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College and university administrators should be strategic about how they respond to government attempts to root out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI) on campus. Thats what a bevy of scholars told attendees who gathered at the annual conference of the American Association of Blacks in HigherEducation.
Supreme Court struck down race-consciousness in college admissions upending four decades of precedent and reshaping the landscape of highereducation (Edelman, 2023, par. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership, College of Education, Kansas State University. Dr. Carl B. Dr. Terry A.
In a climate where DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) is being vilified, this year's panels didn't hold back. As states roll back DEI programs and silence academic voices, these experts stood firm and affirmed that this is not simply a political momentit's a moral crisis. They urged us to stop abbreviating DEI.
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Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Student Affairs and HigherEducation, Indiana State University; Ph.D., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA.,
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A rising tide of anti-DEI sentiment is sweeping across the U.S., leaving chief diversity officers (CDOs) in highereducation feeling embattled and uncertain about their futures. CDO positions are being eliminated, budgets slashed, and the very purpose of DEI work is being questioned. Dr. Harrison Davis, Jr.
Numerous state legislatures are in the news recently, asking their campuses to report budgets and resources devoted to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, and for a list of the programs, services and efforts focused on DEI. To identify and cut DEI in highereducation. Their goal?
While highereducation is a path to opportunity — many underrepresented, minoritized students face systemic barriers that make their graduate-level academic experience feel like an uphill challenge. As educators, our role in supporting marginalized students and helping them navigate the barriers created by the “system” is crucial.
It’s Up to Us; and We Must Work Together in New Ways Highereducation and its mission to build a democratic, prosperous, and equitable society is under attack. The active marginalization of specific identities from education or the curriculum thwarts these objectives and the promises of highereducation for all.
Over the last several years, we have witnessed firsthand the chilling effects of legislative actions and court decisions to outlaw efforts designed to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in highereducation and in the workplace. The war on DEI is being well documented. Please vote!
Shaun Harper, university professor, provost professor of education, business and public policy, and the founder and executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center, was watching a livestream from the U.S. Prior to becoming a faculty member and administrator, Dr. Toby S. They guide the expectations of DEI practice.”
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Moreover, given the current socio-political era of anti-DEI, faculty and other university personnel have been losing funding, positions, and operational units that support research and programming that help the most vulnerable student populations to thrive and attain optimal outcomes in highereducation and in their personal lives.
I stood in front of the entire school, my peers, teachers, and administrators, a sea of majority whiteness, and in February, a month dedicated to people who looked like me, and asked by the only Black teacher at the school, I celebrated my history. Before DEI was a thing, Ms. We often smiled at each other in the hallway. inclusion).
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The National Association of Diversity Officers in HigherEducation (NADOHE) condemned the University of Florida's elimination of its diversity, equity, and inclusion staff. A total of 13 full-time employees and 15 administrative appointees at the university lost their jobs. They will receive 12 weeks of severance pay.
The University of Texas System’s board of regents has suspended all new policies promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and asked school leaders to report on their current DEI policies, citing that some practices have “strayed from the original intent,” The Texas Tribune reported. But Texas Gov.
The office supported the university’s mission to advance Kentucky — from its economy to its health and from its culture to its levels of educational attainment. Its stated goal was to enhance diversity and inclusivity through the recruitment and retention of an increasingly diverse population of faculty, administrators, staff and students.
Russell and NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson — was written in response to the University of Florida and other state schools that have eliminated their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Ron DeSantis signed a bill prohibiting the use of state funds for any DEI programs. In 2023, Florida Gov.
Johnson My alma mater, the University of Florida, recently eliminated its DEI positions and offices. Thirteen positions, 15 administrative appointments for faculty, the chief diversity officer role, and DEI contracts with outside vendors — ALL GONE. Dr. Susan D. whose horizons are being increasingly limited each day.
Zebadiah Hall will become the University of Wyoming’s (UW) first full-time vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), effective Dec. Outside of Cornell, Hall is on the national board as the equity officer for the Association on HigherEducation and Disability (AHEAD). He is currently pursuing a Ph.D.
Artificial intelligence, if created and implemented responsibly, can help increase diverse, equitable, and inclusive recruitment and retention, DEI specialist Shayne Halls said during a University of Phoenix webinar Thursday. Everyone learns differently. Everyone does not retain information in the same manner. AI is here to address that.”
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Anti-DEI and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation passed in states like Texas and Florida is tied to a national trend of trying to make LGBTQ+ people and people of color invisible and more easily discriminated against, says Imani Rupert-Gordon, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. In Texas, Senate Bill 17 took effect on Jan.
Joy Gaston Gayles Gayles is currently an Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor of HigherEducation and senior adviser for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the College of Education. She was the 2022 President of the Association for the Study of HigherEducation (ASHE).
It took place in 1984 at a highereducation conference at MIT, shortly after they had decided to confront the shortcomings in both the journalistic and academic communities by launching a new publication, Black Issues In HigherEducation. My first encounter with Bill Cox and Frank Matthews was quite memorable.
In the ever-evolving landscape of highereducation, the role of governing boards, such as the Board of Trustees, is of paramount importance. I define academic acumen as a wide range of knowledge and skills related to teaching, research, and knowledge creation within the highereducation context.
The path to highereducation success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff. Santiago and Sarita E.
PHILADELPHIA— Despite the ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion within highereducation, more than a thousand educators gathered in-person and virtually late last week to share strategies and brainstorm ways to center equitable outcomes for the students who attend their institutions.
The highereducation establishment appears to be on the ropes. While the academy was once generally perceived as a fundamental bedrock institution of American society, public support for highereducation has dramatically eroded, and in some circles, the approval level has plummeted well below 50%. Dr. William B.
This goal has been set by the Lumina Foundation, a private foundation working to make highereducation opportunities available for all. Dr. Kaleb Briscoe, assistant professor of adult and highereducation at the University of Oklahoma.
She is a member of the National Association for Diversity Officers in HigherEducation, president of the association’s Carolinas chapter, and a founder of the Carolina Coalition chapter of the National Coalition Building Institute. She has a proven track record as a collaborator with all campus stakeholders and as a strong leader.”
There is considerable research generated about African Americans in highereducation, specifically faculty. However, research has demonstrated a clear underrepresentation of minority community college trustees (Moltz, 2009) with no progress being made in hiring African American administrators (Levin, Walker et al.,
The state of Alabama joins Florida and Texas in enacting the wide-ranging legislation, asking for broad changes or cancellations to state agencies and public colleges that fund DEI offices and programs.
Kim Schatzel Schatzel – currently president of Towson University (TU) – previously served as provost of Eastern Michigan University and dean of the College of Business at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, A first-generation college student herself, she has been praised for making diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) a priority.
The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. noted they received unfair treatment from school administrators. Although the state of Tennessee has pushed back on DEI programming, Vanderbilt is a private institution.
As a student activist, a longtime faculty member, and an administrator in highereducation, I am particularly proud of two career accomplishments. Unfortunately, students had to repeatedly make their case to skeptical and unsupportive university administrators, trustees, alumni, donors, and legislators.
Rufo said his plans were to recruit faculty, restructure the administration and academic departments, develop a new core curriculum, and eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies. “My We are recapturing highereducation.”
Supreme Court decision outlawing the use of affirmative action in the highereducation admissions process continue to ripple across the nation. After an organized disinformation campaign by conservative groups and individuals about the scope of its impact on the highereducation community, the U.S.
As I reflect on my journey through highereducation, I find myself looking back on a career that began in the small, rural community of Calhoun in Lowndes County, Alabama. It was there that I first understood the profound impact that education could have on a person’s life.
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