Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2024

Anti-DEI and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation passed in states like Texas and Florida is tied to a national trend of trying to make LGBTQ+ people and people of color invisible and more easily discriminated against, says Imani Rupert-Gordon, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. In Texas, Senate Bill 17 took effect on Jan.

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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

MAY 15, 2023

Oubré sought to reaffirm the Whittier’s values of social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and had made the “tough decision” to realign resources, she said. “It is our students, many of who, like me, are the first in their families to go to college, that have motivated and sustained me in this work.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2023

One ingredient, the report finds, is HBCUs’ unique mission—not just to confer degrees, but to build individual and community prosperity, with an eye towards social justice. The report also explored how HBCUs manage to do this—to find the recipe of their secret sauce, so to speak. bridge program as an example.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

As I reflect on my journey through higher education, I find myself looking back on a career that began in the small, rural community of Calhoun in Lowndes County, Alabama. It was there that I first understood the profound impact that education could have on a person’s life.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Find ways to take pleasure in your work now, because this is such a rewarding job.” For as long as she can remember, Dr. Lori Kido Lopez has been passionate about media and Asian American social justice. And that’s in part because she sees herself as an activist — someone looking to challenge society’s prevailing injustices. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Established 53 years ago and built on principles of social justice, AAP’s mission is to create and administer innovative academic programs for students historically underrepresented in higher education. Alexander says one of the most pressing issues in higher education is diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

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University Business

JANUARY 10, 2025

Policymakers will most likely focus on the return on investment, or ROI, of college programs in 2025 to appease taxpayers who are skeptical of higher education. Ron DeSantis’ political appointees in 2023 quickly abolished its gender studies major and fired the top DEI officer.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2024

Francis College, in 1964, said Shannon Zlotkowski, assistant provost for DEI at UNE. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker’s roles, not just as social justice leaders but also as spiritual leaders, said Anthony Crenshaw, director of operations and strategic initiatives and the 2024 MLK celebration chair at UR. One of its events will be a Jan.

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University Business

JUNE 4, 2024

Anyone perusing national, state and local news publications would be remiss if they didn’t know higher education is under intense scrutiny across the political and cultural spectrum. Higher education became a focal point for conservatives, who made critical race theory a cultural flashpoint following the pandemic.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2023

Going even further, the state of Florida is defunding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across the state; Texas’s governor has warned against DEI in hiring practices ; and Iowa , Utah and West Virginia are all considering bills that would defund DEI initiatives or eliminate DEI statements in hiring.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

JUNE 30, 2023

Given the threats to higher education in many areas around the country, especially on topics related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI); the institute’s planning community believed it was critical to spend as much time as possible on training attendees on how to infuse equity-centered assessment practices into their work.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Blog: Leadership in Higher Education In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis and his allies in the Florida legislature have launched a major effort to create a more conservative state higher education system. For me, the central fact about higher education is that is not ethically neutral.

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Goucher DEI

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The goal of LACRELA, which is coordinated by the University of South California (USC) Race and Equity Center, is to foster greater racial equity on our campus through assessment, education, and strategic DEI activities. This informed Goucher’s DEI strategic plan. The NACCC is an assessment of campus racial climates.

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Ridgewater College

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This social justice series isn’t about minimizing our experiences in this country. Register for these events at ridgewater.edu/events/categories/dei/. For more information about Ridgewater’s DEI efforts, go to ridgewater.edu/dei. This is the second year of the speaker series, which is open to the public.

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Goucher DEI

MAY 22, 2024

Maeba is excited to use this shift as an opportunity to build and expand social justice dialogue work at Goucher. Melissa is a proud Higher Education Opportunity Program graduate, like LAUNCH Scholars, at her alma mater. In addition to her previous work, Rev. Maeba can be reached at chaplain@goucher.edu.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2024

Joyce Payne Center for Social Justice (CSJ) has been bringing together crucial voices and perspectives to positively impact Black life in American society. In 2021, TMCF launched the CSJ to advance social justice for Black Americans. For the past several years, the Dr. N. His most recent book, co-edited with Drs.

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Goucher DEI

APRIL 29, 2022

CHAS works to create networking and professional development opportunities for members, highlights exemplary integrative educational practices, produces research to inform diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to benefit all students, and provide opportunities to assess and address campus climate issues.

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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

MAY 25, 2023

Color Us United, a nonprofit that advocates for a “race-blind” America, declared a “historic victory” over DEI efforts at the University of North Carolina’s School of Medicine (UNC). However, a closer look reveals a more complicated picture: DEI may be far from dead at UNC. Stevenson as proof that it has triumphed over DEI at UNC.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

Day, the Centennial Conference announced its creation of a three-year strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) plan, uniting the conference’s 11 private, Division III institutions in a shared mission to make their athletics programs a place where all students, particularly those in marginalized populations, feel they belong. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

She rebranded Cal’s annual tournament to reflect a focus on social justice and equity. We also highlight things they’re doing in their own communities and on their campuses to promote social justice.” Invitational to promote social justice and equity. Supreme Court’s NCAA v.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 1, 2023

Supreme Court expected to deliver a ruling that outlaws affirmative action as early as next week, the 35 th National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE), which has drawn over 5,000 administrators, scholars, and students to New Orleans, featured a session Wednesday on how colleges can respond. With the U.S.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2024

The higher education landscape faces a troubling decrease in graduate school enrollment, markedly among minority groups and engineering programs. Dr. Grimes, with over 17 years in higher education, brings a wealth of experience in diversity, equity, and inclusion in graduate education. minority and STEM).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

“We’re not afraid to specifically address Black male student-athlete achievement,” said Harris, who oversees all student-athlete academic support services and is also an athletics diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) designee, which involves overseeing the athletics department’s DEI initiatives. “We Even the team’s chaplain, Fr.

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University Business

JUNE 27, 2023

Higher education’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is nearing a potential inflection point as two trends coalesce this summer: State bills stamping out DEI offices and two Supreme Court rulings are expected to strike down affirmative action in the coming days.

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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. Between 2022 and 2023, government entities introduced 57 measures to restrict the teaching of critical race theory in colleges and universities.

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Goucher DEI

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2023

That social justice message resonated with those at the forum. “I Stevenson, the author of the book Just Mercy that was turned into a movie starring Jamie Foxx and Michael B. Jordan, said that redemption, reconciliation, rehabilitation, and repair should be the goal.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

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

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2025

College leaders from across the country, gathered on Friday to address the rising threats to American higher education in the webinar titled, From left to right clockwise: Dr. Michael Gavin of Delta College; Patricia A. Leaders Defending American Higher Education. McGuire of Trinity Washington University; Dr. Michael S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2025

Trump and the Republicans assault on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives represents a calculated effort to undermine progress towards a just and equitable society. Their strategy involves not only attacking the substance of DEI programs but also manipulating language itself to create negative associations and sow confusion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2025

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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2025

Its premeditated accidental social justice. It also shows theres a way to fight all the present anti-DEI, anti-higher ed decisions, if colleges can be ever more creative with costs and accounting. If this is the way to overcome the legal attacks on race-based admissions, and a bad SCOTUS decision, thats great.

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University Business

JANUARY 9, 2025

Institutional buy-in on DEI took big hits in 2024. At least four states eradicated related initiatives across their public higher education system, and several large corporationsincluding Boeing, Walmart and Harley Davidsondismantled their DEI offices.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Lets not be nave: the campaign against DEI is a campaign against ensuring greater access to education, economic and social opportunities for persons of color, women, LGBTQ persons and others who do not conform to the white male stereotype that the current anti-DEI movement considers intrinsically more competent.

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