GoLocalProv | RWU Professor to Lead Effort to Increase Diversity, Equity Among Higher Education Faculty in Region
Gentles-Peart. Photo: RWU Roger Williams University announced on Wednesday that race and gender expert Kamille Gentles-Peart, an associate professor of communication and media studies, was appointed a fellowship by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) to lead a regional effort aimed at increasing faculty diversity, inclusion and equity initiatives in higher education. Currently, more than one-third of America’s college students are people of color -- and only about 5 percent of college faculty are African-American, about 3 percent are Hispanic and about 1 percent are Native Ame...
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