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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. Guttman recently institutionalized its Lavender Graduation, a pre-graduation ceremony for LGBTQ students which the president, provost, and members of the faculty attend.

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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A transformative college president Prior to becoming the leader of ATD, Stout spent 14 years as the president of Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania, beginning in 2001. At the same time, the deans are talking to their faculty about the data in the classroom that faculty are using.

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A partisan tug-of-war over the University of North Carolina

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Nathan Grove, a chemistry professor at UNC Wilmington and the chair of the campus’s Faculty Senate, said that vote served as a wake-up call for him and his colleagues. “It is anti-political; it is protecting the rights of employees, including university faculty, so they cannot be compelled to subscribe to a political ideology.”

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

Drumm McNaughton McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students. Notable among these are faculty departures and a discernible decline in academic standards.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And since then, most faculty members and students have been thriving with either a hybrid model or in-person classes. Edgar, a DEI and EEO consultant, trainer, and facilitator. “As We attempted to do something for Black faculty and administrators and so Black Issues was started. 1, after 35 years on the faculty of Virginia Tech.

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