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.” He’s the right leader at the right time.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The administration also made sure that Hall wasn’t assigned an unreasonable amount of administrative or DEI work. “We Institutions or departments should have book clubs or colloquia about research on underrepresented minorities in the faculty, she says, and talk about what they are doing to bolster representation.

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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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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As it grapples with slashing $14 million from its annual budget, the University of New Hampshire recently shuttered its Museum of Art and announced it’s laying off 75 faculty and staff members to balance the books.

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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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2023

Going even further, the state of Florida is defunding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across the state; Texas’s governor has warned against DEI in hiring practices ; and Iowa , Utah and West Virginia are all considering bills that would defund DEI initiatives or eliminate DEI statements in hiring.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

and, even today, books by brilliant current scholars like Gerald Horne. He argues that the current strategies to diversify the professoriate – such as pipeline programs, anti-bias training, cluster hiring, and mandatory DEI commitment statements by job candidates -- are unlikely to succeed in the absence of far more radical measures.

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Goucher DEI

MAY 22, 2024

You can schedule an appointment with Kirsten at any time using the Office of Title IX’s Bookings page. Since she’s been here, she has contributed to a decrease in reported incidents and an increase in sexual violence prevention education initiatives, harm reduction, and peer education.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Disturbing Trend in Florida Under Governor DeSantis’s administration, Florida has witnessed legislative maneuvers aimed at reshaping the educational landscape. However, the process faced challenges, notably the reluctance of current administrators and political leaders to engage, signifying the deep-seated nature of this issue.

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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). Bonner has his own book series with Routledge, titled Diverse Faculty in the Academy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2024

A long-time collaborator of Brown’s — in 2016 they co-authored the book Whiteness Is the New South Africa: Qualitative Research on Post-Apartheid Racism — they recently began conversations about a related project. His most recent book, co-edited with Drs. Knaus, a race scholar and critical race practitioner, is a member. Nicholas D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 1, 2023

Supreme Court expected to deliver a ruling that outlaws affirmative action as early as next week, the 35 th National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE), which has drawn over 5,000 administrators, scholars, and students to New Orleans, featured a session Wednesday on how colleges can respond.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2024

His firm specializes in providing insights and resources on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Graduate Education. in Counseling and Student Personnel Services (College Student Affairs Administration) from the University of Georgia. His academic journey culminated with a Ph.D. And that is a strategic decision, isn’t it?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 2, 2024

Many folks are going against, you know, DEI initiatives, etc. And I served my career in higher education, I’m an old English professor, Drumm. I’ll just start with that. We went through the Red Scare, the McCarthy years, which certainly put many faculty in the crosshairs of McCarthy’s Inquisition, if you will.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Dr. Charlie Nelms is a veteran higher education administrator and chancellor emeritus of North Carolina Central University. Now is the time to hold ourselves accountable for achieving the progress we wish to see, rather than expecting those in power to do the right thing.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 5, 2023

Accreditors and DEI At UC-Berkeley, 2.4 Many of my own students regard reading a book as too much of an effort. Staffing Does Stanford have more administrators than undergrads? “There’s a lot of graduate education and a lot of research, and that’s where a lot of the staff and administrators are.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2023

INDIANAPOLIS—Amid the ongoing legislative battles that are being waged across the nation against a wide-range of diversity initiatives, student athletes, coaches and administrators gathered over the weekend to affirm their commitment to inclusion, vowing to push back against the onslaught. So yes, that level of concern, I think, is warranted.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2025

Tim Wise Nearly 400 books have been removed from shelves at the U.S. are demanding answers from the secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force about the book removals. Author and antiracist scholar Tim Wise, whose books were among those removed, expressed his dismay at the situation. Adam Smith (D-Wash.),

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The conversation, titled, "Championing Inclusion: The Impact of DEI Programs in Higher Education,” provided valuable insights on navigating challenges and championing inclusion in the evolving landscape of academia. During the discussion, the impact of recent legislative bills targeting DEI initiatives in higher education was also discussed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2025

Twelve years ago, in his book Strategic Diversity Leadership: Activating Change and Transformation in Higher Education , DEI scholar and thought leader Dr. Damon A. Trump, we have already begun to see the promised reverse of DEI initiatives withinsome of the countrys largest corporations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 22, 2023

It was twenty-five years ago this month that I left my position as chancellor of the University of Michigan-Flint to become what many say was the first person to serve as vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at a major research university. There are two persistent questions that have taken root in my mind.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2024

And in an era where bans books are being banned and affirmative action dismantled, their suspicions are rightfully justified. "I Across social media and on cable talk shows, many seem to view Gay’s persecution and resignation as emblematic of the targeting of higher ed and minority presidents by some conservatives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2025

It instructed the University to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs under whatever name, and to cease any admissions or hiring practices that consider race, gender, or even proxies for race. The administrations memo targets racial equity work explicitly. The fantasy here is not just that racism has disappeared.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Given the ubiquitous attack on diversity, equity, and inclusion ( DEI ) led by current and aspiring politicians, including former President Donald J. Even those running for city council, school boards, and state and congressional seats are invoking DEI and critical race theory ( CRT ) as dangerous, divisive, and destructive to democracy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

As the year winds down, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and administration are left to wonder what comes next in higher education. Several states have already dismantled diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming, and other states anticipate something similar coming their way.

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Campus Sonar

MARCH 13, 2025

The Trump administration is attempting to enact changes outlined in Project 2025 such as rolling back civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ students and Title IX against sex-based discriminations, eliminating current income-driven repayment plans, and removing protections from predatory colleges. Download the white paper.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Biden Administration U.S. The Biden-Harris administration anticipated that the debt forgiveness would impact 95% of student loan borrowers, or about 43 million people. 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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 3, 2024

The American Civil Liberties Union has released a memo analyzing potential anti-DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) policies that the legal organization said could come from a second-term Donald Trump presidency.

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Higher Education Inquirer

APRIL 16, 2025

Chris Rufo, a senior fellow at the conservative Manhattan Institute and a prominent figure in the battle against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies, has gained significant influence in recent years for his aggressive campaigns to shift the national discourse on race and education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

They’ll argue that the Biden administration tried but was unsuccessful, thanks to Republican opposition and a conservative U.S. DEI and academia Efforts around DEI and the institution of higher education as a whole may be key targets for Republican candidates and politicians, scholars told Diverse. As the U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 8, 2023

He released a new book , popped up at private political events with wealthy donors and grabbed headlines for a conservative agenda that has energized supporters and terrified opponents. Now a bill in the Texas statehouse looks to formally end the use of DEI in hiring practices. Higher education has been central to that agenda.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 17, 2025

As a former college professor and university administrator, I take these attacks both personally and seriously. More than 50 universities are under investigation due to false and manufactured complaints against successful DEI programs, ones specifically designed to ensure that every person feels seen and heard. But all is not lost.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2025

The scapegoating of DEI for the recent aircraft disaster at Reagan National Airport. In the immediate aftermath of the Reagan National Airport disaster, right-wing agentsled by President Donald Trump and echoed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegsethseized upon DEI as the culprit. This is the final transformation of DEI.

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The book, Mandate for Leadership, addresses academia directly on multiple levels. 356) This section’s author, Lindsay Burke, also wants the next administration to change its relationship with post-secondary accreditors. Cutting down immigration is a major Project 2025 theme, and the book does connect this to academia.

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