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The Anti-DEI Backlash: Crisis Facing Chief Diversity Officers in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Several months ago, a fellow CDO confided in me about his abrupt reassignment from a leadership role to a non-administrator position with little connection to DEI work. CDO positions are being eliminated, budgets slashed, and the very purpose of DEI work is being questioned. Dr. Harrison Davis, Jr.

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From the student intern's desk: Reflecting on the Learning and Teaching conference

Teaching Matters Student Employment

These details might go unnoticed by most people, but are as important as the major tasks like planning the talks and workshops for the conference. I also have a clearer vision of what goes on behind the scenes of event planning in the University.

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Colleges deploy new strategies to revive English programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“This is sort of what every department, and I would say every college of liberal arts and humanities and social sciences—this is what we talk about in our administrative meetings,” said Jonathan Greenberg, English department chair at Montclair State University. “After COVID, this has been the central concern.”

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