Media Coverage

• Rick Hess, “Who Are The Nation’s Top Education Scholars?” Ed Week. January 7, 2026.
• Arunmoy Das and Kavya Kartik, “Officials likely bracing for fiscal hit, weighing settlement options amid DOJ probes: experts.” Gwhatchet. February 9, 2026.
• Lexi Lonas Cochran, “Trump’s efforts to collect race-based college admissions data lead to fears of retaliation.” The Hill. March 26, 2026.

• Julian Vasquez Heilig, “What Comes into Focus When We Look Closer,” Cloaking Inequity, December 4, 2025.
• Marybeth Gasman, "Mentoring As A Movement: The Role of Faculty in shaping HBCU Graduates." The HBCU Times. October 31, 2025
• Lexi Lonas Cochran, “Colleges feel the weight of Supreme Court affirmative action decision as Black enrollment falls.” The Hill. October 28, 2025.
• Sachini Adikari, “GW undergoes revision of mission statement.” The GW Hatchet. October 27, 2025.
• The Book Bear, “Achievement Unlocked: Black Males, Video Games & Academic Success.” Daily Kos. October 5, 2025.
• Lauren Nowacki and Pippin Wilbers, “More than half of America’s HBCUs could lose access to federal financial aid.” Bankrate. September 5, 2025.
• Sara Gilgore, “Howard's president search: What the next leader must bring to the table.” Washington Business Journal. August 27, 2025.
• Adam McCann, “Best and Worst Community Colleges.” WalletHub. August 12, 2025. 
• Lexi Lonas Cochran, “Advocates fear Trump’s plans after directive for transparent college admissions data.” The Hill. August 10, 2025.
• Marybeth Gasman, “Staying Grounded in the Storm.” Three-Fifths. August 8, 2025. 
• Jason Gonzales, “What to know about the Trump budget bill’s impact on schools that serve students of color.” Chalkbeat Colorado. July 17, 2025.
• Lexi Lonas Cochran, “Trump, Harvard fight escalates after president said deal was close”. The Hill. July 11, 2025.
• Walter Hudson, “LSU President Dr. William F. Tae IV Named 22nd President of Rutgers University.” Diverse Issues In Higher Education. May 19, 2025.
• Michelle Garcia, “A Shared Canvas: Painting a Life of Connection and Creative Expression,” Mekka, May 11, 2025.
• “Equity Avengers Live,” Equity Chat Podcast, April 23, 2025
• Zachary Schermele“Amid Trump’s ire, can Harvard afford to lose federal research funds?” USA Today. April 15, 2025
• Alexandria Jacobson, “‘Alarming’: Small colleges bullied into silence as Trump poses ‘existential threat,’” Raw Story. April 14, 2025.
• Sharif El-Mekki, Alice Ginsberg, Ray Hart, Julie Marsh, Lebon Daniel James III, David J. Roof, Marc Steren, and Allan Van Hoye“Here’s What the K-12 Field Thinks of the Trump Ed. Department,” EdWeek.org. April 11, 2025.
• Marybeth Gasman “Charles S. Johnson: A Visionary of Black Intellectual and Artistic Excellence for Change,” Three-Fifths. April 8, 2025.
• Robbie Sequeira “Black colleges ponder their future as Trump makes cuts to education dollars,” Stateline. April 3, 2025. 
• Katherine Mangan, “Breathtakingly Irresponsible’: Former Workers Decry Decimation of Education Dept.’s Data Warehouse,” The Chronicle of Higher Education. March 24, 2025.
• Michael Strickland (Proctor Visiting Scholar), “Here’s how Idaho’s educators can strive to create supportive environments that cultivate literacy,” Idaho Capital Sun. March 4, 2025.
• Alissa Paolella, “The enduring legacy of Black Greek Letter Organizations at Central State University.” Central State University. February 27, 2025. 
• Daniel Johnson, “​​Black Fraternities and Sororities Face Uncertain Future As Trump Ramps Up Anti-DEI Push.” Black Enterprise. February 23, 2025. 
• Lexi Lonas Cochran, “College student groups based on race, ethnicity could be in jeopardy under Trump.” The Hill. February 23, 2025
• Marybeth Gasman, “How  to Take Control of the Narrative Around the Value of Colleges and Universities.” LinkedIn Article. February 19, 2025. 
• Patrick Jack, “Closing Department of Education is Trump’s ‘shock and awe,’ Times Higher Education. February 7, 2025.
• Maryclaire Dale, “Colleges around the U.S. cautiously navigating Trump’s DEI crackdown,” Associated Press, February 1 & 2, 2025; see also WCBD News, Fox News, WHYY
• Hilary Burns and Diti Kohli, “Trump’s orders stun college campuses as he follows through on promise to ‘attack the universities,” Boston Globe.com. January 30, 2025.
• Burns, H. (2025). Trump ordered stuns colleges as he followed through on a threat to attack universities,” Boston Globe, January 30, 2025.
• Stephanie Saul & Alan Blinder, “As Trump Targets Universities, Schools Plan a Counteroffensive,” The New York Times, January 29, 2025. 
• Denise-Marie Ordway, “The future of the US Department of Education: 8 Tips for Journalists Covering the Agency Under the Trump Administration, Harvard University’s Journalist Resource, January 23, 2025.
• Frederick Hess, “The 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Scoring Formula,” Education Next. January 15, 2025.
• Rick Hess, “The 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings Unveiled,” Education Week. January 8, 2025.

