Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Partly because conservatives were successful in assigning negative implications to the term “affirmative action,” the expression diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) came into use to describe and facilitate processes that resulted in greater access and participation for people from marginalized communities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2024

“If you’re a governor — at least in Massachusetts — you worry about 351 cities and towns and you love them all because they all matter, and if you’re doing your job, you and your administration are spending a lot of time with everybody.” Baker says the NCAA is in the process of building a sports fan database.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve. Prior to starting this position in April 2024, Salcedo spent two years as assistant director for administration of the Academic Advancement Program working with Alexander, who has directed AAP for over a decade.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Dr. Kaleb Briscoe In June 2024, Dr. Kaleb Briscoe, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Oklahoma (OU) Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, found herself at the White House, presenting her research to policy makers and legislators.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

CPE’s 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows the graduation rate for URM in the Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS) increased 15 percentage points from the 2016-17 academic year to the 2022-23 academic year. The 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows a 16.1

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

I’ve always been interested in academic administration,” says Lopez. “I She leads several diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) committees and has been spending “time thinking about to make the university a more equitable and just place.” I was very excited to step in[to] a leadership position like this, and I love it.

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University Business

MARCH 6, 2024

Among the top 200 global universities identified by THE in 2024, 51 are now run by women, marking a steady incline over the past five years: 43 in 2022 , 41 in 2021, 39 in 2020 and 34 in 2019 and 2018. More from UB: Which college, university leaders are speaking out against anti-DEI efforts? Three were tied for 199th place.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 27, 2025

Higher Ed Challenge 6: Political and Policy Changes Challenge: Shifts in government policies , including those expected after the 2024 elections, impact higher education funding, accreditation, and regulatory requirements. Higher education operates within a complex regulatory environment influenced by local, state, and federal policies.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

JUNE 30, 2023

Following a cohort model, when registering for the institute, attendees selected to participate in one of the three tracks: Foundations, Practitioners, or Administrators. Sessions in the Administrators Track focused on supplementing assessment knowledge and skills for leaders of a department, division, college, or university.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

AUGUST 23, 2023

This month the SAAL Board will be hosting a meeting with the Council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS) and colleagues in DEI oppressive states to plan a future Structured Conversation to help our members who are challenged with Section 5. Secretary Manage the administration of the organization’s constitution and by-laws.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

With a wide variety of topics, from diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts to innovation and web strategy, every higher ed marketer can benefit from this conference. And if you can’t make it in 2023 or 2024, they already have their 2025 conference date locked in (April 23, 2025). Remember to stop by and say hello.

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Goucher DEI

MAY 22, 2024

The committee’s formal charge includes tracking and supporting progress on annual DEIJ goals; serving as a divisional liaison and representative; coordinating campus-wide events and programs; amplifying campus-wide culture and climate issues; and providing advice and guidance to institutional administration.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

JUNE 3, 2024

For a more detailed review of our methods, please see the report published in March 2024.) Several themes emerged as frequent SLO topics not covered by the ASK Standards: overall purpose of assessment, theory/literature review, DEI in assessment, culture of assessment, and accreditation. & Roberts, D. Schuh, J.H., Biddix, J.P.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

In April 2024, researchers Richard R. While the full make-up of the entering class of 2024 has yet to be decided, Krinsky and others agree that institutions need to take lessons now from those who already confronted statewide affirmative action bans. But, Krinsky adds, the ban is likely to slow the progress that’s been made.

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Goucher DEI

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

With the cost to educate each GPEP student at just $8,200 for the 2023-2024 academic year, GPEP boasts an enviable return on investment, as alumni come home, stay home, and become taxpaying citizens who contribute to the livelihood and vibrancy of the communities we all call home.

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University Business

DECEMBER 18, 2024

College and university professors are reconsidering how they speak to their colleagues, their administrators and in classrooms as they fear how their viewpoints might damage their reputationand even employability according to the latest survey by this free speech watchdog. DEI is the McCarthyism of the current times.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2024

How do we wrestle with the progressive versus conservative tensions around DEI, around school choice, around segregation/desegregation/integration? We just provide the facts, and that will allow policymakers, administrators, campuses, anyone to do their own analysis.” CSJ now has the first run of the 2024 data.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Supreme Court, to indicate that his administration will not give up on relief for student borrowers. “It Ron DeSantis has cracked down on critical race theory, tenure practices, and DEI initiatives. “My Finding out if that is still a priority of the administration would be interesting.” Dr. Kenneth K.

