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How Project 2025’s War on Higher Education Diversity Threatens Our Global Competitiveness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Consider the following: · Reduced Emphasis on DEI: The document’s hostility towards DEI initiatives is clear. Shift in Curriculum: The document’s emphasis on free markets and its criticism of certain "area studies" programs raise concerns about academic freedom and the narrowing of intellectual inquiry.

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The Next Frontiers in the Battle Over CRT and DEI

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“We’re going to have a generation of students who have gaps in their understanding of racial experiences and will have more difficulty address[ing] the most pressing racial and social justice issues of our time.” Dr. Jeremy C. The measure nearly passed; it was added to the state budget but was eventually stripped out. “For

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DEIJ Annual Report for 2022-2023

Goucher DEI

Dear Goucher community, With our fall semester now well underway, I thought I’d provide everyone with a brief update on the progress we’ve made this past year on the diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice goals we spelled out for ourselves in our strategic plan , Cultivating Global Changemakers.

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College Presidents Unite to Defend Against Rising Threats to Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The panelists explored how the incoming second Trump administrations anticipated policies could create increased challenges for colleges and universities, specifically targeting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, accreditation processes and federal funding. Those are the only ways in which we're changing.

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The Year Behind and the Year Ahead

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

From a spring full of student protest to the ending of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) measures in some states, the list of stressors is only likely to increase as time marches into 2025. Since 2013, over 80 anti-DEI bills have been introduced in 28 states, and 14 have been signed into law. Dr. Stella M.

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