Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

He proposed defunding DEI efforts and restricting the use of DEI statements in hiring practices, giving boards and presidents the power to review tenure at any time, and requiring that state research universities spend $50 million annually on research related to STEM and business initiatives. (The

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Other top areas funded by endowments in fiscal 2022 were academic programs and research, endowed faculty positions, and campus operations and maintenance, NACUBO reported, noting roughly 75 percent of respondents used endowment funds for their operating budget. The median percentage of budgets funded by endowments was 5.3

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2023

Today’s college students are demographically, ideologically, neurologically and culturally diverse, and diversity statements are seen as a way to recruit faculty and staff who will serve these students well. These days it is becoming more common for academic institutions to request diversity statements with job application materials.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

These are social workers in our school of social work who are part of the individual college’s leadership team, who serve as a subclinical counseling coach resource to both students and faculty. If you look at our DEI plan on campus, it’s really granular in those ways. Who are we not serving well? Share here.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Some faculty members were incensed. He also lamented bloated “DEI bureaucracies,” the use of diversity statements in hiring and the prevalence of campus diversity trainings. Meanwhile, the DeSantis administration called on public universities last week to submit all expenditures related to DEI initiatives.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 5, 2023

Image: Even as conservative lawmakers have ratcheted up attacks on DEI—diversity, equity and inclusion—in higher education, another acronym has begun to attract their attention: ESG. Yes In-Article Careers: 3 ” A bill barring certain ESG investments is currently before the Legislature.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

Nathan Grove, a chemistry professor at UNC Wilmington and the chair of the campus’s Faculty Senate, said that vote served as a wake-up call for him and his colleagues. “It is anti-political; it is protecting the rights of employees, including university faculty, so they cannot be compelled to subscribe to a political ideology.”

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Campus Sonar

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Disclaimer: The title of this article isn’t a slight to Liz’s SXSW presentation proposal. As Lily Zheng explains in this article "Backlash from all directions is often due to DEI initiatives being frames as solutions to individual problems to be fixed rather than to correct for systemic issues at play in an organization.".

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

He said objecting to DEI as a business principle struck him as an ideological attack, adding that demographics are shifting across the U.S.—especially —especially in California—which puts Whittier ahead of the curve in focusing on DEI. We’re very proud of that.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

” The Everglades fundraiser, part of the college’s “Defy Boundaries” capital campaign, has since been canceled due to student and faculty backlash, according to The College Voice , Connecticut College’s student newspaper.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 30, 2023

” ‘Listen to Students’ Dynamic teaching can work for neurodivergent students, with some clarifications, says Liz Norell, an associate professor of political science at Chattanooga State Community College and faculty developer who identifies as neurodivergent. No In-Article Careers: 3

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 5, 2023

” ‘Listen to Students’ Dynamic teaching can work for neurodivergent students, with some clarifications, says Liz Norell, an associate professor of political science at Chattanooga State Community College and faculty developer who identifies as neurodivergent. Yes In-Article Careers: 3

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Drumm McNaughton McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students. Notable among these are faculty departures and a discernible decline in academic standards.

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Study Aborad Association

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In this article, we want to help you better understand online and virtual study abroad solutions available to you and your students; use them to your advantage, and support your internationalization goals. In addition to these benefits, you have: DEI – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. It should be an enhancement! .

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 2, 2024

This principle allows faculty to conduct research and reach conclusions independently, free from external influences, fostering a rich environment for teaching, learning, and inquiry. We went through the Red Scare, the McCarthy years, which certainly put many faculty in the crosshairs of McCarthy’s Inquisition, if you will.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Image: When Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, announced plans last week to defund diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the state, he was joined on stage by political activist Chris Rufo, who has made a career out of questioning the purpose of DEI programs. “Gov. Shapiro himself has also drawn controversy.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Image: Florida Atlantic University’s interim provost replied to concerns about the university collecting and providing to the state information that might be used to target Black and LGBTQ faculty members by saying, “We did not know what color—if they were purple, if they had sex with animals.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

