Students from colleges around the country are mobilizing to fight against racism following the string of anti-racism protests that lead to the ouster of the University of Missouri's president.

Earlier this week, University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe announced his resignation amid growing unrest over his handling of racism on the school's campus. His announcement, along with campus demonstrations and a hunger strike, received national media coverage.

Now, student groups on other college campuses faced with racial strife are using the incident as inspiration to press their own university administrators for better treatment of black students. In particular, students from Michigan, Yale and Ithaca say the protests have emboldened them to take a stronger stance against racism.

"It shows administrations that this is something that they need to take seriously," said Eshe Sherley, a senior at Yale University, where over 1,000 people marched this week in solidarity with minorities, according to CBS New York. "It also shows students that the work they're doing isn't in vain."

According to University of Texas-Austin Professor Keisha Bentley-Edwards, Wolfe's removal along with another top administrator at the University of Missouri is a wake-up call for campuses nationwide. Experts also say schools should expect more social activism if they fail to take necessary actions to eliminate environments of hostility toward students of color.

"The University of Missouri is a signal for other universities to take notice that it's no longer business as usual as far as the handling diversity," she said, reports USA Today. "It's no longer just having a large representation of students of color, but also prioritizing their success at the school and the social climate at their school as one of acceptance," she said.

Students at some campuses are protesting inhospitable treatment towards racial minorities, while others are calling for more diversity among faculty and more spending on minority-based scholarships and cultural centers.

According to Ravyn Brooks, a junior at Missouri State University, the "event on the MU campus shows other students how much power we actually have when we come together as a campus. There's power in solidarity, there's power in a unified voice, and it exposes systemic racism in higher education," Brooks said.

"We will look to organize like Missouri students if the administration is not keeping their end of the bargain of what they promised," said Capri'Nara Kendall, a senior at Michigan the University, where Black students make up about 4 percent of the student body. "We're not afraid to organize," she added.

Meanwhile, students at more than 20 colleges -- including at Harvard, Columbia and Syracuse universities -- have also been inspired by the Missouri case and are planning solidarity demonstrations this week.

On Wednesday, hundreds of students walked out of class at Smith College in Massachusetts and New York's Ithaca College to protest racial injustice on campus and stand in solidarity with other minority students.