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The Erosion of DEI in Higher Education: A Threat to Progress and National Strength

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a first-generation college student, a Black woman, and the child of immigrants, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education. Our higher education institutions must reflect this reality and prepare students for the world they will inherit.

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Combating Gender-Based Violence on College Campuses Must Start at the Top

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Collectively, higher education must give this issue the attention and priority it deserves. All too often, instead of taking proactive internal approaches to prevention, schools often spring to action reactively in the face of high-profile Title IX investigations, or legal threats. Dr. Monica J.

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MSU Tenure-Track Faculty Look to Unionize

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Michigan State University (MSU) tenure-track faculty have launched a public unionization campaign to gain more influence in administrative decision-making, The State News reported. That means faculty can spend months crafting ideas and policies and suggestions that just kind of get file-drawered by the administration and never acted upon."

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Is Title IX really protecting college students from sexual misconduct on campus?

University Business

This summer, the US Department of Education celebrated 50 years of Title IX while proposing new changes to its regulation. It gave educational institutions better guidance on how to provide students with equitable education free from harassment based on sexual orientation. A look at the data. Arizona State.

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Supreme Court Decision Weakens Education Department

Confessions of a Community College Dean

After the justices struck down a 40-year precedent last week, experts warn of chaos for higher education amid doubts about the future of Title IX and gainful employment, among other policies.

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Report: Racial and Gender Hiring Practices in College Athletics is Concerning

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report examines personnel data – from sources such as the NCAA Demographics Database – concerning university presidents, athletics directors, coaches, administrative staff, and faculty athletics representatives for college sports. As a whole, the combined grade for the 2022 CSRGRC was a "C" with 73.7 points, a decrease from 2021’s 75.8

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‘Compliance U’: Colleges and universities are facing new legal complexities

University Business

Chief legal officers, faculty members, university presidents and other college leaders gathered at Touro University New York to share insight, wisdom and even their worries about the changing regulatory landscape of higher education over the past two decades. It is a vexing challenge every day.”