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Tuition Hikes have a negative impact on Diversity
Tuition hikes are linked to decreased student diversity on public college campuses, according to a new paper finding the strongest effect at two-year institutions and nonselective four-year institutions. But tuition hikes can help public colleges’ diversity — when those hikes take place at private universities in the area. Public institutions can actually see the diversity…
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10 Interview Questions To Determine If A Company Is As Inclusive As It Claims
Ask any company whether they’re diverse and inclusive, and they’re probably going to tell you “yes.” After all, not many hiring managers would want to admit that they have trouble recruiting or retaining members of diverse backgrounds. If you take that answer at face value, you run the risk of joining a company that talks…
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Diversity and inclusion jobs are on the rise in the Trump era
US president Donald Trump’s presidency has been a boon to the diversity and inclusion job market. According to data from the job website Indeed, in the 15 months before Donald Trump was elected, 87 out of every 1 million job postings was for a diversity and inclusion role. In the 15 months sincehis election, the monthly average…
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Forbes And theBoardlist Announce Inaugural #BoardForward Awards To Recognize Organizations And Individuals With Innovative Approaches To Diversity And Inclusion
SAN FRANCISCO (March 15, 2018) – Forbes, in partnership with theBoardlist, announced today the inaugural #BoardForward Awards Gala, taking place on March 29, 2018, in San Francisco. The #BoardForward Awards will recognize organizations and individuals who have adopted innovative approaches to tackling issues of diversity and inclusion in the boardroom and the C-suite, all with the…
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Why People Lose Motivation — and What Managers Can Do to Help
At some point, every leader has dealt with a person — or, worse, a group of people — who has lost motivation. It’s frustrating, isn’t it? As much as we’ve been there ourselves, sometimes it’s hard to sympathize with others who are disengaged from work and unproductive as a result. Sometimes, we view their unhappiness as…
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Google honors geochemist Katsuko Saruhashi
Google is using its logo Thursday to honor a pioneer in geochemistry. The company’s latest doodle pays tribute to Katsuko Saruhashi, born on this day 98 years ago in Japan. Saruhashi is credited with creating a table bearing her name accurately measuring the amount of carbonic acid in water based on its temperature, pH level…
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Affleck, Damon Follow Michael B. Jordan’s Lead in Using an Inclusion Rider
Following Michael B. Jordan’s move to use an “inclusion rider” in all the film projects his Outlier Society Productions company takes on, two Hollywood heavyweights have announced that they’ll both follow suit. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, lifelong friends and producing partners, announced last week that they would be using the diversity clause in future deals through their Pearl…
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What Should Inclusion Really Look Like In The Workplace?
Inclusion is the only scalable way to build diversity within an organization. Without thoughtful and deliberate discussion and action to cultivate an inclusive environment, all the energy and resources spent on recruiting a diverse workforce are for naught. The employees, so painstakingly recruited, will be gone within three months. Why do I know this? Because I…
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Four Ways to Drive Workplace Diversity and Inclusion
The global workplace is evolving, and women are the next emerging market in the world. The female labour participation rate in Sri Lanka currently stands at 35.9%; furthermore, Asia Pacific is home to 700 million adolescents, or 45% of the world’s youth population. This will potentially lead to an increasingly diverse workforce with people possessing…
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5 Female Leaders from Business History
Fortune 500’s CEO’s Mary Barra (General Motors) and Indra Nooyi are some of the most prominent women in the business world today, and more women are joining that league everyday. There are more female Fortune 500 CEO’s than ever, which is great news, but it is dampened by the fact that the total is 25…
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