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Higher Education Non-Exempt Staff Numbers Continue Seven-Year Decline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The organization's latest workforce trends report, "The Non-Exempt Higher Education Staff Workforce: Trends in Composition, Size, and Equity," reveals a 9 percent overall decrease in full-time non-exempt staff positions since 2017. The non-exempt staff workforce at U.S. Part-time staff numbers fell by 8 percent during the same period.

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

was in the fifth grade when the ideals of justice and civil rights were emblazoned into the mind of the man who has spent much of his storied career fighting for diversity and equity in education. In 2000, he was appointed UT System’s vice president of equity and diversity, a role he held until retiring in 2014. Theotis Robinson Jr.

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

was in the fifth grade when the ideals of justice and civil rights were emblazoned into the mind of the man who has spent much of his storied career fighting for diversity and equity in education. In 2000, he was appointed UT System’s vice president of equity and diversity, a role he held until retiring in 2014. Theotis Robinson Jr.

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An Equity and Access Champion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies (ELPS) and coordinator of the college student personnel program at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she is working to achieve that goal with her scholarship and her administrative responsibilities.

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Black Community Colleges Received $2.7 Billion in COVID Relief Funding, Joint Center Study Finds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report, Equity and Emergency: COVID-19 Relief Funding at Historically and Predominantly Black Community Colleges in the South, examines how 39 institutions across 10 Southern states utilized Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) allocations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff. All faculty and administrator searches must have a DEI advocate who completes specialized training. We aim to eliminate equity gaps and continue to transform our institution into a Hispanic-graduating institution.”

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Awarded 2022 Linda C. Tillman Social and Racial Justice Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julian Vasquez Heilig, dean of the University of Kentucky’s (UK) College of Education, has been named the winner of the University Council for Educational Administration's (UCEA) 2022 Linda C. Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig The award – named after diversity and equity advocate Linda C. Tillman Social and Racial Justice Award.

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