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For Fall 2021, the College of the Desert’s (COD) student headcount included 8,213 Hispanic students, 1,657 white students, 395 Asian students, 252 Black students, 28 American Indian/Alaska Native students, and seven Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Island students. Community colleges serve the most diverse students in all of higher education.

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Faculty resignations have been increasing at Iowa universities, The Daily Iowan reported. According to the state Board of Regents’ Annual Human Resources Report , University of Iowa (UI) faculty resignations rose from 80 to 92 from fiscal year (FY) 2021 to FY 2022 – in FY 2020, there were 73 resignations.

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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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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Faculty and staff at the University of Colorado Boulder walked out and protested for higher wages and other demands Thursday, CPR reported. Non-tenure track faculty, contracted staff, and student workers demanded raises and better working conditions. In 2021, the majority of CU’s faculty is non-tenure-track (66%).

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

California’s community colleges are lacking in full-time faculty, according to a recent report from California’s state auditor. The state-ordered audit looked at hiring and state funds spending practices for full-time faculty at four community college districts: Foothill-De Anza, Kern, Los Rios and San Diego.

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APRIL 4, 2023

Faculty at Chicago State University walked off the job Apr. The faculty are negotiating and striking for better pay and reduced workloads. They work overtime — I’ve seen it,” said Muriel McClendon, a Chicago State graduate student who protested with faculty. The professors put in the time and work.

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MAY 14, 2025

Rather, its about attracting world-class faculty, creating more research opportunities for students, and coming upwith new innovations that benefit everyday people particularlythose in Baltimore, where the sprawling HBCU campusis located. From 2005 to 2021, for instance, theclassification system considered 10 different variables.

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JUNE 15, 2023

Any recent gains in salary for full-time faculty members have been swallowed up by soaring inflation. Full-time faculty saw a 4% bump for the year ending fall 2022, the largest single-year gain since 1991. It’s really hard to track data on adjunct faculty. But skyrocketing inflation caused a 2.4%

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As the holidays approach, today’s colleges and universities are increasingly marked by overflowing donation bins containing canned goods collected by every student organization and faculty department to stock the campus food pantry. Hopeful signs for a future beyond campus food pantries abound.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The primary argument made in the article is that despite having spent approximately a quarter of a billion dollars since 2016, faculty and students are not enthusiastic about Michigan’s DEI initiatives. Even with this program, making traction with increasing Black enrollment has been slow.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Williams College faculty voted 81-5 to approve the creation of an Asian American studies (AAS) concentration beginning Fall 2023, The Williams Record reported. An AAS program at Williams is a long time coming, having seen 34 years of activism by faculty, alumni, and students in support of instituting AAS. “In The vote – done at a Dec.

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MARCH 1, 2023

The University of Louisville (UofL) has launched a fundraising campaign to match a $10 million state investment, which will go towards adding endowed faculty positions and advancing university research.

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JANUARY 22, 2023

Caring Campus, a program to have faculty contribute to fostering a culture of caring for students at schools, is related to observable benefits, according to a recent report by the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University. At least it's one approach to helping them to fit into those efforts."

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AUGUST 29, 2023

Faculty members will vote next week on resolutions to express no confidence in embattled president E. According to WBOY 12 , a no-confidence resolution was also filed against Gee in December 2021, accusing him of refusing to institute a COVID-19 vaccination mandate. The turmoil at West Virginia University continues.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

In 2021, UT honored him by naming a dormitory after him, ‘Robinson Hall’ on the Knoxville campus. He understands the challenges that Black faculty and administrators face at predominantly white institutions. Flagship Pathway Scholarship Endowment in 2021. At 83, Robinson remains dedicated to supporting the next generation.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

In 2021, UT honored him by naming a dormitory after him, ‘Robinson Hall’ on the Knoxville campus. He understands the challenges that Black faculty and administrators face at predominantly white institutions. Flagship Pathway Scholarship Endowment in 2021. At 83, Robinson remains dedicated to supporting the next generation.

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MAY 2, 2025

In fact, I did not take my first Asian American literature course until my senior year when the department finally hired two new faculty members who specialized in that field. In 2021-2022, Tran received the prestigious Career EnhancementFellowship from the Institute for Citizens &Scholars.

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MARCH 6, 2025

She was also a Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees (2014-2019) and co-chair of the Faculty Governance Task Force (2017-2019). She was also a Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees (2014-2019) and co-chair of the Faculty Governance Task Force (2017-2019).

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APRIL 8, 2025

Between 2021 and 2024, 34 state legislatures introduced bills aimed at limiting or banning the teaching of "divisive concepts" on college campuses, with 11 states passing such laws. Approximately 75% report being treated with respect by fellow students, and 82% feel respected by faculty members.

