Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

By summer, the college had taken decisive action — hiring Donald Jaamal to be dean of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and Title IX coordinator. “In Jaamal, who has worked in various positions in higher education for more than a decade, says listening was very important before starting to develop programming.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

She was one of three DEI employees who have resigned from the institution over the past 18 months due to what they described as a lack of institutional support for their work, according to a December article in the student newspaper, The Daily Princetonian.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Throughout the course of our careers, we have consistently championed the transformative influence of education in promoting environmental and social justice as ways to improve people’s lives and advance a more equitable society, albeit from different perspectives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Data gathered by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization working to improve and accelerate Latinx student success in postsecondary education, showed that in 2021, there were 401 emerging HSI institutions across 43 states. Demographic changes have led to an increasing number of Latinx students attending higher education.

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Supreme Court decision outlawing the use of affirmative action in the higher education admissions process continue to ripple across the nation. After an organized disinformation campaign by conservative groups and individuals about the scope of its impact on the higher education community, the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

López is an educator whose purpose is not just to teach but to support students. Her career as a teacher and an administrator spans middle school, high school, and now higher education. In the current day, threats to the field of education are not few and far between. Dr. Ruth M.

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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. Similarly, the higher education reforms signed into law by Florida Gov. As part of the ongoing battle, Texas Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Thus far, Florida, North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas are the states that have outlawed DEI offices and efforts at their public universities, but a disturbing number of other states have similar bills at various levels of consideration.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In 2020, as interest grew and Black student enrollment increased, Sauvignon crafted a Black Studies curriculum and submitted it to the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. Carine Sauvignon, executive dean for Massasoit’s Canton campus. The program got approval last spring.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 19, 2023

But perhaps most powerfully, we are able to disaggregate the regional labor market data to find who is in the higher-paying and lower-paying jobs in a region and, in doing so, clearly display inequities in the labor market that higher education and its partners can help address.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Image: A new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report notes some improvement in minority representation in higher education related to science, technology, engineering, math and medicine (STEMM)—but not enough to match those groups’ share in the overall population. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Hall, graduate program director and assistant professor for the higher education and student affairs program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), found similar benefits. The administration also made sure that Hall wasn’t assigned an unreasonable amount of administrative or DEI work. “We Dr. Candace N.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

Webster University The mission of Webster University, a private institution in Missouri, prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In the fall of 2022, Webster hosted a diversity career fair for which corporations were asked to provide a statement about how DEI shows up in their organizational mission. “We

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 23, 2023

Adam Ellwanger, a tenured English professor, wrote this on Campus Reform , a conservative website where he’s a higher education fellow. By Monday, as Campus Reform and Fox News previously reported, the antiracist statement was gone. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

We had become complacent for a long time in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), doing the same-old, same-old.” But he acknowledged that the SCOTUS ruling likely has taken an emotional toll on admissions and DEI specialists. “There’s no sense in reinventing the wheel,” says Acosta. Dr. David A. Don’t give up the ghost.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Image: The Ron DeSantis takeover of Florida higher education was on full display Tuesday. DeSantis, now in his second term, launched the opening act on Tuesday when he announced promised higher education reforms. He claimed that the state’s DEI efforts have shamed white and Christian students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

DEI, ESG and Staffing Issues One silver lining for colleges seeing negative returns was increased donations, which the survey found were up by an average of 22 percent across both small and large endowments. This is the second year the NACUBO survey has asked about donations for DEI efforts.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

A press release from the governor’s office celebrated the move, calling it a rejection of the “progressivist higher education indoctrination agenda” and a commitment “to removing all woke positions and ideologies” by February. ” The presidents gave themselves until Feb.

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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

MARCH 7, 2023

But North Carolina, as many sources who spoke with Inside Higher Ed pointed out, is not Florida. “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. Louis, in 2019. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

Reed spoke with Inside Higher Ed about his cross-departmental work and a new initiative at Montana to match course objectives with professional experience. Q: What led you to your career in higher education? If you look at our DEI plan on campus, it’s really granular in those ways. Who are we not serving well?

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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. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 30, 2023

Research suggests that conventional lecturing remains the dominant instructional approach in higher education, especially in the natural sciences, where many of the studies on active learning are happening. Which instructional strategies? “Institutions need to take the data seriously. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 5, 2023

Research suggests that conventional lecturing remains the dominant instructional approach in higher education, especially in the natural sciences, where many of the studies on active learning are happening. Which instructional strategies? “Institutions need to take the data seriously. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Access, affordability, and free speech will continue to make headlines in higher education. Dr. Robert Kelchen, professor and head of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, says the administration will likely reintroduce the rule in 2024 using a negotiated rulemaking process.

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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. Bernal, chief of staff to the president and vice president for inclusion and equity.

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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 27, 2023

Image: Florida governor Ron DeSantis promised sweeping reforms earlier this year to, he claims, rescue higher education in his state from “woke activism.” 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.

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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.

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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

He faces organized protests and a list of demands from campus constituents urging him to reject DeSantis’s efforts to impose his conservative vision on the state’s institutions of higher education. The University of Florida declined to make the new president available for an interview with Inside Higher Ed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Defenders of anti-racism in higher education have had a hellacious year. But experts warn that conservative attacks on higher education aren’t going away any time soon. In the coming year, Harper expects to see plenty of bills that copy the attacks on CRT and DEI that have been successful so far. And the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As attacks on DEI within higher education continue, HBCUs have rightly become a destination for so many students who are looking for a high-quality education. Thus, HBCUs are better positioned to serve as exemplary models of DEI efforts within higher education.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

Image: In his first term as Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis sought to reshape higher education at the state level, pushing changes to accreditation requirements and tenure while requiring widely criticized intellectual diversity surveys and limiting diversity, equity and inclusion instruction in public colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Supreme Court ruling that affirmative action in college admission decisions was unconstitutional sent shock waves throughout the higher education community. Higher education quickly doubled down on its DEI commitment, reaffirming the importance of safe learning spaces for marginalized and underrepresented groups.

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