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Survey: One-Third of Jewish College Students Report Faculty Promoting Antisemitism

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A troubling new survey reveals that nearly one-third of American Jewish college students believe faculty members on their campuses have promoted antisemitism or created learning environments hostile to Jews, highlighting growing concerns about discrimination in higher education.

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Trump Administration Freezes $2.2 Billion in Harvard Funding Amid Campus Activism Dispute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University after the institution refused to comply with demands to limit campus activism. In an unprecedented move that signals escalating tensions between the federal government and higher education institutions, the Trump administration has frozen more than $2.2

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Association Backs Students’ Assembly, Speech Rights

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In it, the organization objected to language that equates protesters at Columbia University with terrorists and rebuked university leaders who have responded to “largely peaceful” on-campus activism by inviting riot-gear clad law enforcement to make arrests.

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Outrage Continues Over University of Florida's Removal of DEI Roles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But rather, it's the elimination of opportunities to retain faculty and students [who] this country and its universities has historically never served,” McCune said. And so, part of what we are seeing is an elimination of offices that help retain faculty that have historically not been included in the university culture.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

there were protests on campus. Students organized Black student unions demanding more African American studies courses, Black faculty and staff,” says Canton. Canton, who is also an associate professor of history, hired two faculty members in year one. Last year, he hired another faculty person.

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Lieberman Expected to Lead La Verne to Next Stage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To accomplish the goals that the fundraising will enable, she sees it as essential that the faculty, staff and board work collaboratively on the visioning for the university. She oversaw a Campus Master Plan that reflected the institution’s core values, such as diversity and inclusion. “I This includes creating new means for retention.

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Florida seeks to silence speech on social activism across state schools, per regulation

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Subsection 3 of the regulation also bars state schools and their direct-support organizations from using public dollars on campus activities that “promote or engage in political or social activism.” Ron DeSantis signed in May that prohibited state and federal being used toward DEI in the Florida College System.