Educational Resources

The UA's University Medical Center was named one of the 10 best hospitals in America for 2009 by Becker's Hospital Review magazine.

Academic Worklife

A clearinghouse of resources from the University of Michigan Center for the Education of Women.

Affirmative Action Register
A national recruitment publication for professional, managerial, technical and administrative personnel to fill positions in business, academia, healthcare, and government.

American Association of University Women
Advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research.

Arizona Census Quick Facts

Associations of American Colleges and Universities Inclusive Excellence Initiative
The Making Excellence Inclusive initiative is designed to help colleges and universities fully integrate their diversity and educational quality efforts and embed them into the core of academic mission and institutional functioning.

Beyond the Border A unique international and cross-cultural reporting project developed by Prof. Yvonne Latty of New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and Dr. Celeste González de Bustamante of the University of Arizona School of Journalism to give journalism students hands-on experience in areas of trauma and conflict.

Book TV on CSPAN 2
In Depth: Ronald Takaki – Multicultural History
Ronald Takaki, Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses the history of multicultural contributions to the United States and the clash of those cultures throughout America's history. His research, interwoven with the stories of slaves, immigrant Americans and their descendants, is detailed in his books: A Different Mirror, Strangers from a Different Shore, Double Victory, A Larger Memory and Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb.

The Civil Rights Project at UCLA
Serves as a preeminent source of intellectual capital within civil rights and deepens the understanding of the issues that must be resolved to achieve racial and ethnic equity as society moves through the great transformation of the 21st century.

Diverse Issues in Higher Education
A news source for information concerning diversity issues in higher education.

Diversity Related Issues in the Law – University of Michigan
Reviews policies, practices, and issues related to diversity that have been addressed by the judiciary.

Diversity Web
A project of AAC&U's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Global Initiatives (ODEGI). Central to the office's mission is the belief that diversity and global knowledge are essential elements of any effort to foster civic engagement among today's college students. To support those goals, the office helps colleges and universities establish diversity as a comprehensive institutional commitment and educational priority.

The Higher Education Research Institute (HERI)
Serves as an interdisciplinary center for research, evaluation, information, policy studies, and research training in postsecondary education.

HireDiversity
An online service for diversity recruitment and career development.

Glossary of Diversity Terms at UA Library

Glossary of Diversity Terms at UC Davis Principles of Community
Words hold power beyond their meanings. A term used in one context or by a certain group may constitute a slur or insult in another context or to someone else. Their meanings also evolve and often cannot be fully described in a few sentences.

The King Center
Resources to become informed about Dr. King and the ongoing efforts to fulfill his great dream of the Beloved Community for America and the world.

Legal Momentum
Offers strategic litigation, advocacy and public education programs to ensure equality for women.

Living Independently in Los Angeles (LILA)
LILA is a Geographic Information System-based, interactive information resource site, created in large part by local residents with disabilities using their personal "expert knowledge" to identify and map local independent living resources.

Nancy Hopkins The Status of Women in Science and Engineering at MIT National Academy of Science member Nancy Hopkins thought to quit. In her talk, she relates the historical challenges facing women in science and engineering at MIT, the university’s responses to these problems, and how in the end Hopkins avoided becoming a poster child of the ‘leaky pipeline’ -- a term of art for the high rate of attrition among talented women in engineering and science academia.

National Center for Curriculum Transformation Resources on Women
Fosters curricular change and the dissemination of scholarship focused on women and other forms of diversity.

Pluralism Project at Harvard University
Helps Americans engage with the realities of religious diversity through research, outreach, and the active dissemination of resources.

SisterMentors, A Dissertation Support Group for Women of Color
Provides support for women of color in graduate education and dissertation completion.

Southwest Information Gateway Cultural Groups
An online, searchable, annotated catalog of web resources related to Southwestern US/Northwestern Mexico studies. The catalog is supplemented by online tutorials, which are designed to help researchers (novice and experienced alike) evaluate web resources. Several archaeological databases are also available online under the auspices of SIG.

Teaching Tolerance
Founded in 1991 by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance is dedicated to reducing prejudice, improving intergroup relations and supporting equitable school experiences for our nation's children. To us, tolerance is an ethic.

UA Library - Millennium Report Oversight Committee (MROC)
Assesses the climate of the Libraries, identifies problem areas, prioritizes these areas, and advises the Dean and Library Cabinet on possible future actions.

UCLA Native Nations Law & Policy Center
The mission of the UCLA Native Nations Law & Policy Center is to support Native Nations nationally in enhancing their governmental institutions and laws, to strengthen cultural resource protections, and to address critical public policy issues by bringing together the University's academic resources and the knowledge and experience of tribal leaders and knowledge-holders.

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
A regional organization created by the Western Regional Education Compact, adopted in the 1950s by Western states. WICHE was created to facilitate resource sharing among the higher education systems of the West. It implements a number of activities to accomplish its objectives.

Workplace Diversity at Cornell University

Worldwide Organization of Women’s Studies
Promotes and supports feminist knowledge, critiques of knowledge, and practices and research, which will improve the quality of women's lives.