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MAY 3, 2023

Among the latest efforts are HB 715 in North Carolina, which would remove tenure for future faculty in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system and at public community colleges, and SB 266 in Florida, which would give the state more control over the content of core classes and limit funding for DEI efforts.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The 51,000 students who graduated from HBCUs in 2021 can expect to earn $146 billion over the course of their careers, 57 percent more than they would earn without a degree or certificate. Colleges and universities use endowments to support several priorities, such as scholarships, upgraded facilities and faculty hiring.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Eva Martinez Powless Eva Martinez Powless, who served as MATC's first DEI officer starting in 2021, claims in the lawsuit filed December 30 in the U.S. Eastern District Court that she faced retaliation after advocating for a Black employee with disabilities and speaking out against discriminatory practices at the college.

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JUNE 1, 2023

Dr. Badia Ahad Ahad is currently vice provost for faculty affairs and professor of English at Loyola University Chicago. “I I think my most important role as dean will be to ensure that students, faculty and staff have the tools and the resources that they need to be and to do their best,” Ahad said. “I Ahad holds a B.A. and a Ph.D.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In his sophomore year of college, Williams had begun to struggle academically and financially, but the leadership and faculty at Xavier gave him the opportunity to continue his education. Because of the dean leads, the vice provost, the team members working with me, we were able to do great things with faculty and faculty fellows.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

By the time 2021 rolled around and Thompson was ready to graduate FAMU, she had already secured her first teaching position at Crossroad Academy Charter School of Business in Gadsden County, Florida—where Blacks make up the majority of the surrounding population.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Dr. Mark Milliron The partnership, in the form of a pilot program which kicked off in 2021, has allowed NU faculty to use Riipen’s online platform to source employers willing to offer work experience and project opportunities to students and add these projects into their curricula. “And and Canada that Riipen works with.

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MARCH 28, 2023

The report examines personnel data – from sources such as the NCAA Demographics Database – concerning university presidents, athletics directors, coaches, administrative staff, and faculty athletics representatives for college sports. points, a decrease from 2021’s 75.8 points in 2021. points in 2021. in 2020-2021.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Cochrane is a member of the Faculty Academy, a statewide initiative that trains faculty in a pedagogy called “Real Talk,” created by Dr. Paul Hernandez, senior advisor to the president and CEO at Achieving the Dream (ATD), a partner network of over 300 community colleges working to equitize higher education.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Dr. Curtis Byrd, co-author of the 2021 book Academic Pipeline Programs: Diversifying Pathways from the Bachelor’s to the Professoriate. We’re looking at creating a national clearinghouse of diversity, BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, People of Color] initiatives for minoritized students, faculty and staff at universities,” said Byrd.

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MARCH 8, 2023

“KerryAnn O’Meara is an esteemed scholar and expert on the development and implementation of organizational practices that empower and support faculty diversity and inclusion, and strengthen institutions overall,” said TC President Dr. Thomas Bailey. “Dr. O’Meara holds a B.A. in English literature from Loyola University in Maryland, an M.A.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Noun '29 Chair in Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies at Grinnell and serves as the faculty lead of Team Renfrow. Dr. Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant (faculty lead of Team Renfrow), with Mrs. Edith Renfrow Smith and Feven Getachew (first student member of Team Renfrow). Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant, who holds the Louise R.

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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. The 2021 Latinx population in the U.S. are white and only 21% are faculty of color. totaled 62.5

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APRIL 9, 2024

The outcomes Despite minor improvement in Fall 2021, rates of retention – those who come back to the same school the next year – and persistence – those who continue at any institution – among Latino students continue to trail behind national averages by several percentage points, according to the report.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

More than 60% of students met criteria for one or more mental health problems in 2021, an almost 50% increase since 2013. We are following the lead of Black college student leaders, faculty and administrators who have stewarded safe, racially affirming higher education spaces for decades.”

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APRIL 29, 2024

The association’s “Higher Education Faculty Salary Analysis” examines full-time faculty and graduate assistant salaries at the national, state, and institutional levels. In higher education, the data reveal that while the average salary for full-time faculty increased 4% in 2022-23, over 2021-22.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

trillion in 2021 comes with 4.7% increase in undergrad engineering enrollment rates from 2010 (9.1%) to 2021 (15.8%). of engineering master’s degree recipients in 2021 – from 4.2% And although they make up only 18.5% of the nation's workforce, they were the cause for 73% of U.S. Additionally, their purchasing power of $3.4

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MAY 31, 2024

The Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom white paper explores whether and how 11 think tanks helped created a self-reinforcing echo chamber of reports, commentary, webinars, op-eds, and other content villainizing faculty and academic institutions.

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