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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This backdrop was on the minds of panelists in preparation for their presentation, entitled, A State of Affairs: The Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees, which convened at the recent Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT, 2024) Leadership Congress in Seattle, WA. Recommendations follow.

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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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The 'Asbury Revival' comes to a close

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” She also doesn’t rule out that news of the outpouring could attract new students to Christian colleges. “It definitely raises the profile of Christian colleges because it’s received so much attention,” she said. “It’s how you act.

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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.

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

College Forward

Big picture, I want students to have those “aha” moments that build their enthusiasm and momentum for college. I remember writing my college essay on the importance of music in my life and how the various social justice projects I was involved in were connected to civil rights songs.

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Ten campus living-learning communities to model

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Living-learning communities are common in the sphere of higher education as intimate, specialized spaces for students looking to establish community in on-campus residence halls. Some are more ideological, touching on interfaith, sustainability, conflict resolution, leadership or social justice.

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Is DeSantis Right or Wrong?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Banning the teaching of critical race theory, for example, is clearly and definitively a prohibited effort to “prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion.” Burnette teaches us, they cannot seek to impose their own views of social justice on to their charges.