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Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

Faculty of Color in Academe: What 20 Years of Literature Tells Us

11.19.24

A survey of two decades of literature exploring faculty of color’s experience in academia. Introduction Academic institutions endeavor to increase diversity within their faculty as they attempt to better meet the needs of increasingly diverse student populations entering an increasingly diverse world. Still, in 2005, people of color comprised only 17% of full-time faculty. Of…

Health Affairs

Legislating Inequity: Structural Racism In Groups Of State Laws And Associations With Premature Mortality Rates

11.19.24

Megan Daugherty Douglas

S. Bryn Austin

Madina Agénor

Introduction This study seeks to evaluate whether policies and laws that were classified as either protective or harmful are associated with premature mortality rates. In essence, the analysis is a new method for measuring structural racism and estimating the joint effects of multiple laws on racial health equity. In the study, laws are deemed as…

Annals of Internal Medicine

Adoption of Internal Medicine Milestone Ratings and Changes in Bias Against Black, Latino, and Asian Internal Medicine Residents

11.19.24

Jonathan L. Vandergrift

Marcella Alsan

Introduction This study empirically evaluates how the implementation of a new program rating residents, termed “Milestone,” reduced bias against Asian, Latino, and Black residents. The Milestone program utilizes new forms of performance evaluation, including competency trainings and knowledge-based questions for residents to evaluate their clinical excellence. The study used linear regression models and robustness checks…

Race Ethnicity and Education

Transforming the future of quantitative educational research: a systematic review of enacting quantCrit

11.18.24

Wendy Castillo

Nathan Babb

Introduction The s͏tudy examines ho͏w pr͏i͏ncip͏les ͏from a ͏critical the͏o͏re͏ti͏cal framew͏ork can ͏be͏ int͏egra͏ted with ͏q͏uantitative rese͏arch ͏m͏ethods ͏to ͏cha͏llenge tr͏adit͏i͏ona͏l norms i͏n ed͏ucational da͏ta analy͏sis.͏ It ͏focu͏s͏es on add͏ress͏i͏ng racial inequ͏ities in͏ education by investigating how͏ numbers, ͏which ͏are͏ ofte͏n perceive͏d as n͏eu͏tral, ca͏n instead͏ perpetu͏ate biases. Th͏e study revi͏ews͏ m͏ultiple empiri͏cal papers to…

How To Guides

By developing “How To” guides, RRAPP has grouped together a set of articles to address a specific thematic area. These guides are meant to be focused on a singular yet multifaceted issue and to provide an entry point for further exploration of the topic.

The Proven Impact of Affinity Spaces

This article provides an overview of research on affinity groups, explaining what they are, how they form, and what research says about them.

Implicit bias training, explained

In recent decades, companies big and small have sought out implicit bias training for their employees as a vehicle to tackle discrimination and bolster equity in the workplace. What is implicit bias? And what difference can training make?

I’m starting a DEI initiative…now what?

Launching a racial equity or DEI initiative can be challenging, laborious, and at times, overwhelming. A good first step is to learn from others. This body of research highlights successes of existing initiatives, pointing out what works in early stages of implementation as well as what challenges might emerge in the months that follow.

Evaluating diversity programs for effectiveness

Too often for people of color, the field of evaluation does more harm than good. Historically and today, data has been sourced using oppressive methods that are not only exploitative of communities and staff of color — but are often used to support racist policies. This list provides resources for integrating equity into evaluation approaches of policies and programs, and learning from existing evaluation frameworks of diversity initiatives.

What not to do, what we know doesn’t work

Research on racial equity and antiracist institutional practice is emerging and continues to help inform the field. What conclusions can be drawn about what are effective or ineffective approaches?

Four ways to decolonize and build antiracist universities

This article presents four strategies found to be effective in the field of research on educational equity. While this list is not exhaustive, it provides an overview of key issues and strategies gleaned from articles in the Race, Research, and Policy Portal (RRAPP).