Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Rochester was looking to hire faculty whose work focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. Cluster hiring instantly injects diversity into departments that have little, while making the experience easier for minoritized faculty members. Steele remembers being at an event for new faculty. They were hiring three.

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University Business

DECEMBER 20, 2022

For the past two years, Santa Clara University has won a DEI award from the publication INSIGHT Into Higher Education magazine. But HEED is much more than an accolade for me, and I think it could be for anyone else committed to DEI. Think of areas where we can expand our view of holistic DEI. DEI award digs in.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

There is power in being a role model, he says, and that’s why he wants to make sure undergrads and graduates can see themselves represented in Lehman faculty, staff, and administration. are white and only 21% are faculty of color. Delgado is himself a child of immigrants and a first-generation college-goer.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For seven years, she helped serve the needs of senior faculty and intrepid students. Moses, who served as her faculty adviser and co-chair of her dissertation committee. One is the anti-DEI push being made on the field, including book bans at the K-12 level and the targeting of student resources in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

In terms of retention, Carter says hiring supportive faculty is a huge component. “We Webster University The mission of Webster University, a private institution in Missouri, prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Because we focus on that demographic, we have built that in as part of our mission,” says Carter.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“She's done amazing work in the area of not only student affairs but also in leading our DEI initiative,” says Jessup, adding that he considers Carter a trusted adviser. “In In fact, she's been co-chair of our DEI committee now for quite some time and played a major role in shaping the DEI elements of the university's strategic plan."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

However, it is necessary to recognize the fight against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and affirmative action, which continues to dominate and has taken center stage on the educational landscape. And targeting of faculty by groups such as Idaho Freedom Foundations does not provide a campus environment where Black people feel safe.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Since the SCOTUS decision places no restrictions on pursuing faculty diversity, these groups must also assume the responsibility to ensure that their alma maters institute appropriate measures to effectively recruit and retain faculty of color. Coordinated scholarly presentations.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 23, 2023

“Anti-racism statements are a covert way to justify lowering dissenting professors’ annual scores in the existing categories of teaching, scholarship and service, which could ultimately assist in purging the faculty of political dissidents. Furthermore, UHD’s faculty hiring and promotion practices are based solely on merit.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Williams, a director of student affairs and DEI for graduate programs in sustainability management and sustainability science, tours the country and tells people about what the Ivy League school’s fellowship can offer them. It received applicants from a record 37 different HBCUs, 14 of which are new entries this year, according to Crawford.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It's a good place in time right now, where critical race theory is being embraced, where understanding and appreciating cultures is being embraced, with racial equity and DEI initiatives being embraced.” “In general, a Black Studies degree is very multi-faceted, especially for the population and the communities that we serve,” Sauvignon says.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

He proposed defunding DEI efforts and restricting the use of DEI statements in hiring practices, giving boards and presidents the power to review tenure at any time, and requiring that state research universities spend $50 million annually on research related to STEM and business initiatives. (The

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Other top areas funded by endowments in fiscal 2022 were academic programs and research, endowed faculty positions, and campus operations and maintenance, NACUBO reported, noting roughly 75 percent of respondents used endowment funds for their operating budget. The median percentage of budgets funded by endowments was 5.3

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Some faculty members were incensed. He also lamented bloated “DEI bureaucracies,” the use of diversity statements in hiring and the prevalence of campus diversity trainings. Meanwhile, the DeSantis administration called on public universities last week to submit all expenditures related to DEI initiatives.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

These are social workers in our school of social work who are part of the individual college’s leadership team, who serve as a subclinical counseling coach resource to both students and faculty. If you look at our DEI plan on campus, it’s really granular in those ways. Who are we not serving well? Share here.

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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. DeSantis announced legislation in February that he claims will “protect Floridians from the woke ESG financial scam.”

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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.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

Nathan Grove, a chemistry professor at UNC Wilmington and the chair of the campus’s Faculty Senate, said that vote served as a wake-up call for him and his colleagues. “It is anti-political; it is protecting the rights of employees, including university faculty, so they cannot be compelled to subscribe to a political ideology.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 30, 2023

” ‘Listen to Students’ Dynamic teaching can work for neurodivergent students, with some clarifications, says Liz Norell, an associate professor of political science at Chattanooga State Community College and faculty developer who identifies as neurodivergent. The hold of the power structures in higher ed is very strong.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 5, 2023

” ‘Listen to Students’ Dynamic teaching can work for neurodivergent students, with some clarifications, says Liz Norell, an associate professor of political science at Chattanooga State Community College and faculty developer who identifies as neurodivergent. The hold of the power structures in higher ed is very strong.

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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

JANUARY 17, 2024

Other issues in the news will include diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Republicans and some Democrats aren’t happy with campus protests about the Israel/Hamas war, and many Democratic-leaning faculty don’t feel comfortable speaking up on issues if they work for red-state public universities,” says Kelchen. With the U.S.

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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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Image: Florida Atlantic University’s interim provost replied to concerns about the university collecting and providing to the state information that might be used to target Black and LGBTQ faculty members by saying, “We did not know what color—if they were purple, if they had sex with animals.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

They worry that if passed as written, HB 999 will deal an irreparable blow to Florida’s public higher education system by eliminating academic freedom, exacerbating faculty recruitment issues, causing problems with accreditors and potentially costing institutions millions in federal grant money.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

The point is especially relevant in light of the attacks on DEI efforts taking place on campuses around the country, which may bring into question whether some students from an underrepresented background feel welcome. “Student belongingness isn’t a guarantee just because you were accepted.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In October the UF Faculty Senate overwhelmingly voted no confidence in the search process that produced Sasse, objecting to what it said was a lack of input in the presidential selection. The second issue for many on campus is Sasse’s record on LGBTQ+ rights. But some believe he has other things to worry about.

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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. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Spreading misinformation The specter of the 2024 presidential election and the accompanying Republican primary contest will add fuel to the fire, according to Dr. Shaun Harper, founder and executive director of the Race and Equity Center at the University of Southern California (USC) and creator of the National DEI Defense Fund. Dr. Jeremy C.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

Now students, faculty and staff have united in opposition to the president, demanding her resignation. ” Faculty and staff members have supported the protests by donating food to students occupying the administrative building and providing flexibility regarding class attendance.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

Arguably the most prominent of the trustees is Rufo, who gained national attention for his campaign against the obscure academic concept of critical race theory, often conflating it with diversity, equity and inclusion programs and fueling a conservative backlash against DEI efforts. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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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

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Yet leading up to the federal ruling, a string of state legislative actions — each seeking to hobble or even decimate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities and programming on university campuses — provides a telling story of a divided national mindset. DEI and the culture of higher education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

“We literally have a minor in promoting left-wing activism through business, and people on the faculty council are mad that Scott Atlas was allowed to give a talk and I criticize CRT because that is ‘political’ and not academic,” he tweeted. “These people are shameless and awful. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

And since then, most faculty members and students have been thriving with either a hybrid model or in-person classes. Edgar, a DEI and EEO consultant, trainer, and facilitator. “As We attempted to do something for Black faculty and administrators and so Black Issues was started. 1, after 35 years on the faculty of Virginia Tech.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

At the same time, scholars are working around the clock to stave off ongoing anti-DEI legislation that has already taken hold in states like Florida and Texas, where many politicians campaigned against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Affirmative action struck down The U.S. She holds a B.A. in government from Harvard.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 8, 2023

The governor has proposed sweeping reforms that, among other things, aim to defund diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at state institutions; provide trustees more power over hiring; allow for posttenure faculty review at any time; and eliminate majors in certain subjects focused on race and gender. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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