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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 highereducation. Our highereducation institutions must reflect this reality and prepare students for the world they will inherit.
Collectively, highereducation 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 TitleIX investigations, or legal threats. Dr. Monica J.
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The sweeping conservative blueprint for a second Trump administration would dismantle the Education Department, privatize student loans and end all ongoing TitleIX investigations. Critics say it’s a road map to authoritarianism.
Students, faculty and even high-level administrators are speaking publicly about the negative ramifications of proposed bans against diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. ” Some universities have elected to reposition their employees.
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“This is especially ambitious in light of everything that the department’s already done and everything that they still need to finish,” said Clare McCann, a highereducation fellow at Arnold Ventures, a philanthropy, who previously worked in the Education Department during the current administration.
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Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights, criticized the Biden administration's guidance as "overly burdensome" and "profoundly unfair," arguing it exceeded the scope of what agency guidance should do. Education advocacy groups have expressed mixed reactions to the announcement.
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In Trump’s latest step to reshape highereducation, he signed an executive order called “ Keeping Men Out of Womens Sports.” Department of Educationthe very existence of which has been called into question by Trumpsaid it will prioritize TitleIX enforcement on behalf of female athletes. ” U.S.
Lindwarm believes that a Foxx-chaired committee would have a strong focus on higher ed. Foxx is a former college administrator and had previously introduced several pieces of higher ed legislation, including a reauthorization of the HigherEducation Act in 2017.
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