Research suggests that diverse learning environments benefit all students and can improve student achievement, serve as engines of social and economic mobility, and promote school improvement, ...

By BONNIE JEAN FELDKAMP I first met Elise Carter at a public meeting in spring 2021. Elise sat with her colleague and friend ...

It's fair to say that class plays a significant role in whether people get into the C-suite or not. Indeed, research shows that workers from working-class backgrounds are over 30% less likely to ...

This kind of quagmire reflects the often unexamined social class dynamics that materialize in the workplace. Social class is often a forgotten dimension of diversity, inclusion, belonging, and ...

Here’s why real diversity should focus on class — not race By Richard D. Kahlenberg Published March 15, 2025, 3:00 p.m. ET ...

“Social class has been the missing dimension in employers’ diversity drives,” says Elliot Major. “In hindsight, a huge own goal opening them up to the backlash we are now seeing . . .

Georgetown University’s new “Pathways to Social Justice” core requirement for undergraduates came into effect with the beginning of the Fall 2024 semester. Beginning with the Class of 2028, all ...

Other universities have recognized these first-gen challenges. Five years ago, Stanford University established a Diversity and First-Gen Office that helps direct first-gens to needed resources (e.g.