Inside Higher Education features a piece by BVA members, Viji Sathy, Kelly Hogan and Calvin Sims from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill entitled, "A Dozen-Plus Ways You Can Foster Educational Equity". An excerpt from the article follows: Recently on social media, we have seen a lot of people posting ways white and non-Black people of color can support the Black Lives Matter movement. Like many of you, we’ve taken these suggestions to heart and taken action in various … [Read more...]

Today, as part of the observance of #ShutDownSTEM and #ShutDownAcademia, the Hub group of the Bay View Alliance, a network of ten research universities in the U.S. and Canada, affirms its commitment to foreground explicit work on diversity, equity, and inclusion. The BVA’s mission is to explore institutional change strategies to support and sustain the widespread adoption of instructional methods that lead to better learning for all students. In fall 2019 we began a transition from a general … [Read more...]

Campuses across the US and Canada are responding to the Coronavirus pandemic by sending students home and moving courses online. This rapid transition to remote learning has tested the patience, good will, and imagination of everyone involved. BVA member universities, like many others, are responding to the challenge by providing resources, training, and mentorship to faculty who are doing their best to support students while shifting gears mid-term from in-person instruction to online. The … [Read more...]