UA Receives HEED Award for Second Consecutive Year

The University of Alabama received the 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. As a recipient of the annual HEED Award – a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion – The University of Alabama will be featured, along with 108 other recipients, in the November/December 2023 issue of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. This is the second consecutive year The University of Alabama has been named as a HEED Award recipient. 

“The HEED Award process consists of a comprehensive and rigorous application that includes questions relating to the recruitment and retention of students and employees — and best practices for both — leadership support for diversity, campus culture and climate, supplier diversity, and many other aspects of campus diversity and inclusion,” said Lenore Pearlstein, publisher of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. “We take a detailed approach to reviewing each application in deciding who will be named a HEED Award recipient. Our standards are high, and we look for institutions where diversity and inclusion are woven into the work being done every day across their campus.” 

Other recipients of the 2023 HEED Award are:

• Adelphi University
• Agnes Scott College
• Arizona State University
• Arkansas State University
• Augustana College (IL)
• Ball State University
• Bentley University
• Berklee
• Binghamton University
• Cal State LA
• California State University San Marcos
• California State University, Fresno
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Case Western Reserve University
• Clemson University
• Colorado College
• Columbia University in the City of New York
• Cornell University
• Cuyahoga Community College
• Drexel University
• East Carolina University
• Emory University
• Farmingdale State College
• Florida Atlantic University
• Florida International University
• Florida State University
• Franklin and Marshall College
• Georgia Southern University
• Germanna Community College
• Greenville Technical College
• Hope College
• Hudson County Community College
• Indiana University Bloomington
• Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
• James Madison University
• Johns Hopkins University
• Kansas State University
• Kent State University
• Lasell University
• Lehigh University
• Metro State University
• Metropolitan State University of Denver
• Miami University
• Millersville University
• Mississippi State University
• Moraine Valley Community College
• Mount Holyoke College
• Northern Illinois University
• Northwestern State University of Louisiana
• Northwestern University
• Ohio University
• Oklahoma State University
• Portland State University
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• Rockland Community College
• Rowan University
• San Diego State University
• Santa Clara University
• Smith College
• Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
• Stetson University
• Stony Brook University
• Suffolk University
• SUNY Old Westbury
• SUNY Oneonta
• Swarthmore College
• Temple University
• Texas Christian University
• Texas Tech University
• The College of New Jersey
• The University of Alabama at Birmingham
• The University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• The University of Texas at Arlington
• The University of Texas at Austin
• The University of Texas at Dallas
• The University of Tulsa
• Towson University
• Trinity College
• Tulane University
• UC Berkeley
• UNC Charlotte
• University at Albany
• University of California, Merced
• University of Central Florida
• University of Cincinnati
• University of Dayton
• University of Florida
• University of Georgia
• University of Houston
• University of Houston Law Center
• University of Kentucky
• University of Louisville
• University of Massachusetts Boston
• University of Massachusetts Lowell
• University of Missouri-St. Louis
• University of North Florida
• University of Oklahoma
• University of Oregon
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of West Florida
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Washington State University Vancouver
• West Chester University of Pennsylvania
• William & Mary
• William Rainey Harper College
• Worcester State University

INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine is the leader in advancing best practices in diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education. Through thought-provoking print and online articles, the magazine shares expert advice, valuable resources, in-depth profiles of top DEI programs at colleges and universities, headline news, and much more to help keep readers informed and empower them to advance DEI initiatives at their institutions. To further its mission, Insight Into Diversity created the INSIGHT Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award in 2012. The HEED Award — including the more targeted INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions, Law School, and Community College HEED Awards — is the only national honor to recognize institutions of higher education for their outstanding commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.