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Texas Senate Approves Anti-DEI Bill for State Public Universities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It aims to make universities shut down diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices, ban mandatory diversity training, and restrict hiring departments from asking for diversity statements, all under the threat of temporarily cutting off access to state funds. Brandon Creighton Senate Bill 17 – filed by Sen.

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Report: More DEI Efforts Needed at Predominantly White Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court’s decision this year to ban race-conscious admissions and “the attacks that we're seeing subsequently on DEI in the states,” it’s crucial to assess the campus racial climate today, said Hernández-Reyes. “In 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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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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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 While Coe has had previous diversity officers, Jaamal operates in an expanded capacity, which is what students, faculty, and staff requested. Coe College President David T.

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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. Resources: On-Campus / CCS: Check out the First Gen Collective , a student-run CCS student organization specifically for the first-gen community on campus.

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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

Student organizations — including those involved in DEI initiatives — are exempt from the law and universities may still provide funds, support and facilities to them. The post Texas A&M System’s guidance on the state’s DEI ban shows compliance might be a hard needle to thread appeared first on University Business.

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