The young membership, frequency of elections and relaxed networks in science societies may provide vital positive influence for female promotion in STEM.
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With its first ever recruitment advert, MI6 is reaching out to women and minority groups. But like their fictional counterparts, will they still end up doing desk work?
Starbucks is implementing implicit bias training for its employees in the United States and Canada. Even though we are not aware implicit biases, they lead to discriminatory behaviours.
Whenever tuition rises at nonselective four-year colleges and universities, racial and ethnic diversity within the student body declines, researchers have found.
If you live in a diverse neighbourhood, you’re more likely to identify with a whole range of different people – and to lend a helping hand.
The lack of Commonwealth relevance doesn’t entirely explain the lack of exuberance of the medal tally.
Changes to the official mandates guiding nonprofits and government agencies might be less significant than they appear.
Research has found Silicon Valley engineers feared speaking up when they recognise poor behaviour among their male colleagues.
It’s not just how characters look. How they talk and the role they play have a profound impact on kids, who are quick to categorize characters as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ based on superficial qualities.
Frances McDormand’s inspirational Oscars speech could lead to more diversity in the industry. But you can’t be inclusive at the top if minorities can’t gain a foothold in the first place.
Mexican directors have won in their category four years out of the past five.
New research reveals that poorer students are less likely to leave home for university – and that has serious impacts on their experience.
Amazon, like the entire tech sector, has suffered from a lack of diversity in its workforce. This trend is likely to continue when it opens a second headquarters in one of 20 cities.
Despite claims that college turns students liberal, a new study reveals that students gain more appreciation for both liberal and conservative views during their freshman year.
Australian cities generally minimise negative attributes such as crime, segregation and violence, but developing positive attributes such as inclusivity appears more challenging.
The people leading nonprofits are much less diverse than the communities they serve and there’s no reason to expect that to change soon.
A typical charity trustee is white, male and around 60-years-old.
If there are more directors with common skills on boards, then they are more likely to communicate effectively.
Students and government officials alike hope Harvard’s admission files will yield clues about who gets in and why, but a Harvard researcher says their efforts will be in vain.
Here are five great book recommendations for teens that promote critical thinking, authentic voices, diversity and good conversations.
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