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Photos by Tim Trumble In a powerful gathering of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) professionals, university leaders from across the nation shared strategies for protecting critical DEI work on college campuses despite mounting opposition nationwide. We've been under attack around the federalgovernment.
America is undergoing a calculated retreat in federal education policy. Recently, the federalgovernment terminated more than 100 educator preparation grants, including programs under the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP), Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED), and Teacher and School Leader Incentive (TSL) initiatives.
The federalgovernment and national, regional, and local organizations have weighed in, too. Wherever approach tips the scale for an institution, one derivative must be clear: Is what you’re communicating about your support for DEI central to an active agenda, or is it rhetoric for political alignment and camaraderie?
Two recent MBA graduates became presidential management fellows, three-year positions with the federalgovernment. Webster University The mission of Webster University, a private institution in Missouri, prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Other graduate students have received promotions to senior level managers.
The federal data scaffolding may be crumbling but the need to tell the full story of higher educationclearly, credibly and comparablyremains intact. Much of the media was focused on challenges to DEI, the loss of research grants and immigration visits to campuses. Institutional leaders can decide how to respond.
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 federalgovernment pushing for a more affordable higher education. More from UB: Lawmakers, donors disagreed on DEI in 2023.
In his budget speech on 31 January, on the eve of Black History Month, Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the state would ban its publicly funded universities and colleges from spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices and programmes.
The prompt I cobbled together a DEI guidelines document from some existing ones I found on the web to create something focused on curricular materials generation. Parties Involved : FaithFirst (Plaintiff) The FederalGovernment (Defendant) HealAll (Intervenor) – Advocating for universal access to health care.
And the FederalGovernment requires that, look, if we’re going to give you a lot of money, we want you to uphold certain minimum standards. But we as the FederalGovernment don’t want to be in the business of telling everybody what to do. So we will empower private institutions to do this for us.
The voting brief offers a collection of resources, some from the federalgovernment, some from postsecondary educational organizations, and others from independent collaborations of campuses. And people of color in our country do not participate in voting as much as the white population.” But it will,” said Boggs.
“Through our ongoing partnership, we are committed to taking education and corporate America higher by advancing academic research, ensuring student success at publicly supported HBCUs and serving as a liaison to the federalgovernment and local officials for our members and their students.”
The CCEAL presenters did acknowledge that their recommendations may be harder to effect in states where conservative legislatures have been proposing and passing anti-DEI laws. Harris said that strategies for making change in states with unfriendly climates was a priority for future work.
Accreditors and DEI At UC-Berkeley, 2.4 Which university receives more taxpayer dollars from the federalgovernment per student?” ” The answer: Almost certainly Stanford, which receives significantly more funding via federal grants, tax breaks for donors, and forgone taxes on the institution’s endowment.
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.
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
The federalgovernment’s COVID assistance played a critical role in temporarily sustaining institutions, particularly smaller colleges, which otherwise faced the risk of closure. You’re seeing a lot of states doing away with funding for DEI initiatives. McNaughton cited an example of an institution that received $3.5
It’s also a painful reminder that on this day, that honors a man whom the federalgovernment once tried to destroy and who was excoriated by the general populous of the United States, we still are in discussion about the brilliance of Black people.
Ohio State University announced Thursday it will close its Office of Diversity and Inclusion and modify scholarship programs geared toward diverse student populations, citing pressure from federal directives and pending state legislation.
You have walked away from equity," Sharpton wrote, arguing that removing DEI hiring and retention goals and dismantling community partnerships with minority organizations "are clear signals that political pressure has outweighed principle." Not to think about it, to reverse course on walking away from DEI.
Many university hospitals rely heavily on Medicaid funding from state and federalgovernments and could face severe revenue shortfalls if federal Medicaid funding is cut. Enforcement actions against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and potential immigration cuts present further challenges.
Trump's executive order targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in federalgovernment, affecting workers who previously participated in diversity training initiatives. Department of Education has placed dozens of employees on paid administrative leave following President Donald J.
