Council Honors Awards: Recognizing Essential Employee Volunteer...
Throughout America, diversity councils have quietly developed a strong reputation for the extraordinary work they do at driving diversity processes at all types of companies and organizations. What...
View ArticleLegal Insights: The Graying of the American Workforce - By Jeffrey W. Larroca
The American workplace is aging. Employees 40 years of age or older represent nearly 50 percent of the total U.S. labor force, and that number is expected to grow in the future. Indeed, the number of...
View ArticleDo You Hire H-1B Skilled Workers? - By Beth Moskow-Schnoll and Tejal Mehta
Understanding the Export Control Rules That Apply The burden on employers that sponsor skilled, nonimmigrant foreign workers, including universities and colleges, grew substantially on February 20,...
View ArticleINSIGHT Q&A with Pete Santora, Founder of ThundrLizard
Pete Santora is a former two-time All-American and professional soccer player who was the co-founder and managing partner of Blue Sombrero from 2002 to 2010. In 2010 he was president of The...
View ArticleIID Perspective with Tia T. Gordon, M.A.
Courage Has No Color Much attention has been given to the recently released film Red Tails, a story about a group of African-American United States Army Air Force servicemen called the “Tuskegee...
View ArticleThe New Tradition of Nontraditional Students - By Andrea Williams
In 2006, then 59-year old Albert Poirier was forced to retire from his 32-year career in the hospitality industry due to a chronic back condition. With a wide open schedule and a “five-year plan” to...
View ArticleA Parent's Guide To Cyberbullying - By Michael Rainey
The great technological advances over the past two decades have made all our lives easier; we now have the ability to talk to friends and family members around the globe with the stroke of a key, send...
View ArticleLike A Frog In Boiling Water - By Hollande Levinson
There’s an old “folk tale” that if you throw a frog in a pan of boiling water, it will quickly jump out. But if you put a frog in a pan of cold water and raise the temperature ever so slowly, the...
View ArticleLegal INSIGHTS with Jeffrey W. Larroca
Facing Facebook in the Office Imagine one of your employees stands up in the lobby of your business to speak to a co-worker. Let’s call it a bank. A dozen customers are present, waiting in line for...
View ArticleRecruiter’s Corner with Vicky Ayers, RPA Inc.
Executive Recruiter Pet Peeve #1: The Functional Resume Recruiters are always being asked to describe the biggest mistakes candidates make in seeking a new position. High on my list is the functional...
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INSIGHT Sports with Jason Belzer, Esq.
Discriminatory Undertones Pandemic to College Coach Firing Practices As someone who has acted as an adviser and confidant to college coaches, I have had an opportunity to witness firsthand the ups and...
View ArticleDisability Discrimination - By Julia Méndez, CAAP, PHR, CELS
Almost two years after the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA) became effective, the lawsuits filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency which oversees...
View ArticleFacebook Firings - By Susan Borowski
Social media use is increasing exponentially, and with it, the problems that can occur. Some recent statistics on social media from Nielsen’s Social Media Report: Q3 2011 include the following: Nearly...
View ArticleSocial Media Background Checks - By Michael Rainey
That picture of you in a hot tub with a beer in your hand and two attractive females sitting next to you sure looks great as the profile picture on your Facebook page, but can it prevent you from...
View ArticleWords to Action - By Captain Kenneth Barrett
Few words drive true action. Those moments in time when they do are long remembered. Last August, President Barack Obama delivered words – 1,181 words to be exact – that have driven action in the...
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Scholarships and the White Male: Disadvantaged or not? By Susan Borowski
Talk to the parent of a 17- or 18-year-old white male student who is looking for a scholarship, and you may be talking to one frustrated person. “My 17-year-old son is a high B student and an excellent...
View ArticleAffirmative Action and Reverse Discrimination: Walking the fine line - Susan...
Ever since the landmark Supreme Court case Regents of the University of California v. Bakke in 1978, universities have been struggling to find the right balance between promoting affirmative action and...
View ArticleWorking While Aging - By Andrea Williams
From 2006 to 2011, Caitrin Lynch, associate professor of anthropology at the Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts, researched the business practices of Vita Needle Company. On the...
View ArticleThe Scarcity of African-American Males in K-12 Teaching - By Michael Rainey
Pay a visit to almost any elementary school, junior high or high school in the United States today and chances are the last thing you’ll see is an African-American male teacher walking the halls. This...
