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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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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jackson and a few other African American students came together and created a list of recommendations that was submitted to administration and prompted the formation of a task force. She joined the task force, and over the next year, members laid out a program for recruiting and retaining minority students.

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The University of Arkansas appoints its first Black chancellor

University Business

Robinson has led several initiatives focused on student recruitment and success, such as a college preparation program for underrepresented student groups, restructuring the Division of Student Affairs and a $10 million scholarship for first-generation and low-income students.

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Top 12 Challenges Facing Higher Ed in 2025—and the Exemplars Solving Them: An overview of the most urgent issues impacting higher education, with examples of how some institutions are beginning to respond.

The Change Leader, Inc.

These schools often lack the resources to aggressively recruit nontraditional students, such as adult learners, career changers, or international students, who could help offset declining numbers. Changes in administration or legislative priorities can lead to significant shifts in funding, compliance obligations, and accreditation standards.

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Action taken While there has been steady advancement over the past 40 years, the murder of George Floyd in 2020 has proven to be a seminal moment that has propelled student-athletes, coaches, and administrators to face issues of race and racism in college sports. They were making demands and holding administration’s feet to the fire.”

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$16B College Sports Revenue and Regulations: Knight Commission Insights: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 171 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Amy Privette Perko

The Change Leader, Inc.

However, recruiting inducements haven’t been enforced, particularly among the powerhouse programs. Perko worked at the NCAA for more than six years and then at the University of Kansas as the Associate Athletics Director and Senior Woman Administrator, where she served on several Big 12 Conference and NCAA committees.

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DEIJ Annual Report for 2022-2023

Goucher DEI

Finally, we have redoubled our efforts to recruit faculty from historically underrepresented groups, this year focusing on new strategies that involve employing target-of-opportunity hires, an expanded outreach effort to doctoral students at HBCUs, and potentially an interdisciplinary cluster hiring in Africana studies.