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Florida’s Anti-DEI Actions Hit Hard for Alumna and Mom of Recent Grad

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Thirteen positions, 15 administrative appointments for faculty, the chief diversity officer role, and DEI contracts with outside vendors — ALL GONE. The same campus that recruited, supported, and welcomed me as a first-generation college student in the 1990s would likely be ill-equipped to do the same today. Dr. Susan D.

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While Some Institutions Choose Police Response, Others Choose to Listen

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The majority of protesting students are calling for their institutions to disclose their investments and to divest from any funding or connections with Israel, whether that’s through military defense contracts or in partnership with Israeli institutions. Once again, TESC’s agreement has a different tone.

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Looking back at the UC graduate worker strike (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The significant improvement in wages and benefits for teaching assistants, graduate student researchers and postdoctoral scholars are milestone changes, marking an important victory for organized labor. New contracts take time to implement. The contract is a landmark, but the celebrations are muted all around. and South Africa.