• Lexi Lonas Cochran, “Affirmative action fight moves to military academies,” The Hill, December 17, 2024.
• Liann Herder, “The Year Behind and the Year Ahead,” Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. December 5, 2024.  
• Patrick Jack, “Trump presidency with ‘axes to grind’ spells danger for U.S. sector,” Times Higher Education, November 11, 2024. 
• Alice Ginsberg, Marybeth Gasman, & Andrés Castro Samayoa, “That Lightbulb Moment: How Fresno State is Radically Changing the Way We Provide High-quality Literacy Instruction to Students,” Language Magazine, October 10, 2024. 
• Adam McCann, “Best & Worst States for Teachers (2024), WalletHub, September 16, 2024.
• Lexi Lonas, “Colleges confirm advocate’s worst fears after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling,” The Hill, September 5, 2024.
• Johnny Jackson, “Proctor Institute Explores Higher Ed ‘Equity’ in 3-Part Series,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, August 26, 2024.
• Patrick Jack, “Black colleges face contrasting prospects under Trump and Harris,” Times Higher Education, August 6, 2024. 
• Will Lanzoni, “Fact-checking the CNN presidential debate,” Fox 40, June 27, 2024.
• Arrman Kyaw, “Report: Looking at What Contributes to Student Success and Persistence Among Mexican Americans,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, May 23, 2024.
• Marybeth Gasman & Thai-Huy Nguyen, “Fostering Success for African American Students in STEM,” Higher Education Digest, May 17, 2024. 
• Michael Strickland, “Latinas Excelling at Doctoral Degrees,” Daily Kos, May 3, 2024.
• Marybeth Gasman, “How Are Faculty Using AI in Their Research and Teaching?” Forbes.com, April 24, 2024.
• Johnny Jackson, “Proctor Institute Releases Traffic Stop Perspectives Report,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, April 15, 2024.
• Arrman Kyaw, “Bill to Codify Postsecondary Student Success Grants Met with Support and Criticism from Scholars and Advocates,” Diverse Issues in Higher Education, March 26, 2024.
• Nimrah Khatoon, “Noted Source and Dr. Marybeth Gasman Illuminate Academic-Industry Collaboration Potential in New White Paper, BNN The People’s Network, March 4, 2024.
• Michael Strickland, “Undoing Systemic Racism in Faculty Hiring,” Daily Kos, February 15, 2024.
• Marybeth Gasman & Alice Ginsberg, “Strengthening Legal Education: The Transformative Power of Research and Collaboration,” Raising the Bar, AccessLex, February, 2024.
• Paul Baskin, “Elite US universities face investigations over legacy admissions,” Times Higher Education, January 31, 2024.
• Arrman Kyaw, “Panel Promotes Teaching,” Diverse Issues in Education, January 16, 2024.
• “Harvard president’s resignation a difficult case,” MSN, January 3, 2024.
• Christine Kiernan, “The Resignation of Claudine Gay from Harvard’s Presidency,” Reuters Video News, January 3, 2024.
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• Johnny Jackson, "Proctor Institute Explores Higher Ed ‘Equity’ in 3-Part Series," Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, August 23, 2024
• Nina Martinez, "Creating Space for Latina Scholars in Higher Education," St. Edwards University, June 5, 2024.
• "Fostering Success for African American Students in STEM," Higher Education Digest, June 3, 2024.
• Arrman Kyaw, "Report: Looking at What Contributes to Student Success and Persistence Among Mexican Americans,"Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, May 23, 2024
• Zachary Schermele, "College graduation canceled due to anti-war protests? It's happened before.", USA TODAY, May 7, 2024
• "Join the Real One Percent: Latinas Excelling at Doctoral Degrees," Daily KOS, May 2, 2024.
• Johnny Jackson, "Proctor Institute Releases Traffic Stop Perspectives Report," Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, April 15, 2024
• "Raising the Bar: Vol. 7 – Issue 2," AccessLex Institute, April 1, 2024.
• "Undoing Systemic Racism in Faculty Hiring," Daily KOS, February 16, 2024.

