Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

For institutions looking to measure their DEI efforts, the tool of choice has typically been campus climate assessments, surveys of groups like faculty or students that provide an aggregate picture of the impact of a college’s endeavors. The instrument also revealed that some basic DEI practices were less common.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

After reading the article “Another Education Fight Over DEI Emerges…” on CNN.com, a daunting thought came over me. Some faculty in Texas may not be expected to demonstrate proficiency in knowledge transfer. Some faculty speak to this in their philosophy statements. Moreso, it is regarded as an illegal practice in Texas.

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MAY 18, 2023

That is not hyperbole, I wrote this text with several college degrees, including a doctorate, in my faculty office. Before DEI was a thing, Ms. Because of DEI, before it was a thing , I had access to resources and networks as my peers. DEI leveled the playing field, so people in my situation could succeed. inclusion).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

The anti-DEI legislation has threatened more than institutional autonomy. Colleges and universities nationwide have established Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) offices for years to increase faculty diversity and help students from various backgrounds succeed at the post-secondary level and beyond.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Eli Capilouto is publicly opposed to bills proposed by state legislators to limit diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, reported the Lexington Herald Leader. Mike Wilson of Bowling Green, which would block all DEI initiatives that promote so-called “discriminatory concepts.” He also objected to House Bill 9 from Rep.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Dr. Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer, associate provost for equity and inclusion, and coordinator of the new DEI certificate program at Muhlenberg College. Starting in the 2023 – 2024 academic year, students can now enroll in Muhlenberg College’s Graduate Certificate program in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). As the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2024

As a scholar, leader, and DEI champion, Dr. Chris Metzler continuously illuminated our path toward a more inclusive future in which all voices are welcomed and valued,” said Dr. Edna Chun, vice chair of the LEAD Fund, a national not-for-profit organization founded in 2014 and styled as a “Think and Do Tank.” Dr. Christopher A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

California community college professors are suing state officials, alleging that new diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) rules put in place violated their First Amendment rights, The Hill reported. How am I supposed to incorporate DEI into my classroom instruction?” I’m a professor of chemistry.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

It aims to make universities shut down diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices, ban mandatory diversity training, and restrict hiring departments from asking for diversity statements, all under the threat of temporarily cutting off access to state funds. Brandon Creighton Senate Bill 17 – filed by Sen.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2024

The University of Florida is an elite institution because of our incredible faculty who are committed to teaching, discovering, and serving," the memo added. Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis, who has led the attack on DEI, applauded the development. "DEI They will receive 12 weeks of severance pay.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2023

Numerous state legislatures are in the news recently, asking their campuses to report budgets and resources devoted to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, and for a list of the programs, services and efforts focused on DEI. To identify and cut DEI in higher education. Their goal? But we put the targets on ourselves.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Florida’s attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and so-called “woke” disciplines demonstrate a disregard for academic standards of governance and academic freedom, according to an American Association of University Professors (AAUP) report. Ron DeSantis' attacks on higher ed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Johnson My alma mater, the University of Florida, recently eliminated its DEI positions and offices. Thirteen positions, 15 administrative appointments for faculty, the chief diversity officer role, and DEI contracts with outside vendors — ALL GONE. Dr. Susan D. whose horizons are being increasingly limited each day.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The University of Texas System’s board of regents has suspended all new policies promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and asked school leaders to report on their current DEI policies, citing that some practices have “strayed from the original intent,” The Texas Tribune reported. But Texas Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 21, 2024

As diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts have come under attack, I wonder if higher education leaders shouldn’t begin to evolve the concept before policymakers strip away every tool we have to provide supports for students of color. Instead of focusing on inclusion, perhaps we should be talking about integration.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Campus racial climate is defined in the report as the “current attitudes, behaviors, and practices of faculty and students at a higher education institution toward students based on their race/ethnicity.” It's not enough to just have more students and faculty of color on campus,” said Hernández-Reyes. In light of the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

Dyonne Bergeron will become chief diversity officer (CDO) and vice chancellor for equity, diversity, and inclusion (DEI) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), effective Jul. I’m really excited and honored to have the opportunity to work with brilliant students, staff and faculty at UCI,” she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Despite pledges from campus leaders to diversify all facets of their institutions, faculty have remained stubbornly white, according to a new report from the Education Trust, a non-profit that works to close opportunity and achievement gaps. “It That the student body is diversifying much faster than the faculty is. ”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2023

Open educational resources (OER)—learning materials, such as online textbooks, with licenses that allow them to be freely used, edited, and shared—are natural tools for achieving DEI goals. However, although OER and DEI are aligned, the people responsible for their implementation on campus often aren’t.

