Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The UNCF (United Negro College Fund) and Robert Kraft’s Foundation brought a diverse group of Black and Jewish students, faculty and administrators together for a series of Unity Dinners across the nation. The dinners - which kicked off at the National Civil and Human Rights Museum in Atlanta before moving to George Washington University in D.C.

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DECEMBER 8, 2024

Diversifying representation sends a signal to students, faculty, and other stakeholders that leadership is attainable, and education serves as a gateway to socio-economic gains for communities and the citizens they serve. Placing measurable diversity expectations and holding leadership accountable is fundamental. in press, p.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The presence and success of faculty of color in higher ed continues to come up short, as these faculty members continue to face countless obstacles as they attempt to progress in their careers, according to a new report from the American Psychological Association. Dr. Michelle Y. The report provides recommendations to address them.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2025

Alessandra Lynch, Butler University; Dr. Joshua Bennett Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Teach your students to be human as you teach them everything else. Douglas, Indiana University - Indianapolis; Prof. Thomas Kneeland went to college with his mind set on becoming a physician.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Ebony McGee To explore these questions, we published, Factors Contributing to Black Engineering and Computing Faculty’sPathways Toward University Administration and Leadership , where we interviewed 21 Black engineering and computing faculty members who transitioned into administrative leadership roles in their colleges and universities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2024

What makes the institution unique is its critical focus on social justice. “I Delta’s Guiding Pillars: Equity and Completion Led by Gavin, the Delta faculty and staff are focused on two key pillars: equity and completion. “And that’s carried me all the way to this presidency,” he adds.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2025

Alessandra Lynch, Butler University; Dr. Joshua Bennett Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty: Teach your students to be human as you teach them everything else. Douglas, Indiana University - Indianapolis; Prof. Thomas Kneeland went to college with his mind set on becoming a physician.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2025

As a first-generation Black college graduate from a low-income family, I reaped the benefits of mentorship from faculty and staff who come from similar backgrounds. where I had the privilege to pay it forward with my students and advance equity and social justice through my research.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Adler University will offer a tenure program to full-time faculty for the first time beginning in the 2023-2024 academic year, university officials announced on Monday. and private universities offer tenure, very few faculty receive the honor and benefit of tenure.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

Monica Sanders Monica Sanders has been appointed social innovator in residence at Grinnell College. During the residency, Sanders is expected to engage with students, faculty, staff, and the wider community through collaborative initiatives that promote civic engagement, social justice, and environmental stewardship.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

Jessica Berg “The School of Law and overall university’s commitment to serving first-generation students, to social justice, and to academic and scholarly excellence all attracted me to this position,” she said. I look forward to seeing all that she and our dedicated and talented faculty and staff will accomplish together.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

His unwavering dedication to civil rights and social justice embodies the spirit of Thurgood Marshall and the legacy of UDC. His work continues to inspire our students and faculty, as well as the broader legal community.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2024

I’m looking forward to working collaboratively with faculty and staff to build the Pacific Oaks of the future and innovate sustainable growth.” "As its academic programs address important societal challenges – from teacher shortages to gaps in mental health care – I believe Pacific Oaks has unlimited potential to grow and expand.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Furman’s cohort – LCC1 – will facilitate faculty training in values of equity, social justice, and inclusive pedagogy; elevate student voices; improve the student experience; and engage faculty, staff, and students in making sustainable changes to introductory course curriculum.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

His ability to make academic research useful and relevant to racial and social justice in schools and communities is integral to UCEA and the University of Kentucky’s mission.” Tillman, distinguished visiting professor at Loyola Marymount University. Vasquez Heilig – ranked among the U.S.’s Vasquez Heilig – ranked among the U.S.’s

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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

AUGUST 15, 2024

“Four white peers questioned the student’s belonging to Penn, requested directions from him about the whereabouts of fried chicken, and referred to him as an n-word,” says McMickens, noting that the column inspired a silent student-organized, anti-racism demonstration comprising some 200 students, faculty members, and administrators.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Roanoke College students will soon get the opportunity to learn and even earn a degree in cannabis studies, after approval from school faculty. Awaiting them in the program are two tracks: one on the science of cannabis and the other on the social justice and policy around cannabis. I think my mouth unhinged,” she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 12, 2023

