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As a first-generation college student, a Black woman, and the child of immigrants, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in highereducation. The real motivation behind anti-DEI efforts To understand the current backlash, we must first recognize its roots.
By summer, the college had taken decisive action — hiring Donald Jaamal to be dean of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and TitleIX coordinator. “In Jaamal, who has worked in various positions in highereducation for more than a decade, says listening was very important before starting to develop programming.
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TitleIX/Non-discrimination The Office of TitleIX at Goucher is committed to cultivating a safe and inclusive campus community free from gender-based violence and grounded in healthy, pleasure-centered relationship practices. With the transition of Dr. Juan Hernandez, the Office of TitleIX will be led by Kirsten Wood.
Blog: Leadership in HigherEducation In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis and his allies in the Florida legislature have launched a major effort to create a more conservative state highereducation system. For me, the central fact about highereducation is that is not ethically neutral.
“Since its inception 22 years ago, CHAS has worked with its member institutions to improve the everyday campus experiences of their Black and Latinx students by leveraging collaborative learning across all member institutions,” says Juan Hernandez, associate dean of students for diversity, equity, inclusion, and TitleIX.
Blackwell, Chief Executive Officer of AAUW The association, which has more than 100,000 members, took aim at state laws which have aggressively sought to dismantle DEI programs at institutions of higher learning. Blackwell said that the attacks on DEI are troubling. Blackwell, Chief Executive Officer of AAUW. Supreme Court.
Aaron Goodson “It’s really important that we see Black women in this position of leadership as head coaches in our sport,” says Smith, who is co-chair of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee. “In In my tournament, you’re always going to see four Black females leading their teams.
School leaders who wish to comply with new regulations while simultaneously ensuring they’re appealing to diverse student bodies are parrying legislative restrictions with a simple yet sly strategy: rebranding their DEI offices. 2023 following a state law against DEI initiatives implemented in January.
“It’s a misnomer that highereducation is full of these ‘woke’ campuses that are run amok,” added Carmen Ambar, president of Oberlin College. ” Maintaining diversity on campus Presidents also traded their viewpoints on recent DEI rollbacks and the end of affirmative action.
While diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice may be under attack at many other highereducation institutions across the United States, at Goucher we remain fully committed to these principles and our goals.
Historically, highereducation was not designed for people who are marginalized. assistant vice president for diversity, equity, inclusion, and TitleIX. What Are Affinity Spaces? Brother to Brother is exclusively for Students of Color who are men (cis, trans, non-binary, and those who are masculine-of-center).
Workshop sessions focused on a number of issues, including TitleIX, mental health, cultural competence with international students, ADA compliance at athletic events and the intersection of race and LGBTQ.
How might Harris approach highereducation if she wins this year’s election? The Biden-Harris administration has strengthened TitleIX and championed student loan forgiveness. Now, Harris is gaining support from prominent education figures even in the short time she has been the presumptive Democratic nominee.
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.
The discussion provides insights into how the 2024 US elections will transform highereducation, examining anticipated changes under a Trump administration and Republican-controlled 119th Congress, with particular focus on policy shifts, regulatory changes, and institutional impacts.
By that point, his administration had already issued orders to end DEI initiatives, prohibit TitleIX protections based on LGBTQIA+ gender identity, expand ICE immigration raids to college campuses and pause all federal research grants with the National Institute of Health, among others.
President Donald Trump’s actions against DEI are an “unconstitutional” threat to academic freedom and accessibility, claims a new lawsuit filed by a coalition of highereducation organizations and other public interest groups.
Cardona granted Diverse: Issues In HigherEducation an interview to discuss his first year in the position and what he sees as the biggest challenges and accomplishments of the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Edgar, a DEI and EEO consultant, trainer, and facilitator. “As Cox passed away at the age of 79.
The Trump administration is attempting to enact changes outlined in Project 2025 such as rolling back civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ students and TitleIX against sex-based discriminations, eliminating current income-driven repayment plans, and removing protections from predatory colleges. Download the white paper.
But, when highereducation experts were asked to reflect on 2024, each described a year loaded with exceptional pressure and stress. 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.
Nicole DelMastro-Jeffery, former executive director for the DEI and Belonging office and TitleIX coordinator at Richland Community College. State legislatures across the country have introduced and passed laws curbing DEI at educational institutions, even before Trump issued his order. On February 7, State Sen.
March 25, 2025 · Episode 252 Washington Update: Dismantling the Department of Education and Redefining Oversight for Higher Ed 39 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. The Department of Education is being dismantled. Find out how federal changes to TitleIX, student loans, and oversight may impact your institution.
K12 and highereducation institutions have less than 14 days to remove all diversity, equity and inclusion programming, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s latest denouncement of such initiatives. The Education Department has already started taking action against schools and their policies.
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. “Our primary concern is the lack of transparency about which functional areas are being cut, why specific departments have been selected for dismantling, and how the transition will be managed without disruption to students or the nations institutions of highereducation,” NASFAA Interim President and CEO Beth Maglione said.
Department of Education and the K12 and highereducation systems. His administration has already eliminated the agency’s DEI initiatives, moved to expand school choice and root out so-called “indoctrination” in K12 instruction.
What happens to highereducation if Trump wins November’s election? We’ve been exploring this question over the past year, including months of reading, analysis, reflection, and conversation about Project 2025 might mean for highereducation. [Editor's Note: This article first appeared at BryanAlexander.org.]
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. The IES is one of the country’s largest funders of education research.
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