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Florida’s Anti-DEI Actions Hit Hard for Alumna and Mom of Recent Grad

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Thirteen positions, 15 administrative appointments for faculty, the chief diversity officer role, and DEI contracts with outside vendors — ALL GONE. The same campus that recruited, supported, and welcomed me as a first-generation college student in the 1990s would likely be ill-equipped to do the same today. Dr. Susan D. Dr. Susan D.

DEI 280
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Offering academic flexibility after a campus shooting

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Many students were upset by this decision. A petition started by junior Kameron Cone asking MSU administrators to move to hybrid or online classes for the rest of the semester had garnered over 25,000 signatures as of Thursday night. But after that, everyone was expected to return to their academic routines.

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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Unionization With Princeton and Stanford next on the graduate student unionization front, it’s clear that universities have become the hotbed of labor organizing. Many of my own students regard reading a book as too much of an effort. Staffing Does Stanford have more administrators than undergrads?

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The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 4: Student Issues

The Change Leader, Inc.

In his research, Carleton College economics professor Nathan Grawe argues that the financial crisis of 2008 will lead to a major tsunami for higher education in 2026. He points to a birth dearth that coincided with the economic meltdown which will result in a 15-percent decrease in traditional college-age students in 2026.