Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Detris Adelabu On the day of his death in 2020, an op-ed appeared in the New York Times , pre-written by Congressman John Lewis, urging Americans to stand up for justice and what he called good trouble, necessary trouble. If ever there was a time for good trouble in higher education, that time is now.

Educational leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

What became lightening-rod terms, diversity, equity and inclusion in reality constitute neither a policy nor an ideology; they are a way of life that, when intentional and outcome-oriented, change lives in meaningful, measurable ways. It is the responsibility of higher education institutional leaders and advocates alike to stand behind them.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It was over 180 years ago that HBCUs were founded, at a time when Black Americans had little to no access to higher education. Still today, they are central to the education and empowerment of Black Americans—offering more than just a degree but also a legacy of opportunity and possibility. and not all are of this distinction.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Former President Barack Obama’s 2020 eulogy of Congressmember John Lewis was a clarion call to the electorate. Dozens were adopted since 2020. The series challenges us to consider how key policy issues within this election may impact the future of higher education and beyond.

Accessibility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The organization expressed additional concern about McMahon's leadership role at AFPI, which she co-founded after Trump's 2020 election loss. The think tank has reportedly drafted nearly 300 executive orders and called for defunding diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at universities.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

As the year winds down, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and administration are left to wonder what comes next in higher education. Several states have already dismantled diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming, and other states anticipate something similar coming their way. Dr. Everrett A.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2025

Trump signed an executive order he called Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity, instructing federal agencies to end diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices and programs. However, by December 2024, she said that Richland quickly rolled back to the 2020 legislation.

Database

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 28, 2025

The Department of Justice has launched an investigation into George Mason University's Faculty Senate for passing a resolution supporting the institution's president, marking an unprecedented federal intrusion into faculty governance that has alarmed higher education advocates nationwide.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2025

colleges and universities representing approximately 370,000 full-time faculty members, provides a comprehensive look at faculty compensation amid ongoing challenges facing higher education. The report comes as higher education faces unprecedented political interference and funding challenges.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2025

Department of Education (ED) has opened a civil rights investigation into George Mason University following questionable allegations from faculty members that the institution's diversity and inclusion policies violate federal anti-discrimination laws.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

According to Handshake, a network of institutions and employers that helps connect students with early career opportunities, trade careers saw 49% fewer applications in 2022 than 2020. Applications for jobs like automotive technicians or respiratory therapists went from an average of 10 applications each to only five. Dr. Willie L.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Saenz said that overinterpretation of the law’s restriction pulled other equitizing measures in higher education into question, like affinity groups and ethnic studies courses. The proposition had what Saenz called a “chilling effect” that prevented other, equitizing steps from being taken in higher education in the state.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

House Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) has been closed. The office was established in March 2020 to help create and cultivate a representative and qualified congressional workforce reflective of the American people. The shutter is the result of changes to legislative branch appropriations in a bill passed March 22 by the U.S.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2024

In 2020, after the horrific murder of George Floyd, the world responded with declarations condemning racial violence and oppressive systems. Similarly, many university administrators, including education deans, disseminated statements illustrating their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). McNair et al.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2023

KerryAnn O’Meara O’Meara is currently professor of higher education, a distinguished scholar teacher, and special assistant to the provost for strategic initiative at University of Maryland (UMD). in higher education from Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. in education policy at the University of Maryland.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2023

After a national and international racial reckoning spurred by the killing of George Floyd in 2020, politicians have hit back hard. Since 2021, legislatures and governors in 19 states have enacted educational gag orders that restrict teaching and learning about allegedly divisive concepts such as race, racism, and American history.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

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 was the 2022 President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE).

Educational leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

As I reflect on my journey through higher education, I find myself looking back on a career that began in the small, rural community of Calhoun in Lowndes County, Alabama. It was there that I first understood the profound impact that education could have on a person’s life.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

If you read the national news about higher education, you might think everyone is angling for admission to the Ivy League or trying to pay off debt for degrees earned. To be sure, this summer’s Supreme Court rulings are clear signs of a badly broken higher education system.

