Marshall Announces Its Diversity Plan

Marshall University announced its strategy Monday to address racism, bias and discrimination on campus. One part of the strategy is the creation of the Coalition for Anti-Racism, a group that will advise the president and other university organizations University President Jerome Gilbert plans to expand the diversity of staff and faculty by asking each hiring unit to develop a meaningful plan to recruit Black and other non-majority employees. The university also plans to schedule listening sessions with students in the fall to discuss racism and barriers to Black student success and the success of other non-majority groups.