# Professor Paul Hardart weighs in on efforts made by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to promote diversity and inclusion

1 Faculty News February 7, 2020 ![Forbes logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030508.jpg?itok=SId6k3bx)>

Excerpt from [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2020/02/07/its-been-5-years-since-oscarssowhite-has-anything-really-changed/#38fad1b1366c) -- "[Paul Hardart](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/paul-hardart), director of New York University’s Director, Entertainment, Media and Technology Program shared that 'if you look at most of the nominees \[this year\] it’s glaring…to the Academy’s credit, they aggressively tried to put things in place. Doing what they can with what they can control.'"

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