Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

Inequities in maternal health care access are not new. They have deep roots in history

PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts says that today’s Black maternal health disparities are a reverberation of slavery, an echo of the federally funded health care and welfare programs which led to sterilization abuse.

Udai Bhardwaj leans out a window in the mountains.

Udai Bhardwaj decriminalized homosexuality in India. Now, he’s coming to Wharton

Bhardwaj and his team of lawyers, all of whom identify as LGBTQIA+, argued successfully to decriminalize homosexuality in the Indian Supreme Court.

Female whistleblowers face more retaliation—here’s how to avoid it, according to a new study

A study by Nancy Rothbard of the Wharton School finds that women at all levels of power are far more likely than men to face retaliation when speaking up about moral infractions.

In Philly’s DHS crisis, a bleak reminder of how America treats its most vulnerable children

PIK Professor Dorothy E. Roberts calls for dismantling America’s child welfare system, arguing that it largely punishes Black families for being poor.

A teacher in a classroom with young children looking closely at a globe on a desk.

A master’s program explores how politics and culture impacts education access and equity

A desire to create educational access and learn about different facets of education led students to pursue the Education, Culture, and Society program at Penn GSE.

Sigal Ben-Porath in conversation at the Graduate School of Education

Q&A

On book bans and free speech

Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education says book bans and challenges affect free speech and expression, especially for young people, and that institutions of higher education are important for developing tools based on evidence for assessment.

Q&A

How to improve accessibility and digital inclusion

Tonya Bennett discusses a recent accessibility awareness panel discussion where higher education leaders focused on physical and digital access and inclusion for the more than one billion people worldwide with disabilities and impairments.

Penn submits amicus brief to SCOTUS in affirmative action cases

The brief, which is signed by Penn and 14 other universities, was filed in support of Harvard and the University of North Carolina in Supreme Court affirmative action cases.

Angela Shen smiles in front of the red steel sculpture on Locust Walk

Martial arts and Asian American identity

Rising junior Angela Shen researches the ritual and practice of judo, taekwondo, kung fu, and karate.

Intolerance weighs heavily on the mental health of the LGBTQ+ community

Ayiti-Carmel Maharaj-Best of the Perelman School of Medicine says that recent anti-transgender legislation and high rates of anti-trans violence have exacerbated the chronic stress and gender dysphoria experienced by her patients.

Filters