June 22, 2021
Race on Campus: Want to Start a DEI Major? Read This First
Before protests for racial equity and against police brutality roiled the country last summer, scholars at Bentley University, in Massachusetts, were already thinking about a new field of study to offer undergraduates. Last summer’s protests and students’ increasing political activism prompted the college to make the program a reality. I spoke with two scholars who pitched the major and helped make it happen.