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Universities of Wisconsin Regents Reject Deal to Cut Diversity Efforts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wisconsin Republicans have demonstrated clear opposition against the Universities of Wisconsin’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. Vos has called DEI programs a waste of public funding and that promoting diversity widened divisions amongst people. His comments echo increasingly popular anti-DEI sentiments among U.S.

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Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents Double Back to Approve Republican Funding Deal, Agrees to Cut Diversity Efforts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In September, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos demanded that UW cut DEI spending by $32 million, saying that he would not allocate funding for already-approved UW employee pay raises until the school complied. Most UW employees will now see pay raises of 4% in 2023 and 2% in 2024.

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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Roughly half of the UC Davis School of Medicine’s class of 2026 represent minoritized populations. We had become complacent for a long time in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), doing the same-old, same-old.” But he acknowledged that the SCOTUS ruling likely has taken an emotional toll on admissions and DEI specialists.

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17 Must-Attend & Virtual Higher Education Marketing Conferences for 2023-2024

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

Higher Ed Marketing Conferences Fuel Innovation and Expand Connections The higher education marketing landscape is evolving quickly, which means digital marketing professionals must work hard to stay on the cutting edge of new technologies and trends. Higher education marketing conferences are a great way to accomplish this.

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Here’s how to turn fear about Department of Education into opportunity

University Business

As University of Bridgeport’s chief financial officer, William Guerrero is taking an enterprise-risk perspective as he, along with rest of the higher education sector, waits for what lies in store following reports that President Donald Trump is about to gut the Department of Education.