Diverse Issues in Higher Education (Diverse Issues) has featured a new book lead-edited by Wei LAB Director Jerlando F.L. Jackson that includes chapters co-authored by former Wei LAB staff. The book, Advancing Equity and Diversity in Student Affairs: A Festschrift in Honor of Melvin C. Terrell, serves to highlight how student affairs has grown as a field of…

The Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computing Sciences (iAAMCS) released new guidelines defining successful strategies for mentoring African American doctoral students in Computing Sciences (CS). The iAAMCS used project-based results and empirical research to reveal six guidelines: recruit strategically, establish community, foster a research culture, provide holistic advising, provide funding and promote professional development. All…