On Thursday evening, UGBC held a Town Hall meeting to expand their conversation on diversity and inclusion with the administration to include students and faculty.
Recent Talks Show Importance of Diversity in Speakers
“As student groups consider possible speakers, they should keep in the mind the importance of diversity and the impact that a successful speaker such as Tchen can have on those who attend her talk.”
Student Diversity Issues Reveal Need for New Administrative Position
One of the most realistic and immediate ways for the administration to respond to these concerns and the complaints of groups such as Eradicate would be to institute an administrative position meant specifically to address these issues, an idea initially brought up by the Undergraduate Government of Boston College in its fall proposal.
The Effects of BC Exceptionalism
To “Eradicate Boston College Racism,” as the campus’s most recent wave of student activism has urged us to do, demands we investigate the very architecture of a BC education. This certainly extends to policy and curriculum decisions made at the top, but it does not stop there.
Hiring For The Future: BC’s Diversity Challenge
The University’s recruitment and retainment of AHANA faculty, which currently stands at 16 percent of the total faculty, proves a trying and competitive process.
What Makes Up Identity
Identity includes ethnicity, culture, and nationality—just one word to describe someone is never sufficient. You need more than that.
Joint Committee Tackles Diversity At Boston College
Administrators look to students and faculty for answers on issues of race on campus.
Three Students Focus On Race In BC Ignites Talks
UGBC and the Faces council addressed issues of race at the fifth BC Ignites series.
A Shift Toward Current Events, Inclusion In BC’s Black History Month Plans
As Black History Month gets underway, the Bowman Center readies for a host of events intended to bring the Boston College student body together.
#OscarsSoWhite: A Look At Hollywood’s Diversity Problem
The Academy reflects Hollywood’s diversity gap with the release of its 2015 Oscar nominations.