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Paradigm Shift: DEI, Anti-DEI, or Underrepresentation?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court struck down race-consciousness in college admissions upending four decades of precedent and reshaping the landscape of higher education (Edelman, 2023, par. The presentation drew upon a study by Smalls (2023) focused on the experiences of African American community college trustees. In June 2023, the U.

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AmeriCorps service member Megan Garcia reflects on her college admissions journey and her excitement for the upcoming year

College Forward

This year, she’s serving as a Navigate high school coach with students from rural communities in Oregon. We chatted with Megan about her college admissions experience and her passion for supporting students. Big picture, I want students to have those “aha” moments that build their enthusiasm and momentum for college.

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Montclair commuter map provides directions to study spaces

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Talamo prints around 2,500 maps at a time and distributes them to campus resource areas like the admissions information desk and at tabling events. Montclair’s Office of Social Justice and Diversity, for example, wanted to be recognized as a public space, so it added a microwave and requested its addition to the Pit Stop Map.

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Why Faculty Diversity Matters

Confessions of a Community College Dean

But it does mean that he combines open-mindedness with a critical sensibility, and a staunch commitment to viewpoint pluralism and empiricism with an emphasis on social justice. In his view, this isn’t just a matter of social justice or equity. Is the representativeness problem a matter of social justice?

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Equity director targeted, she says, for questioning antiracist 'orthodoxy'

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Leaders and employees at De Anza College, the community college where Lee has been working on contract as a tenure-track faculty member, didn’t comment Thursday. Supreme Court lawsuit who are trying to end affirmative action in college admissions.

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Addressing False Narratives

Dr. Al Solano

Another example is Dartmouth College’s recent laughable, but sad rationale to reinstate the SAT/ACT because their internal “research” shows they would effectively be more equitable for low-income students. The teaching could be horrible, but these students have the social capital to succeed on their own. 2021-22: 95.6%

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Student survey reveals gaps in core academic advising functions

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Looking at responses by institution type, 56 percent of four-year college students say they’ve gotten this kind of advice, compared to 49 percent of community college students. “Holistically advising a student based on their individual needs is key to redesigning the way we advise,” adds Kenion.