Jennie McDonald-Brown, executive director of development for RCC, said Roxbury has been a geographical and social justice center for Boston, which fought for the college to exist. The school is a predominantly Black institution with a faculty that reflects the student body, she said. and Red Shaydez.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2023

Johanna Bond Bond is currently the tenured Sydney and Frances Lewis Professor of Law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law and an affiliate faculty member in the university’s Africana Studies and the women’s, gender, and sexuality studies programs. “An Johanna Bond will become dean of Rutgers Law School, effective Jul.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Sarah Banet-Weiser, University of Southern California; Dr. Radhika Parameswaran, Indiana University; and Dr. Sue Zaeske, University of Wisconsin-Madison Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Enjoy every stage of your academic career. Shortly after she arrived to Madison, Lopez got involved with Freedom, Inc.,

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The Scholarly Teacher

MARCH 9, 2023

Paul Vivian Johnson , Hamline University Key Statement: This article reports on a relationship between two social justice professors who shared stories of battle fatigue and, in doing so, supported each other in avoiding burnout. Unfortunately, burnout is frequent in this work when confronted with faculty and learner pushback.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 6, 2023

The university has said it did so to better align the Graduate College of Social Work with broader institutional priorities. The former dean, Alan Dettlaff—who is returning to the social work faculty, for now—says his views on racial justice got him fired. “Students told me that all the time.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

Evans’s demonstrated commitment to and experience with advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging for students, faculty, and staff,” said Dr. Jean Wincek, chair of the St. Catherine University Board of Trustees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

Part of Grinnell College’s mission is to help create citizens that go out to do wonderful things in terms of social justice and community,” said Dr. Stephanie Jones, an associate professor at Grinnell. “I Grinnell College is launching a Department of African Diaspora Studies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

Pierce has previously been a tenured faculty member in English and African American studies at the University of Kentucky and associate professor of religion and literature and founding director of the Center for Black Church Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Grow where you’re planted.” I can do careful, rigorous research with an eye toward what are the pressing social justice issues of the day,” she says, “and really trying to understand the nature of injustice to me, really promotes justice.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

Evans’s demonstrated commitment to and experience with advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging for students, faculty, and staff,” said Dr. Jean Wincek, chair of the St. Catherine University Board of Trustees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2023

National University (NU) announced the launch of the Cause Research Institute (CRI), a new applied Research and Development arm that will coordinate research, scholarship, and other innovation efforts focused on social sector challenges, including education, health, human services, and criminal justice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Jennifer Jones Austin has been appointed a visiting scholar at New York University’s Silver School of Social Work. I’m trained in the law, but have worked throughout my career with social workers,” Jones Austin said. Lindsey, dean of the NYU Silver School. “As

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

He shares powerful anecdotes about students who have been passed along without proper academic preparation, faculty who have abandoned rigorous standards, and administrators who perpetuate a culture of low expectations. The authors discussion of academic standards and cultural dysfunction is equally unflinching.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2023

Esper wrote: “On behalf of the entire Board of Trustees, I want you to know that we remain committed to our mission to graduate academically accomplished students who are grounded as advocates for social justice and determined to change the world for the better.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Kelley’s notion of the “ Freedom Dream ,” an invitation to imagine an educational space that is grounded in racial equity, social justice, and collective liberation. Community colleges will have funding to support endowed chair positions for faculty. During the presentation, Garcia talked about Dr. Robin D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

Some faculty in Texas may not be expected to demonstrate proficiency in knowledge transfer. The article seems to make clear that incorporating a DEI statement into the application folio of faculty is not considered necessary. Some faculty speak to this in their philosophy statements.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When it was announced that Rutgers president, Dr. Jonathan Holloway declined to renew Cantor's contract when it expires this summer, the decision was met with fierce criticism from faculty, students and city officials, most notably Newark's Mayor Ras Baraka who said that he was "deeply disheartened and disturbed," by Holloway's decision.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Gersie became Quinnipiac’s vice president of equity and inclusion July 31, charged with helping to develop strategies and execute programs that advance diversity, equity, inclusion, community, and social justice across the university.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2023

Mellon Foundation, the BMRI amplifies collaborative thought leadership, and social justice and strives to counter conflicting narratives, distrust and ambiguity with a clear, authoritative voice on the experiences of Black men. Funded by a $1.4 million grant from the Andrew W.

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