Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

She was one of three DEI employees who have resigned from the institution over the past 18 months due to what they described as a lack of institutional support for their work, according to a December article in the student newspaper, The Daily Princetonian.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

As I reflect on my journey through higher education, I find myself looking back on a career that began in the small, rural community of Calhoun in Lowndes County, Alabama. It was there that I first understood the profound impact that education could have on a person’s life.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 19, 2023

An Illustration of the Power of LMI Data In a short article, it’s impossible to address the vast number of important issues on which LMI data can shine a light. As an example, consider the five highest-paying and five lowest-paying occupations at the two-digit occupational code level.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Image: A new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report notes some improvement in minority representation in higher education related to science, technology, engineering, math and medicine (STEMM)—but not enough to match those groups’ share in the overall population. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Image: The Ron DeSantis takeover of Florida higher education was on full display Tuesday. DeSantis, now in his second term, launched the opening act on Tuesday when he announced promised higher education reforms. He claimed that the state’s DEI efforts have shamed white and Christian students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

DEI, ESG and Staffing Issues One silver lining for colleges seeing negative returns was increased donations, which the survey found were up by an average of 22 percent across both small and large endowments. This is the second year the NACUBO survey has asked about donations for DEI efforts.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

A press release from the governor’s office celebrated the move, calling it a rejection of the “progressivist higher education indoctrination agenda” and a commitment “to removing all woke positions and ideologies” by February. ” The presidents gave themselves until Feb.

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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

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2023

Going even further, the state of Florida is defunding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across the state; Texas’s governor has warned against DEI in hiring practices ; and Iowa , Utah and West Virginia are all considering bills that would defund DEI initiatives or eliminate DEI statements in hiring.

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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 a matter of fact, our stances are similar and I wholeheartedly believe every single current and future higher ed pro across the entire country needs that presentation. Focus on Systemic Change.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

12 December · Episode 185 AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education 49 Min · By Dr. 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.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

But North Carolina, as many sources who spoke with Inside Higher Ed pointed out, is not Florida. “Every time you’re having a conversation about DEI or compelled speech, for example, you’re not having a conversation about affordability and accessibility,” he said. Yes In-Article Careers: 3 Louis, in 2019.

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University Business

OCTOBER 13, 2023

He is also making one last plea to the public on the importance of higher education while the light is still shining on him. Ron DeSantis’ efforts to abolish diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education and the state’s Board of Education changing its Black history standards.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

Reed spoke with Inside Higher Ed about his cross-departmental work and a new initiative at Montana to match course objectives with professional experience. Q: What led you to your career in higher education? If you look at our DEI plan on campus, it’s really granular in those ways. No In-Article Careers: 6

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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. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 30, 2023

Research suggests that conventional lecturing remains the dominant instructional approach in higher education, especially in the natural sciences, where many of the studies on active learning are happening. No In-Article Careers: 3 Which instructional strategies?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 5, 2023

Research suggests that conventional lecturing remains the dominant instructional approach in higher education, especially in the natural sciences, where many of the studies on active learning are happening. Yes In-Article Careers: 3 Which instructional strategies?

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Dr. Al Solano

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Solano ) As higher education faces external attacks, we must also confront self-inflicted wounds. A red flag: If you, as a practitioner, finish reading a research article or listening to a research presentation about your sector and think, "I have no idea what to do with this information."

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Higher Ed Connects: Leadership

APRIL 15, 2020

Institutions of higher education typically play key roles as major employers — sometimes even the single largest employer in some cities. This article will focus on what higher ed institutions should consider as an employer during the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically emphasizing the following: Unemployment & Paid Sick Leave.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 2, 2024

2 January · Episode 188 AGB Board of Directors Statement: A Conversation with the EVP 38 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton A conversation with Mary Papazian about the recent AGB Board of Directors Statement and the pivotal state of higher education board governance. higher education.

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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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The Guardian Higher Education

JUNE 11, 2024

What it lacks in visual appeal, it makes up for with a panoply of articles and student notes addressing a range of legal issues. The Harvard and Columbia journals trampled free expression in a rush to suppress a human-rights lawyer’s writing on Israel On a normal day, the Columbia Law Review’s website is not a feast for the eyes.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Image: Florida governor Ron DeSantis promised sweeping reforms earlier this year to, he claims, rescue higher education in his state from “woke activism.” At the time, he held a press conference that focused on defunding DEI efforts in the state and issued a news release detailing proposed reforms that now appear in HB 999.

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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.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

He faces organized protests and a list of demands from campus constituents urging him to reject DeSantis’s efforts to impose his conservative vision on the state’s institutions of higher education. The University of Florida declined to make the new president available for an interview with Inside Higher Ed.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 5, 2023

It will change higher education forever. Eroding public confidence in higher education. As I read the higher ed press, I try to find the trendline. Is it that higher education is reeling, that past failures are coming home to roost, and the long-anticipated day of reckoning has at last arrived?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 26, 2023

26 December · Episode 187 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions 55 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Join us in our 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and Predictions for 2024. Join us in our 2023 Higher Education Year in Review and Predictions for 2024.

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

McMickens, Morris Thomas, and Calvin Hadley There is deep concern about the status of Black men in higher education. A recent report about the enrollment of Black men in postsecondary education indicates that Black men comprise 4.6% Palmer, Larry J. Walker, Tryan L. or a little over 850,000 of the 18.6

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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.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

Image: In his first term as Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis sought to reshape higher education at the state level, pushing changes to accreditation requirements and tenure while requiring widely criticized intellectual diversity surveys and limiting diversity, equity and inclusion instruction in public colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 7, 2024

The political landscape in Florida has recently witnessed some significant developments that pose a serious challenge to efforts aimed at promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at public colleges and universities. The limited number of highly desirable jobs intensifies misperceptions surrounding DEI initiatives.

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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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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. Its fundamentally at odds with what the mission of higher education should be, which is the search for knowledge that serves the common good.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Cardona granted Diverse: Issues In Higher Education an interview to discuss his first year in the position and what he sees as the biggest challenges and accomplishments of the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Edgar, a DEI and EEO consultant, trainer, and facilitator. “As Cox passed away at the age of 79.

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Campus Sonar

MARCH 13, 2025

Actions that stop applications for income-driven student loan repayment plans , cut funding to public schools , eliminate Head Start and universal access to quality early childhood education , and limit knowledge of the broad spectrum of the human experience , will be catastrophic for higher education. Download the white paper.

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Higher Education Inquirer

APRIL 16, 2025

Chris Rufos recent article in City Journal , titled "New Right-Wing Civil-Rights Regime" , is a prime example of ideological revisionism that fails to engage with history in any meaningful way. The article begins by referencing Christopher Caldwells The Age of Entitlement , a book that has been influential in certain conservative circles.

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