View ArticleRecruiter’s Corner with Vicky Ayers, RPA Inc.
Don’t Hide Your Light I recently received an inquiry from a large public university asking how to attract qualified minority candidates into a search pool.This is a question that myself and many other...
View ArticleHuman Resources: Diversity’s Friend or Foe? - By Anise D. Wiley-Little
The room was quiet as the diversity consultant that I had brought in looked around the room of diversity leaders. After the brief introduction, she looked at the audience, wondering why they were there...
View ArticleFrom the Battlefield to the Classroom - By Michael Rainey
Veterans find the transition from war to college to be far from seamless Once or twice a week, Army veteran Chad Running wakes up in the middle of the night in the throes of a recurring nightmare that...
View ArticleLegal INSIGHTS with Jeffrey W. Larroca
The Limits Of Religious Accommodation Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination by most employers on the basis of race, national origin, gender, color and religion. Numerous...
View ArticleMastering Self-Talk: Resistance in the Face of Dominant Cultural Orientation...
The self-talk of minorities, women, people with disabilities, lesbian/gay/bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) individuals can reflect the deep, unconscious internalization of cultural stereotypes of what...
View ArticleDiversity and Inclusion: Not Just A Workplace Issue - By Melanie Harrington
The revolving door conundrum remains a challenge for many organizations even in today’s sluggish economic environment. The problem, however, is not the province of employers solely but a challenge for...
View ArticleStudent Safety: Are U.S. Colleges Getting a Bad Rap? - By Tia T. Gordon, M.A.
Aren’t good things supposed to come in threes? Unfortunately, there seems to be a lack of good fortune coming to U.S. colleges and universities. Since last October, an epidemic of violence has swept...
View ArticleWhat’s at Stake in the Fisher v. University of Texas Case? - By Shirley J....
Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court is addressing the question of whether a college or university may use race in undergraduate admissions decisions. This Court decided the issue most recently in the...
View ArticleLegal INSIGHTS with Jeffrey W. Larroca (Summer 2012)
Who Is Lilly Ledbetter and Why Does She Matter? Lilly Ledbetter has a law named after her, but many people do not know who she is, or more importantly, what that law means. American employers should...
View ArticlePerspectives on Diverse Administrators in Peril: The New Indentured Class in...
The continual balancing act involved in the daily work experiences of women, minority, and lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered (LGBT) administrators in higher education is a relatively unknown...
View ArticleThe New Marketing 101 - By Michael Rainey
As America’s population becomes more diverse, colleges and universities are adapting by offering multicultural marketing courses By the year 2050, Caucasian people will be a minority in the United...
View ArticleKeeping College Students Safe: Sexual Harassment and Assault on Campus - By...
Which is worse: the fact that nearly two-thirds of both male and female students on college campuses report being sexually harassed, or the fact that this figure is not all that surprising? An American...
View ArticleThe Controversial Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act - By...
The reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), typically a noncontroversial bipartisan affair, has fallen victim to partisan politics in this polarizing election year. The original...
View ArticleDown and Out In America - By Michael Rainey
The long-term unemployed face a steep challenge in getting back into the workforce Michael Sheets had a burning passion for sports ever since he was five years old. He wanted to turn his passion into...
View ArticleReligion for Thinkers: Merging Religious Thought and Avoiding Religious...
So, let’s talk about religion. No really, let’s have an honest, difficult, crucial, courageous, fierce conversation about the most fundamental element of our worldviews. Religion, for many, represents...
View ArticleRecruiter’s Corner With Vicky Ayers (Summer 2012)
Picking Your Way Through the Social Media Minefield We are a small, private, liberal arts college trying to diversify our faculty and staff. Recently a committee member logged on to Facebook to see if...
View ArticleINSIGHT Sports With Michael Rainey (Summer 2012)
Life After Basketball Proves Rewarding for John Amaechi The four major professional sports leagues in North America (MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL) have yet to have an active player reveal that he’s gay, but...
View ArticleBecoming a Culture Sleuth for Diversity Management (Part 1) - By Pamela...
“Large-scale change is only permanent when rooted in a cultural transformation." — John Kotter, chief innovation officer at Kotter International You have just been given the responsibility to lead a...
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