Financial aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In 2020, at the height of the COVID pandemic, most higher education institutions opted to eliminate the requirement that applicants submit standardized test scores such as the ACT and SAT. Only about 40 percent do.

Accessibility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Kim Schatzel Schatzel – currently president of Towson University (TU) – previously served as provost of Eastern Michigan University and dean of the College of Business at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, A first-generation college student herself, she has been praised for making diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) a priority.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

But with the recent recession in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives across America, the notion of any kind of “soft landing” is misplaced – and dangerously misleading. The NDC, like many other organizations, rose to prominence on the wave of racial justice advocacy that followed the murder of George Floyd in 2020.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

Within professional environments, microaggressions persist as a pervasive and often overlooked force, representing one of the most significant challenges to equity and inclusion. Throughout my time in healthcare education and my own personal journey, I have heard from students about their experiences being the target of microaggressions.

Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2024

SEATTLE-- Prominent student affairs practitioners of color shared powerful stories of leading in higher education amid major challenges, including the recent COVID pandemic and ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2024

In some ways, 2020 seemed like it would be a watershed year for diversity officers. Dr. Nimisha Barton is a visiting researcher at UC Irvine and a higher education consultant. Dr. Katherine Penn is vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer at Bentley University in Waltham, Mass achusetts.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Carnevale from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce makes a compelling case that U.S. Economist Dr. Anthony P. MCC is introducing a new framework for leaders that will drive critical thinking, professional development, and community accountability.

Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

But all of that changed in 2022, when Steele saw a listing for a job at the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education and Human Development. Rochester was looking to hire faculty whose work focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. And they weren’t looking to just hire one. They were hiring three. Dr. Candace N.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

The data shows that, from 2011 through 2020, there was a 39% drop in Black male enrollment in colleges across the United States. This decline should be alarming and open our eyes to a deeper issue within our educational system. Dual enrollment students provide colleges with another opportunity to become a bridge to higher education.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Despite all the talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion, the highest echelons in the Academy remain white and male. For example, in 2020, the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) found that Black/African American employees comprise less than 10% of higher education professionals.

Faculty

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. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy. The 2024 Higher Education Matters Progress Report shows a 16.1

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2024

We really want to pull these K-12 and higher education folks in and help them understand the importance of history, so they can combat what they confront right now, and they will continue to confront,” said Dunbar. Department of Education, 16 states have underfunded their HBCUs by more than $12 billion between 1987 and 2020.

Curriculum

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

We believe that higher education faculty and administrators play an integral role in combating the faulty assumptions, racist ideas and harmful policies put forth by white nationalists. Schools/colleges of education must restructure their teacher training to be more inclusive of African American studies and antiracist pedagogy.

Teaching

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

At the start of 2020, there was robust availability of online higher education, but no one anticipated that a worldwide pandemic called COVID-19 would soon usher in a new world of distance learning. “The Smith University (JCSU), taught Introduction to Network Science spring semester 2020. Dr. Rebecca S.

Teaching

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. Eanes has served as president of York College since 2020 following a one-year interim appointment. Clarke, Jr.,

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Established 53 years ago and built on principles of social justice, AAP’s mission is to create and administer innovative academic programs for students historically underrepresented in higher education. Alexander says one of the most pressing issues in higher education is diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

Along the way, Terrell mentioned legions of students, including Martino who rose through the ranks to hold leadership posts in student affairs at Iowa State University before arriving at the University of Michigan in 2020. “I Shivers said that the value of her work is that she is able to help create communities of belonging and inclusion.

Student affairs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Data gathered by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization working to improve and accelerate Latinx student success in postsecondary education, showed that in 2021, there were 401 emerging HSI institutions across 43 states. Demographic changes have led to an increasing number of Latinx students attending higher education.

Advising