2023​

• Arrman Kyaw, "Rutgers Webinar Discusses Health Equity, Minority Health, and Medical Education," Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, February 21, 2023

2022

• Jon Edelman, "New Report: Faculty Remain Stubbornly White," Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, December 6, 2022.
• Henry Louis Gates, “Making Black America,” PBS, October 4, 2022.
• “What If We Used Our Shared Governance Power to Undo Systemic Racism?”, Academe Blog, August 29, 2022.
• Liann Herder, "Working Together, HBCUs and City Leadership Can Create Thriving Economies,"Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, August 16, 2022.
• Marybeth Gasman, “How High Net Worth Donors Of Color Are Changing Lives”, Forbes, August 8, 2022.
• Diane Larche, “Thomas J. Blocker Living Legends Gala to Honor Drs. Satcher & Sullivan," Cascade, July 29, 2022.
• HBCU Editors, “Recent Howard University Alumnus Highlighted in Forbes for Social Equity Work,” HBCU Buzz, July 19, 2022.
• Stephanie Krusmark, “The Unique Brand of U.S. Higher Education: A History of Minority Serving Institutions and their Impact on Student Success,” Admit It Podcast, June 19, 2022.
• “Doing the Right Thing - How Colleges and Universities Can Undo Systemic Racism in Faculty Hiring.” C-SPAN, 15, June 2022.
• “What are We Reading Today: Doing the Right Thing,” Arab News, June 17, 2022.
• “Professor Talks about Poor Faculty Diversity,” Princeton University Press, June 9, 2022.
• Liann Herder, “Morris Brown College Gains Accreditation After 20 Years,” Diverse: Issues in Education, April 27, 2022.
• Leah Mikulich, “History Came Alive: Scholar of African American Philanthropy Extols Lincoln University’s Virtues in Forbes, Vista.Today, April 12, 2022.
• “Marybeth Gasman,” The Creative Process, March 29, 2022.
• Nicholas Pasion, “Diversity Program Review Team should consider GW’s history of racism, experts say,” The GW Hatchet, February 28, 2022.

