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Texas Senate Approves Anti-DEI Bill for State Public Universities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Texas Senate has approved a bill that would limit how state public universities can promote equitable access to higher education and foster campus diversity, The Texas Tribune reported. The bill will not affect course instruction, faculty research, student organizations, guest speakers, data collection or admissions.

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Report: More DEI Efforts Needed at Predominantly White Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Campus racial climate is defined in the report as the “current attitudes, behaviors, and practices of faculty and students at a higher education institution toward students based on their race/ethnicity.” It's not enough to just have more students and faculty of color on campus,” said Hernández-Reyes.

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End of the Rainbow?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Open to Change

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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NJIT Achieves HSI Status and Works to Increase Its Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In this role, he advocates for the necessary resources both in institutional funding and staffing so that services, resources and support can be provided for Latinx students and student organizations. “My He also hosts an annual DEI forum.

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Texas A&M System’s guidance on the state’s DEI ban shows compliance might be a hard needle to thread

University Business

This includes annual reporting to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to prove compliance with SB 17 before schools can spend state funds. Student organizations — including those involved in DEI initiatives — are exempt from the law and universities may still provide funds, support and facilities to them.

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DEI Blog – Being First-Generation: A Challenge & a Gift

College for Creative Study

To get some community-building experience, I co-ran a student organization on campus as well. As first-gens, we’ve not only experienced varying struggles to get where we are but we also bring with us a multitude of strengths that provide a different perspective to our education, our work, our art.

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