LONG BEACH, CA, October 3, 2024 — Today, Long Beach City College (LBCC) received the 2024 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 — Long Beach City College will be featured, along with 113 other recipients, in the November/December 2024 issue of Insight Into Diversity magazine. 

“It’s a tremendous honor for LBCC to be the only community college in Southern California and one of just two in the entire state, to receive the 2024 HEED Award from Insight Into Diversity,” said Dr. Mike Muñoz, LBCC Superintendent-President. “This recognition highlights our unwavering dedication to advancing educational equity and success for all students. This award truly reflects the hard work and commitment of our LBCC team and leadership who have made this achievement possible. The HEED Award also reflects the collective efforts to make LBCC a model for diversity and inclusion.”

Insight Into Diversity magazine selected LBCC in recognition of the college’s significant progress made in improving graduation rates across all student groups, expanding outreach efforts through the Early College Initiative and pre-college programs, and securing funding to support LBCC’s diverse student body.

“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 2024 HEED Award are:

Undergraduate Institutions 

Adelphi University

Agnes Scott College

Arkansas State University

Augustana College (IL)

Ball State University

Bentley University

Binghamton University (SUNY)

Brown University

Cal State LA

California State University San Marcos

California State University, Fresno

Carnegie Mellon University

Clemson University

Columbia University in the City of New York

Cornell University

DePaul University

Drake University

Drexel University

Elon University

Emory University

Farmingdale State College

Framingham State University

Franklin and Marshall College

George Mason University

Gonzaga University

Governors State University

Hope College

Indiana University

Indiana University Indianapolis

Johns Hopkins University

Kansas State University

Kent State University

Lasell University

Lawrence University

Lehigh University

Loyola Marymount University

Maryville University

McDaniel College

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Miami University

Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Mississippi State University

Mount Holyoke College

Nazareth University

Northern Illinois University

Ohio University

Oklahoma State University

Portland State University

Regis College

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rowan University

Saint Louis University

San Diego State University

Santa Clara University

Smith College

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Stetson University

Stony Brook University

Suffolk University

SUNY Old Westbury

SUNY Oneonta

Swarthmore College

Temple University

Texas Christian University

The Colorado College

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Towson University

Trinity College

Tulane University

UC Merced

UNC Charlotte

University at Albany, State University of New York

University of California, Berkeley

University of Central Florida

University of Cincinnati

University of Georgia

University of Louisville

University of Lynchburg

University of Massachusetts Boston

University of Massachusetts Lowell

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

University of Missouri-St. Louis

University of Oregon

University of Pittsburgh

Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Western Illinois University

Whitman College

Law & Graduate Schools

Adler University

Indiana University Indianapolis Graduate School

New York University Silver School of Social Work

Pacific University College of Business

South Texas College of Law Houston

UC Davis School of Law

University of Illinois Chicago School of Law

University of Maryland – The Graduate School

Community Colleges

Anne Arundel Community College

Community College of Aurora

Connecticut State Community College

Cuyahoga Community College

Essex County College

Germanna Community College

Greenville Technical College

Hudson County Community College

Joliet Junior College

Long Beach City College

Moraine Valley Community College

Pikes Peak State College

Rock Valley College

Rockland Community College

Santa Rosa Junior College

William Rainey Harper College

For more information about the 2024 HEED Award, visit insightintodiversity.com.