An executive order during President Trump’s first week in office demanded colleges and universities end all DEI-related mandates, policies and programs. Colleges now face a threat to federal funding if they do not comply, per the civil rights office of the Department of Education.
Dozens of Education Department employees were notified Friday that theyd been put on paid administrative leave following President Trumps executive order to root out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the federalgovernment.
President Donald Trump last week issued an executive order terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion,” for organizations that receive federal funding, and added that universities with endowments larger than $1 billionin Michigan that’s MSU and the University of Michigan could be investigated for their DEI programs and policies.
fact, DEI programs not only do not categorically create a hostile environment on the basis of race, they often have the opposite impact by serving as a remedial measure to discriminatory acts. is to embarrass elite institutions by calling out a few examples that, while definitely do need to be addressed, dont always tell the full picture.
” Michael Roth, the first Jewish president of Wesleyan University, also decried President Trump’s effort to diminish DEI initiatives on college campus and diminish research funding, NPR reports. “I know that antisemitism is a real thing and it’s on the rise worldwide,” he said.
Trump that sought to end diversity, equity and inclusion policies and programs among federalgovernment grantees and contractors, which includes most colleges and universities. These attacks are grounded in a false narrative that DEI initiatives are about exclusion.
Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a block on executive orders issued by President Donald Trump seeking to end government support for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. The Associated Press reported that on Friday, the 4th U.S. The appeals court decision lifts a nationwide injunction issued by U.S.
Department of Education officials were suddenly put on paid administrative leave Friday night, their union said, because of President Donald Trumps executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federalgovernment. Their email access was also suspended. Read more at USA Today.
A college within Michigan State University canceled a lunch celebrating the Lunar New Year in part because of President Trumps recent executive orders cracking down on diversity, equity and inclusion in the federalgovernment and elsewhere, the news site Bridge Michigan reported Thursday.
Trump goes after higher education accreditation system in executive order The first order allows the federalgovernment to suspend or terminate an accreditation body that performs poorly in examining an institution’s student outcomes, academic merit or accountability.
Office for Civil Rights (OCR) The Office for Civil Rights, a primary enforcement body for Title IX and DEI-related policies, experienced extensive layoffs. The Trump administration’s justification centers on eliminating what it perceives as excessive DEI infrastructure. However, civil rights functions extend well beyond DEI.
This is not a natural death but a political assassination, co-authored by right-wing disinformation machines and a federalgovernment, including the president himself, that is hellbent on dismantling the very institutions meant to serve the people. The scapegoating of DEI for the recent aircraft disaster at Reagan National Airport.
More from UB: Choosing a college: 10 most important reasons for students Trump targets DEI, LGBTQ+ policies, immigration and more in first week in office (Last updated: Jan. The order does not define what constitutes a DEI-related initiative or specify the consequences an institution may receive if found guilty.
Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have been moving aggressively to shrink the size of the federalgovernment. Many of the laid-off employees were probationary, working in the Office for Civil Rights, Federal Student Aid, and Office of Communications and Outreach, Politico reported.
But now my heartaches, when I see the federalgovernment is not only keeping the door shut, its eviscerating the office, and its founding philosophy intended to help minorities and people of color get a fair shake. Some states had already banned what was rebranded as DEI. Does he even know DEI is God in Latin?
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Department of Education is the next target of Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) program to shrink the federalgovernment. In recent days, the Trump administration has acted in other ways to reduce the size of the federalgovernment.
Trump issued a sweeping executive order Monday evening aimed at dismantling all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across federal President Donald Trump agencies, sparking immediate criticism from civil rights organizations and business leaders.
Black people must be discerning about racist attacks on DEI programs while also acknowledging that diversity can be a con that damages Black politics, just as it was meant to do. In this instance, Sharptons theatrics were inspired by the corporations which discontinued their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs.
19) Over $1 billion worth of contracts with education nonprofits have gone up in flames over the past 10 days, and public institutions may soon need to close DEI-related programming, according to another wave of executive orders from President Donald Trump. Institutions must comply with civil rights laws or risk losing federal funding.
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