Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Joy Gaston Gayles Gayles is currently an Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor of Higher Education 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 Higher Education (ASHE).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2024

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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 30, 2024

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 higher education and in the workplace. The war on DEI is being well documented. Please vote!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As a student activist, a longtime faculty member, and an administrator in higher education, 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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Attorney, politician, and advocate, Stacey Abrams aptly captures the essence of this transformation in her comments: “DEI is essential to building educational institutions that are welcoming, fair, and free from discrimination and hate.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Yet leading up to the federal ruling, a string of state legislative actions — each seeking to hobble or even decimate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities and programming on university campuses — provides a telling story of a divided national mindset. DEI and the culture of higher education.

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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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