Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

Race and higher education scholars are voicing criticism, concern, and cynicism after the University of Florida ended many of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, a move that the school cited it took to comply with a state law that was passed last year. When I hear that, I'm thinking the 1950s.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A champion of diversity, equity and inclusion, Dr. Eanes is the ideal person to lead Cal State LA and continue to drive its powerful engine of social mobility,” said CSU Trustee Jack B. Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes Eanes will become the university's first woman president. “A Clarke, Jr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2023

In addition, gender and racial gaps among community college trustees continue to be a reality (ACCT, 2018). Research revealed that all but one of these award-winning colleges had a board-influenced diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mandate. Equity is a clear part of the vision and mission of the college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

For colleges and universities to close these equity gaps, they must address the core of the student experience: the time that students spend in the classroom. Recognizing the key role of faculty in this work, we established the Equity Champions (EC) , a faculty community of practice intentionally designed to build relationships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles Gayles is currently an Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor of Higher Education and senior adviser for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the College of Education. She also received NC State’s University Faculty Scholar in 2018 and is the winner of the Zenobia L. Gayles holds a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

In 2018, Dr. Audrey Jaeger and Dr. Monique B. In 2018, I was watching and noticing that, while we were seeing gains in student success, it wasn’t at a steep, accelerated rate. We were not reducing equity gaps,” said Stout, recalling her Dallas Herring Lecture, an annual event at the Belk Center. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

One statistic shows that, between 2004 and 2018, the number of Black professors at Penn State stayed roughly the same, from 109 professors to 112. Whitehurst, vice provost for Educational Equity at Penn State. They want Penn State to become the place it promises to be: “an inclusive and equitable campus environment,” said Black. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. He became executive vice president in 2013 and assumed the presidency in 2018. Offutt has been with CPE since 2018.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

From 2018 to 2023, Latinx staff representation increased from 33% to 38%, and administrator representation increased from 17% to 25%, respectively. “We Earning the Seal will only deepen our future work in building a richly diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus. The Seal of Excelencia is a symbol of that commitment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

CCA’s roots began in the state of Indiana, but, by 2018, when Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva became its president, the organization began to spread its work more intentionally across the nation. Watson Spiva has prioritized CCA’s growth through embracing new ideas and new approaches to higher education equity. Representation matters.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

in political science from Binghamton University and secured a tenure-track teaching position at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 2018. What may be most startling about Dr. Mark, despite the worldwide scope of his scholarly profile, is his devotion to justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in and beyond the classroom,” says Riley. “As

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

He directs the Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity at Rice University, where he has taught, among other subjects, engineering and computational applied mathematics and operations research. “We In 2018, according to 2021 version of that bi-annual analysis, 16.8% We started something that I needed so much,” the 85-year-old said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2024

in political science from Binghamton University and secured a tenure-track teaching position at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 2018. What may be most startling about Dr. Mark, despite the worldwide scope of his scholarly profile, is his devotion to justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in and beyond the classroom,” says Riley. “As

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Julian Vasquez Heilig Lori Gottschling For Vasquez Heilig—a prominent public policy researcher who has carved out a national reputation both in and outside academic circles for his scholarship on equity and innovation—the pendulum at WMU is swinging in the right direction. Equity has long been a part of Western Michigan University’s DNA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2023

A Gallup poll was released, bearing terrible news: only 36% of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education, down 12 percentage points from 2018 and 21 percentage points from 2015, when more than half of U.S. citizens expressed high confidence.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. In 2018, he wanted to get more involved with student programming, so he joined the college’s LGBTQ+ History Month committee.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

Webster University The mission of Webster University, a private institution in Missouri, prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In 2018, Larry and Beth Gies gave $150 million. “Because of the range of programs we have, there are many career paths,” Carter says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Many of the programs that we put into existence are things that I wish that I had had,” says Watford, associate dean of equity and engagement and executive director of CEED. Waller joined Virginia Tech in 2018 as director of Graduate Student Programs. Expanded focus Further advancement came when Dr. Tremayne O.

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Supporting Student Success

APRIL 13, 2021

This next decade of the 21 st century offers a timely opportunity for higher education to reconsider its approach to this often-misunderstood area of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We as authors encourage reconsideration of outdated terms and a movement toward the inclusive “RSSIs.” A Critical Framework for RSSI Equity.

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Scholarship America

MARCH 7, 2023

Apply Now > Inspire Our Future Supply Chain Scholarship Inspire Our Future Commercial Scholarship The Colgate-Palmolive Company believes in “The Power of We,” striving to be a role model for global diversity, equity and inclusion. The Inspire Our Future Commercial Scholarship is open through April 6.

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Catherine Cronin

APRIL 14, 2022

Critical approaches to open education often focus on issues related to access, equity and agency: Access arguments are foundational in every rationale for open education, i.e. how to enable access to education for all. Making resources legally accessible (e.g.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 21, 2025

Shaun Harper In a powerful defense of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in higher education, Dr. Shaun Harper, Provost Professor of Education, Public Policy, and Business at the University of Southern California, presented evidence-based testimony before the U.S. of employees.

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MARCH 14, 2023

In 2018, Jarell became the first counselor of the new Upward Bound Math & Science project at the University of Nevada, Reno. Jarell also works to produce a systemic change in his community by serving as a member of the first-ever City of Sparks Equity and Inclusion Advisory Board.

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Supporting Student Success

MAY 6, 2021

A long-overdue spotlight on equity, diversity and inclusion shining on all of our operations. Morrison and her parents, Pat and Sandy Koerner, after her hooding ceremony at Montana State University in 2018. Many of us are planning for academic continuity while the debris of the COVID-19 pandemic is swirling around us.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2024

Our vision for this conference is to create an open and inclusive space where the voices of those who are most impacted can be heard and valued.” In 2018 at the age of 17, Lopez learned that she was pregnant. “I Malajah Lopez, a young mother of two, delivered a powerful speech at the opening plenary of the conference.

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MARCH 7, 2023

So if you're a university that values diversity, equity, and inclusion, make sure that that's at the forefront of your responses. So, you can do that. SS: And then finally, staying aligned to your mission when crafting responses, when making those strategic decisions about how you respond. Until then, thank you for your time.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

“When you say all of your cultural centers and multicultural centers are going to become opportunity centers and the largest minority population in South Dakota is Natives, I think the institutions themselves want to be welcoming and inclusive but the system doesn’t want to do that.” Crazy Bull is referring to South Dakota Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

The settlement “requires Yale to implement significant policy changes to increase equity for students with mental health disabilities,” said Megan Schuller, at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, which advocates for full inclusion of those with mental disabilities. Durmerrick Ross graduated from Texas Southern University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2025

With the Trump administration setting its sights on eliminating all DEI or diversity, equity and inclusion programs in higher education and other sectors, thefuture of AANAPISIs one of the youngest types of federally-designated MSIs, or Minority-Serving Institutions is uncertain.

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