Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Utah is the latest state to enact legislation against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives: Republican governor Spencer Cox signed a law Tuesday barring DEI programs at public universities and in the state government, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The move comes weeks after Texas governor Greg Abbott sent letters to state institutions arguing that the use of DEI policies in hiring practices could amount to illegal discrimination and violate state and federal laws. Additionally, Eltife said he would welcome legislative action to provide guidance on DEI policies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

UMGC has agreements with all 16 community colleges in Maryland, says Dr. Pam Carter, vice president and dean of the School of Business, which offers seven undergraduate degree programs and 10 stand-alone certificates. Two recent MBA graduates became presidential management fellows, three-year positions with the federal government.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

CPE is a coordinating board that oversees Kentucky’s public universities, community colleges, and technical colleges. We did an external evaluation for a couple of our cohorts to find that the greatest retention and success is actually with our students entering into community college,” Ellis says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2023

As Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida state legislature have raced to re-shape higher education in the state with bills restricting DEI efforts, limiting tenure protections, and banning the teaching of controversial subjects, the silence from Florida’s public college leaders has been deafening.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

As implied by the title of the 359-page document—“Advancing Antiracism, Diversity and Equity Inclusion [DEI] in STEMM Organizations: Beyond Broadening Participation”—the National Academies aren’t just focusing on numerically increasing minority representation in STEMM.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

21 Dartmouth College 8,065,743 8,484,189 -4.93 Colleges appearing at the bottom of the full endowment list are Oakton Community College ($6.2 million), Lakeland Community College ($5.7 This is the second year the NACUBO survey has asked about donations for DEI efforts.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2025

Community colleges and regional public universities often rely on federal data not only for compliance but also for peer benchmarking, state-directed accountability linked directly to their funding, evaluating return on investment, and evidence of graduate outcomes such as gainful employment. The forms are still being submitted.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 4, 2025

From MIT Press: " The Myth That Made Us exposes how false narrativesof a supposedly post-racist nation, of the self-made man, of the primacy of profit- and shareholder value-maximizing for businesses, and of minimal government interferencehave been used to excuse gross inequities and to shape and sustain the US economic system that delivers them.

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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. Conversations about ESG on college campuses aren’t limited to investment deliberations.

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University Business

JULY 28, 2023

Eloy Ortiz Oakley, president and CEO of the College Futures Foundation , said the process begins by “flipping the nomenclature,” or reframing how we inherently perceive different kinds of institutions. He believes community colleges should be considered “elite” for housing under-resourced students.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The University of Minnesota Morris is excited to share with potential students that they could potentially save $20,000 on tuition costs for a bachelor’s degree, which may appease a public and federal government pushing for a more affordable higher education. More from UB: Lawmakers, donors disagreed on DEI in 2023.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

21, the Commission on the Governance of Public Universities in North Carolina held the first of a planned series of public forums. “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. ” On Feb.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

“This is as much about the role of faculty in governing the institution as it is about free speech, ideology, DEI, etc. Berman said in an email that the petition led the university’s Faculty Senate this month to create an ad hoc committee to assess any constraints on academic freedom and free speech.

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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.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 27, 2025

Higher Ed Challenge 6: Political and Policy Changes Challenge: Shifts in government policies , including those expected after the 2024 elections, impact higher education funding, accreditation, and regulatory requirements. Higher education operates within a complex regulatory environment influenced by local, state, and federal policies.

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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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Campus Sonar

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Campus Sonar is partnering with organizations to leverage this always-on focus group to understand: The lived experience of students advancing in a particular discipline, to inform philanthropy-backed interventions that increase persistence and success How individuals talk about DEI and higher education, to inform inclusive planning strategies amidst (..)

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Staff are overwhelmingly left-leaning, often organized in unions that are overt allies of the Democratic Party, and pursue Title IX and DEI initiatives strongly favored by Democrats and vehemently opposed by Republicans. On the one hand, staff and faculty at colleges and universities must not tell students what to think or believe.

