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Scholars Respond to the Death of a University Administrator

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“It went downhill after the [Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act] documents were submitted due to my severe depression and anxiety. This is all documented and emails sent.” She also noted in the email about receiving a poor professional evaluation from Moseley.

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A New Way of Looking at Administrative Burdens and Race

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One of the reasons that many of these efforts haven’t made as much difference as they could have is the administrative burdens that they place on students—the difficulty of the steps that students and their families must go through to apply for financial aid, or even to college at all. “By

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Report: Community Colleges Are Leaving Millions in Medicaid Funding on the Table

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For more than a decade Ive documented the clear need for community colleges to offer basic needs and related health services, said Goldrick-Rab, who is also a columnist for Diverse. A growing number of administrators are trying to offer that help to students but struggle to afford the costs.

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Report: Higher Education Administration Pay Soars as Faculty Pay Lags

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report documents this and the ongoing shift in the makeup of the academic workforce from mostly full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty members to mostly faculty members holding contingent appointments that are ineligible for tenure.

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Directive to Dismiss Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practices Presents Opportunity to Define and Seek Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Claims that DEI IS DEAD are ringing out loudly from the current administration, but isnt there a way to make sure valuable equity-minded practices actually survive? A more skilled, diverse workforce strengthens the states economy and competitiveness.

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How Project 2025’s War on Higher Education Diversity Threatens Our Global Competitiveness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This document, a roadmap for the next conservative presidential administration, frames diversity and inclusion efforts as a coordinated attack on American values, advocating for a radical restructuring of federal education policy that would have devastating consequences for historically underrepresented students.

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Documenting the Growth of Responsibility Center Management Budget Models in Public Higher Education

Robert Kelchen

My outstanding research assistant Faith Barrett and I went through documents from 535 public universities (documents from private colleges are rarely available) to collect information on whether they had announced a move to RCM, actually implemented it, and/or abandoned RCM to return to a centralized budget model. [2]