They worry that if passed as written, HB 999 will deal an irreparable blow to Florida’s public higher education system by eliminating academic freedom, exacerbating faculty recruitment issues, causing problems with accreditors and potentially costing institutions millions in federal grant money.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In October the UF Faculty Senate overwhelmingly voted no confidence in the search process that produced Sasse, objecting to what it said was a lack of input in the presidential selection. The second issue for many on campus is Sasse’s record on LGBTQ+ rights. But some believe he has other things to worry about.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 31, 2023

Image: As Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, seeks to enact sweeping reforms to dramatically reshape higher education in the Sunshine State, students and faculty alike have protested legislation that would ban teaching certain topics, limit institutional authority and undermine tenure protections. Yes In-Article Careers: 3

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 5, 2023

” As the AAUP puts it: “US faculty are steadily losing the rights of tenure, but far less from bombastic politicians weakening their protections than from universities quietly refusing to grant them.” Within the Cal State system, the share of faculty who are in tenured or tenure track positions fell from 66.6

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Examples include the University of Bridgeport and Connecticut State collaborating to offer shared courses and faculty resources. Shifting Faculty Roles in the Age of AI McNaughton discussed the need for faculty to adapt their roles in response to these technological advancements.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

My own college, like many institutions, is laser-focused on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). The goal among many in higher education advocating for DEI is to foster not only the understanding of but also the granting of respect to each viewpoint and those who hold it. I have my doubts. Disable left side advertisement?:

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

With the demise of affirmative action, threats to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI), and policies in higher education there might not be an immediate increase in the number of Black men seeking to enroll in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2025

Twelve years ago, in his book Strategic Diversity Leadership: Activating Change and Transformation in Higher Education , DEI scholar and thought leader Dr. Damon A. Trump, we have already begun to see the promised reverse of DEI initiatives withinsome of the countrys largest corporations. Dr. Adriel A. Dr. Adriel A.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

Now students, faculty and staff have united in opposition to the president, demanding her resignation. ” Faculty and staff members have supported the protests by donating food to students occupying the administrative building and providing flexibility regarding class attendance.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

Arguably the most prominent of the trustees is Rufo, who gained national attention for his campaign against the obscure academic concept of critical race theory, often conflating it with diversity, equity and inclusion programs and fueling a conservative backlash against DEI efforts.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Written by Abbott’s chief of staff, Gardner Pate, the memo warns that using DEI policies in hiring violates both federal and state employment laws by illegally discriminating against “certain demographic groups,” though it does not specify which ones.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

“We literally have a minor in promoting left-wing activism through business, and people on the faculty council are mad that Scott Atlas was allowed to give a talk and I criticize CRT because that is ‘political’ and not academic,” he tweeted. “These people are shameless and awful. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2025

An article from the Courier Journal reported that University of Kentucky spokesperson Lindsey Piercy said, We have not received any official notification of this review. MSU has well-established processes and procedures in place to investigate any claim of discrimination by students, faculty, staff or the public.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

And since then, most faculty members and students have been thriving with either a hybrid model or in-person classes. Edgar, a DEI and EEO consultant, trainer, and facilitator. “As We attempted to do something for Black faculty and administrators and so Black Issues was started. 1, after 35 years on the faculty of Virginia Tech.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 8, 2023

The governor has proposed sweeping reforms that, among other things, aim to defund diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at state institutions; provide trustees more power over hiring; allow for posttenure faculty review at any time; and eliminate majors in certain subjects focused on race and gender. Yes In-Article Careers: 3

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Jewish students and faculty, the argument goes, were made uncomfortable by the protests and encampments and felt unsafe. in an article at the American Bar Association website , cite authors Sahar Aziz and John Espositos May 2024 book, Global Islamophobia and the Rise of Populism, to underscore a disturbing rise of Islamophobia worldwide.

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 2, 2024

[Editor's Note: This article first appeared at BryanAlexander.org.] Additionally, the government would “require institutions, faculty, and fellowship recipients to certify that they intend to further the stated statutory goals of serving American interests,” although it’s unclear what that would mean in practice. prosperity.” (675)

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