2021

• Mariah Stewart, “Colleges Revise Tenure Requirements to Include Diversity and Inclusion Accomplishments,” Insight Into Diversity, December 21, 2021.
• “State historical markers honor Black church, civil rights leader,” Richmond Free Press, November 12, 2021.
• Donna Zaleski, "Donor News," Rutgers Graduate School of Education, November 1, 2021
• Robert Sorrell, “Two historical markers dedicated in Bristol,” Herald Courier, October 31, 2021.
• Rebecca Kelliher, "Webinar Tackles Philanthropic Inequities for MSIs," Diverse Issues in Higher Education, October 19, 2021
• Liann Herder, “New Report Studies Pathways to Professoriate for Latinx Scholars,” Diverse Issues, September 22, 2021.
• Gwen Aviles, “Experts say that can put students of color at risk,” Insider, August 31, 2021.
• Christopher Brooks, “Historically Speaking: The big problem with teaching critical race theory.” The Morning Call, June 8, 2021.
• Liann Herder, “Dr. Pamela Payne Foster leads the way in community connection,” Diverse, July 2, 2021.
• Pamela Payne-Foster, “We Need More Black Doctors,” Diverse Issues, June 16, 2017.
• Arrman Kyaw, "Proctor Institute Report Examines Mexican American Studies Implementation in Texas Public Schools," Diverse Issues in Higher Education, April 28, 2021.
• Allison Joyner, "Report Highlights Industry Partnerships Established by HBCU Presidents," Diverse Issues in Higher Education, March 26, 2021.
• Charlotte Mitchell, “Former UPS driver forced to drop out of Morgan State College in 1963 because he couldn’t afford tuition fees donates record breaking $20 million to fund scholarships after working his way to top of company,” Daily Mail, February 23, 2021.
• Richard Eckel, “Author Q&A for Making Black Scientists,” Amazon Science Web, February 3, 2021.
• Erika Beras, “Colleges look at delaying the first day of school…again,” Marketplace, January 6, 2021.
• Elvin Freytes, “Episode #138 – Leadership, Equity, & Justice,” The ED UP Experience Podcast, January 6, 2021.
• Arrman Kyaw, "Proctor Institute Report Examines Mexican American Studies Implementation in Texas Public Schools," Diverse Issues in Higher Education, April 28, 2021.
• Allison Joyner, "Report Highlights Industry Partnerships Established by HBCU Presidents," Diverse Issues in Higher Education, March 26, 2021.
• The EdUp Experience Podcast, "Taking Action for Social Justice - with Dr. Marybeth Gasman, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education and Distinguished Professor, Rutgers University," The EdUp Experience, January 6, 2021.

2020

• Sara Weissman, "New Report Explores Recruitment and Retention for Academic Couples of Color," Diverse Issues in Higher Education, August 11, 2020.
• Natalie Schwartz, “President of the Year: Roslyn Clark Artis, Benedict College,” HigherEd Dive, December 9, 2020.
• “Holiday shopping spotlights COVID-19’s impact on small businesses,” Talk Radio 1210 WPHT, November 29, 2020.
• William Lewis, “Where is Your Commitment to Equity?” Beyond Color Blind Podcast, November 16, 2020.
• Kery Murakami, “Racial Equity in Funding Higher Education,” Inside Higher Education, October 29, 2020.
• Fabiola Cineas, “No, Trump hasn’t been the best president for Black America since Lincoln,” VOX, October 21, 2020.
• Dan Alexander, Rutgers Faculty Asked to Be ‘Sensitive,’ Skip Exams on Election Week,” New Jersey 101.5, October 15, 2020.
• Walter Hudson, “Higher Ed Remembers Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg,” Diverse Issues in Education, September 20, 2020.
• Bianca Flowers, “How Black doctors are answering the call to reform medical education – and bringing COVID-19 vaccine trails to communities of color.” Market Watch, September 9, 2020.
• Nathan Hardy, “Underrepresented in Faculty Jobs: Part of the Problem is Racism Against Black Faculty and Students,” Diverse, August 19, 2020.
• Alex Daniels, “Foundations Nationwide Commit Nearly Half a Billion Dollars to Racial Justice,” Chronicle of Philanthropy, July 16, 2020.
• George Boggs, “Roueche Center Forum: Are We Really Serious About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?" Diverse, June 21, 2020.
• Elizabeth Hlavinka, “Racial Bias in Flexner Report Permeates Medical Education Today,” MedPage Today, June 18,  2020.
• Glenn Kessler, “Trump’s claim that he’s done more for black Americans than any president since Lincoln,” The Washington Post, June 7, 2020.
• Patricia McGuire, “Risks and Costs in the Quest for Social Mobility through Higher Education,” Academe, Winter, 2020.
• Tanya Christian, “Upward and Onward,” Essence, January 13, 2020.

