The Securities and Exchange Commission recently approved new Nasdaq rules requiring companies that list shares on its exchange to meet certain race and gender standards. Nasdaq-listed companies now must have at least one woman and either one person who self-identifies ...

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Demographic shifts have reshaped the student populations at Maryland universities, with more racially and economically diverse student bodies.

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The U.S. became more diverse and more urban over the past decade, and the white population dropped for the first time on record, the Census Bureau reported.

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Towson University has decided to remove the names of slave owners from two dormitories after a vote by the University System of Maryland board of regents allowing the school to rename them.

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A new diversity, equity and inclusion initiative from the Maryland Tech Council aims to bring together thinkers and leaders from the state’s technology community to solve problems related to equity and diversity.

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Inspirus, an employee engagement platform owned by Sodexo Group, which has its U.S. headquarters in Gaithersburg, is expanding its platform to include diversity and inclusion services.

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What the court has gained in ethnic and gender diversity over the past generation it has lost in other types of diversity.

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The University of Maryland, College Park has replaced its interim chief diversity officer with another interim officer.

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When the Baltimore-based Homeless Persons Representation Project was electing its new board of directors recently, it kept a question in mind: Did the board’s leadership reflect the people the organization is designed to help?

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The shared elite backgrounds of Supreme Court justices, some experts say, is a disadvantage because scientific research shows diverse groups make better decisions.

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