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University Business

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In the several studies culled by the Community College Research Center at Columbia University Teachers College, dual enrollment opportunities provided to K12 students repeatedly proved to help boost college outcomes. More from UB: This for-profit believes it’s being “targeted” by the government 1.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Mantella, president of Grand Valley State, issued and completed a 15-point plan for racial equity as a clear statement on providing foundational knowledge around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and emphasizing commitment to the university’s values. Mantella also wants to improve the pathways for students attending community colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Other issues in the news will include diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Supreme Court decision rejecting race conscious admissions at colleges and universities, institutions will try to find ways to provide access for underserved populations while accommodating the current parameters. That, too, could end up in court.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

Although the pandemic has negatively impacted enrollment across the world of higher education, the drops for minoritized men at community colleges have been especially precipitous. They discussed their ideas Thursday at a panel co-sponsored by CCEAL and the Association of Community College Trustees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2024

We're trying to get students to be engaged in their communities, and voting is just part of that,” said Dr. George Boggs, president and CEO emeritus of the American Association of Community Colleges, and president emeritus of Palomar College in San Marcos, California. Community colleges] need to expand our efforts.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2024

His firm specializes in providing insights and resources on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Graduate Education. in Counseling and Student Personnel Services (College Student Affairs Administration) from the University of Georgia. His academic journey culminated with a Ph.D. This is critical stuff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The State of the Union is the president’s chance to address the nation and say, ‘these are the things I care about,’” said Jonathan Fansmith, senior vice president of government relations at the American Council on Education. Ron DeSantis has cracked down on critical race theory, tenure practices, and DEI initiatives. “My

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

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. Chris Rufo, an anti-DEI activist whom DeSantis appointed a trustee in a conservative takeover of the New College of Florida, cheered the move on Twitter last week.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 5, 2023

Community colleges failing to fulfill their mission. Community Colleges The Hechinger Report, a higher ed news source not given to hyperbole or scare headlines, recently posted an alarming article entitled : “‘The reckoning is here’: More than a third of community college students have vanished.

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University Business

JANUARY 1, 2024

News & World Report’s longstanding college rankings was called into question as institutions vie to personalize their brand to match students’ needs. Republican-led states have aimed their sights at diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, thanks to a strong charge by Florida Gov. They experienced a whopping 12.4%

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

” Hawkins was replying to worries about Florida Republicans’ records requests regarding university diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts. ”) Hawkins also defended the university regarding DEI, saying her life has been dedicated to it. “We’re supposed to talk about DEI.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 31, 2023

“We want presidents and other administrators to stand up and say, ‘We don’t care about this bill—no matter what happens, we are committed to defending our majors, defending the quality of our education and defending DEI.’ ’ We think it’s well within their rights to do so,” Carson said.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The demands come in the wake of DeSantis’s push for sweeping legislative reforms—likely to be taken up when state lawmakers convene in March—designed to crack down on DEI initiatives and undermine tenure. Sasse’s Vision for UF As of publication, Sasse had not responded to the demands put forth by protesters.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 17, 2023

Although community colleges are recovering, 40 million people in the U.S. Some of these strategies involve making specific changes to a high school diploma, community college education, and/or university credits. who enrolled in a two- or four-year institution stopped out along the way.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The federal government’s COVID assistance played a critical role in temporarily sustaining institutions, particularly smaller colleges, which otherwise faced the risk of closure. Strategic Responses and Adaptations In response to these pressures, colleges and universities have adopted various strategies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

As we work tirelessly to navigate the polarizing currents of the 2024 election year, witnessing the gross erosion of DEI initiatives and the rollback of affirmative action, the pivotal role of these institutions and leaders becomes even more crucial.” Terrell L Strayhorn, director of the Center for the Study of HBCUs at Virginia Union. “As

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

The Board will bring focus to the full range of concerns that have been raised and, together with President Bergeron, will recommit to effective administrative leadership and our DEI values.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 17, 2025

the college studentpopulation. The governments anti-DEI crusade threatens efforts to address that. Can Universities Still Diversify Faculty Hiring Under Trump? Ryan Quinn Thu, 04/17/2025 - 03:00 AM The professoriate doesnt demographically represent the U.S.or Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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