With diversity and inclusion statements now a part of the landscape at colleges and universities—thanks to decades of hard work by union activists and others, and partly due to the “racial reckoning” that followed the murder of George Floyd—many of those associated with higher education have been hopeful that equity on campus would begin to become a reality. But faculty, staff and community members are finding that despite grand proclamations, follow-through action is often in short supply and the issues of inequity continue to plague them.
