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OCTOBER 31, 2024

The National Association of Independent Schools found over the course of the 2022-23 school year that 43 percent of students at boarding schools received financial aid , and at day schools that number was 24 percent. To do this, Clapp centers her research around two questions. Rethinking funding and policies. Examples include the following.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

“you are neither here nor there” … along the Flaggy Shore Three years ago, in January 2022, I started a new chapter leaving formal, full-time employment in the higher education sector to work independently. I also worked as lead editor for the National Digital Leadership Network , launched in Dublin in December.

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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. of racially motivated hate crimes on campuses.

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MAY 2, 2025

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JULY 9, 2025

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MAY 1, 2025

The Department's new Dear Colleague Letter revokes guidance issued by the Biden administration in 2022 that had established a pre-clearance process for institutional accreditor changes. Education advocates worry the policy shift prioritizes institutional freedom over student protections.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

Increase for TRIO for FY 2023 Advocacy Update Congress Announces Bipartisan Funding Deal, Includes 4.7% Increase for TRIO for FY 2023 Advocacy Update Congress Announces Bipartisan Funding Deal, Includes 4.7% Increase for TRIO for FY 2023 Advocacy Update Congress Announces Bipartisan Funding Deal, Includes 4.7%

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JUNE 3, 2025

Santa Ono The Florida Board of Governors delivered a stunning rebuke to the University of Florida's presidential search process Tuesday, rejecting Dr. Santa Ono's appointment in a 10-6 vote that highlights the escalating tensions over diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in higher education.

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MAY 12, 2025

The abrupt dismissal has raised concerns among educational advocates and congressional Democrats about the administration's approach to academic freedom and diverse leadership in cultural institutions. "Dr. Hayden's leadership was marked by efforts to modernize the institution while preserving its historic role.

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JUNE 3, 2025

In the powerful letter sent to congressional appropriations leadership, TRIO alumni from every state and several U.S. The letter was addressed to the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, urging them to fund TRIO programs at the highest possible level in FY26 appropriations. EOC programs report that 60.6%

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JUNE 11, 2025

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JULY 8, 2025

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JULY 10, 2025

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JANUARY 28, 2025

Increase for TRIO for FY 2023 Advocacy Update Congress Announces Bipartisan Funding Deal, Includes 4.7% Increase for TRIO for FY 2023 Advocacy Update Congress Announces Bipartisan Funding Deal, Includes 4.7% Increase for TRIO for FY 2023 Advocacy Update Congress Announces Bipartisan Funding Deal, Includes 4.7%

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JULY 15, 2025

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JANUARY 17, 2025

Republican leadership is still charting the path forward for the 119th Congress. In the House of Representatives, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) was re-elected Speaker. On January 6, both chambers of Congress certified President-elect Trump’s victory without fanfare.

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JANUARY 30, 2025

Increase for TRIO for FY 2023 Advocacy Update Congress Announces Bipartisan Funding Deal, Includes 4.7% Increase for TRIO for FY 2023 Advocacy Update Congress Announces Bipartisan Funding Deal, Includes 4.7% Increase for TRIO for FY 2023 Advocacy Update Congress Announces Bipartisan Funding Deal, Includes 4.7%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

The private Roman Catholic university boasts a leadership of majority women, with women leading all four of the school's academic schools as deans. McNeal was the last to join – she did so in July 2022 – and her appointment solidified GCU’s 100% women deanship rate. And in 2022, women make up 67% of faculty.

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MARCH 7, 2023

recently announced bold choices in leadership. Commodore said as these women move forward in their presidencies, she hopes to see meaningful institutional change, such as being thoughtful and reflective on critiques the schools received about diversity, equity and inclusion, and bringing about cultural shifts.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Joy Gaston Gayles will become head of the NC State College of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development (ELPHD), effective Jul. She was the 2022 President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE).

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MAY 10, 2023

“I then thought, because I was very good in math and science, perhaps I could become an engineer and design an airplane for others to pilot,” said Lim, who joined the NJIT in July 2022 as its ninth president and a distinguished professor of mechanical engineering.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

To provide a backdrop, in 2022, 798,534 students were enrolled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduate programs in the United States (National Science Foundation, 2022). Of those, 2% (16,111) were Black males. In the same year, Black males in engineering earned 1.8% Dr. Brian A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

Dual enrollment agreements should include strategies for increasing the inclusivity of dual enrollment programs. A 2022 evaluation of the California program by the UC Davis Wheelhouse reported several significant benefits. UC Davis Wheelhouse: The Center for Community College Leadership and Research. Hoang, H., Van Der Werf, M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2023

Dr. Valerie Kinloch Kinloch does the work in her leadership role as the Renée and Richard Goldman Endowed Dean of University of Pittsburgh’s (UPitt) School of Education, a position she has held since July 2017. Davis Excellence in Leadership Award in November 2022. “I Smith University.

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MARCH 2, 2023

Asperin Barnes was named chancellor of the South Orange County Community College District in 2022. Barnes is known for inclusive leadership, participatory governance, and transparency. She previously served as president of Cuyamaca College when the college received the John W.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In the letter, Scott accused Vassar of “bullying colleagues” and described her leadership moves as fracturing and contentious. This idea of “clear unified leadership” from Gov. For the decrease in faculty of color by 20% since 2022? Complex issues require complex leadership. to address the experiences of Black students.

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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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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

During July 2022 alone, ten anti-gay laws went into effect , all of them relating to education. Amidst these ongoing and widening challenges, college and university leaders have a responsibility to ensure they are supporting and fostering greater inclusion for LGBTQ+ students. Dr. Dick Senese Here’s how. Demonstrate Commitment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Title: Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, University of Dayton Tiffany Taylor Smith was appointed University of Dayton's vice president for diversity and inclusion in January 2022. Taylor Smith expects to graduate from UD with a doctorate in educational leadership in December 2022.

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JUNE 15, 2023

“I am thrilled about the opportunity to work collaboratively toward the school’s vision to advance a just and compassionate society, dismantle injustice of all kinds, promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, and liberate possibilities,” Jones said. “I Jones holds a Ph.D. and MSW in social welfare from the University at Albany.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Class of 2022 data revealed that only 48% of Black, first-year students who enrolled in the CSU in fall 2016 earned their degree in six years, according to the Black Student Success Workgroup Report. strategies to cultivate a systemwide infrastructure and inclusive campus climates. Dr. Thomas A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2024

We compared the predictive performance of academic ratings among students enrolled in the Fall 2021 and 2022 cohorts admitted under a test-optional policy with those students who entered Fall 2016-2018 under a test-required policy. Test-required and test-optional admissions policies yielded similar predictive power for academic success.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

In 2020, NJIT created the Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council, which is made up of students, faculty, staff and alumni as well as business and community leaders who work collaboratively to address recruitment, retention, engagement and persistence among Latinx students. Since 2022, Dr. David E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Like so many other scholarly associations founded in the United States, African Americans and other minorities remained invisible within the leadership ranks for years. Dr. Na’ilah Suad Nasir, president of the Spencer Foundation, took the reigns in 2021-2022, followed by Dr. H. In 2021, AERA’s leadership named Dr. Edmund W.

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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. McCune, Jr., chair of Black studies at the University of Rochester.

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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.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Ivery In my recent book, Detroit and the New Political Economy of Public Education (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2022), I use Detroit as a national template to explore the new dynamics of public education segregation and, therefore, of the racial, social, economic, political, and educational dynamics of the related urban and metropolitan region.

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