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Trump Administration Freezes $2.2 Billion in Harvard Funding Amid Campus Activism Dispute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In an unprecedented move that signals escalating tensions between the federal government and higher education institutions, the Trump administration has frozen more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University after the institution refused to comply with demands to limit campus activism.

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DeSantis Administration Requires Florida State Colleges and Universities to Report Spending on DEI and CRT

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ron DeSantis ’s administration, the National Review reported. 28 memo , Chris Spencer, director of the office of policy and budget in the DeSantis administration, asked the Department of Education and the state university system to disclose staff, programs, and campus activities related to such topics.

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Association Backs Students’ Assembly, Speech Rights

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In it, the organization objected to language that equates protesters at Columbia University with terrorists and rebuked university leaders who have responded to “largely peaceful” on-campus activism by inviting riot-gear clad law enforcement to make arrests.

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Finding a Place at an HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With her dream in sight, she started pursuing a doctorate in higher education administration in 2020 at Baltimore’s Morgan State University, an HBCU. Hollingsworth hopes that she’ll find a career where she can be both “researcher and practitioner,” where she can both teach and carry out administrative duties, she says. For her Ph.D.,

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Outrage Continues Over University of Florida's Removal of DEI Roles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. David Canton Specifically, UF closed its Office of the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO), removed DEI and administrative roles, and stopped DEI-focused contracts with outside vendors, according to an administrative memo UF leadership published Mar.

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Chief academic officer on the value of investing in student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A: All of my academic roles have incorporated student success, whether as a faculty member teaching and mentoring students or as an academic administrator. Other initiatives that have led to positive results are ones that encouraged full-time course enrollment (whenever possible) and engagement with campus activities.

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Promoting a Positive Campus Culture: Using Behavior Management in Higher Education

Creatrix Campus

The advent of data-driven insights has unveiled the remarkable potential of behavior management strategies in shaping the campus environment. Involvement in Campus Activities : Encouraging participation in clubs, organizations, and events provides students with opportunities to take on leadership roles and contribute to the campus community.