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University Business

JANUARY 2, 2024

While the University of Pennsylvania’s Liz Magill stepped down shortly after the hearing, over 700 faculty at Harvard rallied around Gay, urging the administration to back her. ” However, Christopher Rufo, one of the most prominent critics of Critical Race Theory and DEI initiatives and a close ally of Florida Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2024

Similarly, many university administrators, including education deans, disseminated statements illustrating their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Republican legislators have waged anti-DEI movements, claiming myths that DEI efforts are ineffective, violate free speech, and are discriminatory towards white students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

As we work tirelessly to navigate the polarizing currents of the 2024 election year, witnessing the gross erosion of DEI initiatives and the rollback of affirmative action, the pivotal role of these institutions and leaders becomes even more crucial.” The event was hosted by Virginia Union University and Rice University.

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University Business

JUNE 4, 2024

Opponents’ tactics soon evolved, targeting institutional DEI initiatives and LGBTQ+ visibility. . “Rather than engaging the scholarship on its merit and in good faith, they mischaracterized, polemicized, and weaponized whole fields of academic study,” the whitepaper reads.

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University Business

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Its 2024 report reflecting post-pandemic era initiatives only mustered 60 responses. lead this movement, but it also quickly scaled up DEI initiatives to welcome and support first-generation and minority-background students. higher education has seen several statewide efforts to ban DEI initiatives succeed. Not only did the U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Image: When Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, announced plans last week to defund diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the state, he was joined on stage by political activist Chris Rufo, who has made a career out of questioning the purpose of DEI programs. “Gov. Shapiro himself has also drawn controversy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 25, 2024

have improved slightly over the years, but parity with white Americans has yet to be reached, according to 2024 State of Black America report from the National Urban League (NUL). And Black Americans still face a higher unemployment rate (5.3%) than white counterparts (3.4%) as of January 2024. The conditions for Blacks in the U.S.

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University Business

JANUARY 2, 2025

Colleges and universities will expand deeper digitally As colleges and universities grapple with fiercer competition for students and a tightening operation budget, digital transformation became higher education leaders’ chief priority in 2024. In 2024 alone, search traffic is up 27%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 7, 2024

The political landscape in Florida has recently witnessed some significant developments that pose a serious challenge to efforts aimed at promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at public colleges and universities. The limited number of highly desirable jobs intensifies misperceptions surrounding DEI initiatives.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Critics consider the bill an attack on higher education related to broader culture war issues—ahead of a potential DeSantis presidential run in 2024—rather than a serious piece of legislation aimed at fixing current issues or improving higher education. And the DeSantis administration had little to say on HB 999.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

He proposed defunding DEI efforts and restricting the use of DEI statements in hiring practices, giving boards and presidents the power to review tenure at any time, and requiring that state research universities spend $50 million annually on research related to STEM and business initiatives.

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University Business

JULY 24, 2024

For college leaders, the one piece of news that might be most relevant is the possibility of a Kamala Harris presidency after President Joe Biden announced the end of his 2024 bid. The Biden-Harris administration has strengthened Title IX and championed student loan forgiveness. Who is Kamala Harris? Best medical schools: U.S.

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University Business

JUNE 25, 2024

Today, when higher education leaders speak with members of Congress, they’re not greeted with promises of more funding but rather a barrage of pointed questions about antisemitism on campus, their endowments, DEI policies and more. billion — between 2012 and 2024, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 26, 2023

26 December · Episode 187 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions 55 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Join us in our 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and Predictions for 2024. Join us in our 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and Predictions for 2024.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Others, however, have been more aligned across political lines, such as the push to dismantle DEI. Pressure against DEI and LGBTQ+ directives At least 15 states have introduced legislation attempting to inhibit the growth and continued funding of diversity, equity and inclusion programs across state institutions. In Michigan, Gov.

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University Business

JANUARY 9, 2025

Institutional buy-in on DEI took big hits in 2024. At least four states eradicated related initiatives across their public higher education system, and several large corporationsincluding Boeing, Walmart and Harley Davidsondismantled their DEI offices.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Efforts by the Biden administration to pass a rule on student loan forgiveness was a major story from 2023 that will again be front and center in the new year. Other issues in the news will include diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Dr. Valerie Kinloch Free speech will be a hot button topic in 2024. With the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2025

Nicole DelMastro-Jeffery, former executive director for the DEI and Belonging office and Title IX coordinator at Richland Community College. Nicole DelMastro-Jeffery, executive director for the DEI and Belonging office and Title IX coordinator at Richland Community College in Decatur, Illinois, was let go from her non-federal position.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Trump has brought a sense of uncertainty as 2024 draws to a close. As the year winds down, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and administration are left to wonder what comes next in higher education. Student debt issues loom, and problems due to the rollout of the 2024-25 FAFSA linger.

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