Jamaal Abdul-Alim

6 days ago | diverseeducation.com | Jamaal Abdul-Alim

When President Joe Bidenreestablished the WhiteHouse Initiativeon Asian Americans,Native Hawaiians andPacific Islanders in 2021,higher education wasone of its biggest focalpoints. For instance, in April2024, the initiative hostedthe first-ever AsianAmerican, Native Hawaiianand Pacific IslanderHigher Education LeadershipDevelopmentSummit. The summit– which drew faculty,staff and students fromaround the world – tookplace at the Universityof California, Berkeley.

1 month ago | diverseeducation.com | Jamaal Abdul-Alim

College and university administrators should be strategic about how they respond to government attempts to root out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI) on campus. That’s what a bevy of scholars told attendees who gathered at the annual conference of the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education. Many of the 400 or so attendees related stories about DEI crackdowns in their home states.

1 month ago | diverseeducation.com | Jamaal Abdul-Alim

To get to the office of Dr. Sylvester James Gates, Jr. – the world-renowned theoretical physicist credited with pioneering a concept known as supersymmetry – you have to walk through an anterior conference room on the first floor of the John S. Toll Physics Building at the University of Maryland. The walls are bedecked with a dozen or so framed color images of Adinkras.

2 months ago | diverseeducation.com | Jamaal Abdul-Alim

When House Republicans passed the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025” on Jan. 14, the lawmakers purportedly wanted to ward off what they say are the “adverse” effects of forcing female athletes to compete with trans athletes who were born biological males. Although the bill faces an uncertain future, the objective of their legislation has already come to fruition on multiple fronts in the few weeks since it was introduced. On Feb.

2 months ago | diverseeducation.com | Jamaal Abdul-Alim

When the American Council on Education launched its “Moving the Needle” initiative over a decade ago to raise awareness about gender parity in higher education – or lack thereof – only 23% of college presidents or chancellors were women. Today, the percentage stands at nearly 33%, marking a significant but measured progress in the landscape of academic leadership.