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Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)

AHEAD is the premiere professional association committed to full participation of persons with disabilities in postsecondary education. AHEAD addresses current and emerging issues with respect to disability, education, and accessibility to achieve universal access, through providing professional development programs and opportunities for professional collaboration.

The Compact for Faculty Diversity - The Institute on Teaching Diversity

The Compact for Faculty Diversity is a partnership of regional, federal and foundation programs that focus on minority graduate education and faculty diversity. The collective goal of this partnership is to increase the number of diverse students pursuing doctoral degrees and continuing onto faculty appointments. The Compact for Faculty Diversity sponsors the Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, a four-day conference that has become the largest gathering of minority doctoral scholars in the country.

DiversityWeb

Founded by collaborations among the Ford Foundation, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), and the University of Maryland, College Park, DiversityWeb is an interactive resource dedicated to expanding and enhancing campus diversity efforts through postsecondary education. DiversityWeb seeks to help colleges and universities establish commitments to diversity and a priority in education through a series of initiatives, projects and publications.

SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science)

provides strong national leadership in improving and expanding opportunities for minorities in the scientific workforce and academia; mentors college students within science, mathematics, and engineering; and supports quality precollege (K-12) science education.

Leadership Alliance

The Leadership Alliance is an academic consortium of 33 institutions of higher learning, including leading research and teaching college and universities. The mission of the Leadership Alliance is to develop underrepresented students into outstanding leaders and role models in academia, business, and the public sector though sponsorship in Summer Programs, National Symposium, and Fellowships.

The Leadership Alliance is affiliated with Faculty Resource Network (FRN) at NYU - an award-winning professional development initiative dedicated to faculty efforts at over 50 colleges and universities.

The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts

Brooklyn's first museum devoted to utilizing the visual arts as a medium to address, discuss, debate, and resolve contemporary social, political, and economic issues affecting people of the African Diaspora.

Tolerance.org: Teaching Tolerance

A web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Tolerance.org is a principal online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating communities that value diversity.

Teaching America about RACE: Are We So Different?

Developed by the American Anthropological Association in collaboration with the Science Museum of Minnesota, RACE is the first nationally traveling exhibition to tell the stories of race from the biological, cultural, and historical points of view. Combining these perspectives offers an unprecedented look at race and racism in the United States.