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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. It was also incorporated into all our new employee/new faculty orientations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Among the latest efforts are HB 715 in North Carolina, which would remove tenure for future faculty in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system and at public community colleges, and SB 266 in Florida, which would give the state more control over the content of core classes and limit funding for DEI efforts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

Faculty members are more likely to self-censor today than social scientists did during McCarthy era of the 1940s and 50s, according to a recent report from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). And 42% of untenured faculty reported censoring themselves, compared with 31% of tenured faculty.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Vanderbilt University (VU) are launching a $17-million diversity, equity, inclusion, (DEI) and belonging program for the biomedical research community. Additionally, more than four dozen faculty will be V-FIRST mentors. American Indian, and 0.1% Pacific Islander.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 5, 2024

Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), which houses 40 academic departments and more than 30 centers, is dropping diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) statements in its hiring processes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Students and faculty at the New College of Florida held a a protest during a board of trustees meeting a Tuesday after a conservative takeover of the college, CNN reported. This is in line with DeSantis’s intentions to defund diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs at state colleges and universities in Florida.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2023

Dr. Monica Smith Smith is currently the first vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) for Augustana College. Dr. Lisa Durant-Jones will become Augustana’s interim vice president for DEI, effective July 31, as Smith transitions to her new role.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The spring semester was a time of great adjustment for colleges and universities in Texas as state schools were forced to disband any office related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), thanks to a bill signed by Gov. Lawmakers aren’t the only ones trying to intimidate Texas administration and faculty to cultivate DEI efforts.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 24, 2024

Greenfield Community College leaders prematurely ended a partnership with a DEI consulting firm that issued a highly critical report. The report was based on an unfinished assessment of the college’s DEI work after administrators of the small Massachusetts community college ended the firm’s work early without informing the campus community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2024

In its place, the Office of Access and Engagement will open with a new charge and function to broadly serve and promote the student, faculty, and staff success. UAB has shuttered its Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion among other changes to ensure compliance.

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University Business

MARCH 4, 2024

As a result, 13 full-time faculty members have been fired, the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer has been relinquished and all outside vendor contracts related to the initiative have been nullified. The $5 million allocated to DEI programming has been transitioned into a faculty recruitment fund, according to a memo.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Jay Pearson will become the inaugural associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, effective Jan. 1, 2023, The Chronicle at Duke reported. Dr. Jay Pearson Pearson is the H.M. Foundation associate professor of public policy.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

A federal district judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by Daymon Johnson, a Bakersfield College history professor, against his college and community college district in which he alleged systemwide rules to ensure employees uphold diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility values chilled his free speech.

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University Business

MAY 16, 2023

Ron DeSantis signed a spate of bills, the most important one prohibiting Florida’s public institutions from spending money on DEI initiatives, according to a press release. This bill says the whole experiment with DEI is coming to an end in the state of Florida.” On Monday, Gov. And that has no place in our public institutions.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 31, 2024

The move will decentralize the office’s resources, eliminate the IDE vice chancellor position and disperse existing staff members to other departments across the university—primarily the office of student affairs, for student success roles, and the provost’s office for faculty support roles. The changes go into effect on Aug.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Yet another noticed anti-Black racism increase at their institution when the university publicly declared its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). where harassment reporting mechanisms often fail to protect Black faculty. This parallels findings in the U.S., I’ve felt it,” says Patton Davis. “I says Patton Davis.

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The Scholarly Teacher

MARCH 29, 2023

Francis Key Statement: DEI: Creating a Classroom Culture Keywords: Diversity, Instructional Practices, Classroom Culture Introduction Inclusive classrooms and equitable instructional practices have been a subject of discussion for several years, particularly within higher learning institutions. Karen Blaha , University of St.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Oklahoma is the latest state to combat “indoctrination” in its state higher education system, requesting a detailed report from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education of all expenditures related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) made over the past 10 years. Last week, Allison D. million in funding, only $3.7

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