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Using Black Students to Criticize DEI is a Cynical and Disingenuous Tactic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The primary argument made in the article is that despite having spent approximately a quarter of a billion dollars since 2016, faculty and students are not enthusiastic about Michigan’s DEI initiatives. Even with this program, making traction with increasing Black enrollment has been slow.

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Black Students to Criticize DEI is a Cynical and Disingenuous Tactic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The primary argument made in the article is that despite having spent approximately a quarter of a billion dollars since 2016, faculty and students are not enthusiastic about Michigan’s DEI initiatives. Even with this program, making traction with increasing Black enrollment has been slow.

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Reducing Barriers Like Standardized Test Requirements Expands Access

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We compared the predictive performance of academic ratings among students enrolled in the Fall 2021 and 2022 cohorts admitted under a test-optional policy with those students who entered Fall 2016-2018 under a test-required policy. Test-required and test-optional admissions policies yielded similar predictive power for academic success.

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First-Time Graduate Enrollment Rises, But Declines Domestically

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

in Fall 2016 to 87.4% These fields were particularly hard hit during the pandemic between 2019 and 2020, which probably saw many students defer admission to graduate school.” From 2016 to 2021, domestic first-time enrollment went up by 3% – 8.7% This comes after a 12.9% in Fall 2020. for Hispanic/Latinx; 8.5%

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Rhodes College Joins Initiative to Expand Access for Highly Talented Low-Income Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

ATI, formed in 2016, comprises regional and flagship public institutions and leading private colleges and universities. Rhodes College joins the collective of 137 public and private colleges and universities nationwide who work collaboratively to expand access and opportunity for highly talented low- and moderate-income students.

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Higher Ed Braces for Historic SCOTUS 'Affirmative Action' Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court in the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. will be able to use race as a consideration in their admissions processes. The University of Texas case on race-conscious admission, also led by Edward Blum. Higher education is expecting a ruling from the U.S. Harvard College and SFFA v.

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Organizations Must Ban Together to Address the Court’s Ruling on Affirmative Action

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The recent Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. President and Fellows of Harvard College and S tudents For Fair Admissions, Inc. v University of North Carolina declared affirmative action admissions programs unconstitutional at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. Dr. Joseph H.