2019

• Byron Dobson, “FSU professors invite community to take a physics class,” Tallahassee Democrat, October 6, 2019.
• Michael D’Onofrio, “Cheyney releases full proposed budget, but doubts over its surplus remain,” Philadelphia Tribune, November 19, 2019.
• Ki-Jana Deadwyler and Ruth Hammond, “Selected New Books in Higher Education,” Chronicle of Higher Education, October 20, 2019.
• Mike Scutari, “In a Higher Education Landscape Flush with Cash, Are HBCUs Receiving Larger Gifts?,” Inside Philanthropy, October 3, 2019.
• Benjamin Wermund, “Democrats taking debate stage at TSU promise billions for schools like it,” Houston Chronicle, September 9, 2019.
• Mark O’Keefe, “Cheyney University’s Turn Around is a Blueprint to Saving PA’s State-Owned Universities,” Pennsylvania Capital,” September 3, 2019.
• Afi Scruggs, “Wilberforce Fundraising Efforts Floundering,” State Impact Ohio, August 28, 2019.
• Felicia Mello, “At UC Merced, a pipeline for more diversity faculty,” Cal Matters, August, 24, 2019.
• Lamont Jones, “Schools Can Drop Rescinded Gainful-Employment Rules Early,” Diverse, July 9, 2019.
• “EPCC’s Dr. William Serrata Selected as a Presidential Mentor,” El Paso Herald-Post, June  8, 2019.
• Matt Kwong, ‘Like Christmas every day’: A billionaire’s pledge to erase this class’s college debts could echo for decades, Canadian Broadcasting News, May 21, 2019.
• Alexis Rogers, “What is higher education doing to close the diversity gap on campus?” Al Dia, April 27, 2019.
• “Marybeth Gasman and her Center are Moving to Rutgers,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 11, 2019.
• “A Podcast with Marybeth Gasman,” The Crush, April 22, 2019.
• Jillian Berman, “Was there a Beyoncé bump in Black college applications?” Market Watch, April 19, 2019.
• Steve Dubb, “Bennett College: A New Form of Stakeholder Save for a Nonprofit Institutions,” NonProfit Quarterly, April 18, 2019.
• LaMont Jones, “Robeson Centennial Celebration Inspires New Diversity Efforts at Rutgers,” Diverse Issues, February 13, 2019.
• Ryanne Persinger, “Lincoln University is Looking Up,” Philadelphia Tribune, April 9, 2019.
• “Can Cheyney survive? Why America’s first historically black history is struggling,” WHYY, March 18, 2019.
• Sara Hoover, “Losing students and funds, Cheyney University continues striving for accreditation,” WHYY, March 5, 2019.
• Jamal Watson, “Harris-Perry Draw Support in Beef with Wake Forest,” Diverse, January 26, 2019.
• Monica Levitan, “New Legislation Offers Free College Tuition to Residents of U.S. Virgin Islands,” January 8, 2019.
• Rick Hess, “The 2019 RHSU Scholar Public Influence Rankings,” Education Week, January 9, 2019.

2018

• Jamal Watson, "Marybeth Gasman to Join Rutgers Faculty," Diverse Issues in Higher Education, December 6, 2018.
• Afsheen Shamsi, "Renowned Education Scholar Marybeth Gasman Awarded the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education," Rutgers Today, December 6, 2018.