Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In the upcoming 2024 election , more than 20,000 school board seats will be up for grabs, coinciding with the presidential race. For advocates committed to educational equity, the 2024 school board races present a crucial opportunity to address longstanding challenges in our public education system.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

Dr. Kaleb Briscoe In June 2024, Dr. Kaleb Briscoe, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Oklahoma (OU) Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, found herself at the White House, presenting her research to policy makers and legislators.

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DECEMBER 7, 2024

has awarded doctoral students with its 2024 MCT Scholarship. Her scholarship empowers marginalized students' voices and narratives to foster more inclusive and equitable spaces in higher education. The Dr. Melvin C. Terrell (MCT) Educational Foundation, Inc. She is also a contributing writer for Diverse.

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Active Minds

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Active Minds has had another successful internship semester with the 2024 Fall class, and as this intern cohort finishes up their semester with us, we want to take a moment to reflect on their incredible contributions to mental health advocacy. I graduated with my bachelors degree of Psychology from the University of Virginia in May of 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2024

will be honored with the 2024 Marie Fielder Medal for Social Transformation, present by Fielding Graduate University at the Fielding convocation on July 10. Nothing could be more appropriate to the mission of the Marie Fielder Center to advance social and educational justice and inclusion." Ronald Mason Jr. Ronald Mason Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In his three years there, he created the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community in Emory’s Graduate School and the Emory Diversifying Graduate Education (EDGE) program. It’s not easy to do inclusive excellence work in higher education. Applications from under-represented students increased by 10% during his first academic year.

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Active Minds

MARCH 11, 2024

Active Minds is proud to introduce our 2024 Emerging Scholars Fellows! Her “Art for All” project will educate and show how art can be inclusive, accessible, and therapeutic. Learn more about the fellowship, as well as our 2024 Emerging Scholars, here. Jodi Johnson Brother, You’re Not Alone Jodi C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2024

One can never be excellent when we’re trying to have a sense of belonging and inclusive culture because there will always be somebody that doesn’t feel they’re a part of it for whatever reason.” “Because the minute we say we’re excellent at something, then we stop growing and learning,” she says. Do our policies align?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Kim Cassidy Dr. Kim Cassidy will step down as president of Bryn Mawr College in June 2024, bringing to an end an 11-year tenure as the school’s leader, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. “I An expert in psychology, she will return to being faculty in fall 2026 after a two-year sabbatical.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries, Animal, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Rhode Island Tenured: No Age: 36 Education: B.A., international affairs, University of Nevada, Reno; M.S., geography and environmental resources, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; and Ph.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

The inclusion of Ivy League and other institutions throws this dynamic into even further relief. Today, we see the growing impact of outside money from wealthy conservatives like Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge fund manager who has waged an assault on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at Harvard University and elsewhere.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Dr. Charlie Nelms As we stand at the dawn of the 2024 presidential election, I know firsthand the potential and persuasive power of Black voters and their allies in forging a path where no others have ever trod. The war on DEI is being well documented. According to recent figures , 32 states have been affected by anti-DEI legislation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

in the 2024-25 academic year, matriculation rates among historically underrepresented groups showed significant declines. The number of military veterans entering medical school also dropped slightly, from 171 in 2023 to 166 in 2024. AAMC Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Dr. David A. being over age 30.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2025

In 2024, White applicants received offers of admission at nearly twice the rate of their Black counterparts, with 79% of white applicants receiving at least one acceptance compared to just 45% of Black applicants. While women comprised 57% of all law school applicants in 2024, they accounted for only 56% of admitted students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The NCAA has awarded Division I Accelerating Academic Success Program grants to 17 schools for the 2024-25 academic year. The overall single-cohort graduation rate is at 91%, which is the highest rate recorded. The 17 schools that will receive AASP grants for the 2024-25 academic year are: Alabama State University — $100,000.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

The CRT Summer School Program, Freedom Summer 2024: No U-Turn on Racial Justice, is being held in Nashville through Aug. Crenshaw said she expects the event will help to “empower participants with the essential knowledge and tools needed to confront systemic racism and advocate for transformative change in their communities.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 10, 2024

Villarreal served as vice president for equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University of Utah, where she was also an instructor and assistant professor of history and ethnic studies. She also served as a member (2019-2024) and chair (in 2023) of the AAC&U Board of Directors among other leadership roles she has undertaken.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Ariella Robbins is Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Villanova University, a post she has held since November 2024. Robbins also established Employee Resource Groups to provide support and engagement to faculty and staff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2024

Progress toward more racially integrated and inclusive schools that can serve as ‘nurseries of our democracy’ is under grave threat by those who fear the changing demographics of American society and thwart the political power of people of color and other marginalized communities.” 2, in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

who succeeded his father as president of the publication that will celebrate its 40th anniversary in March 2024. "My He believed, with unwavering conviction, that diversity and inclusion were not just ideals to aspire to but cornerstones of a thriving and equitable higher education landscape," said William Cox Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A 2024 study from the American Council on Education showed that despite Americas overall diversity increasing, and more students of color enrolling in undergraduate education than ever before, completion rates for Black and Brown students have remained stagnant.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

By: Patti Curtis, Senior STEM Advisor, Office of the Deputy Secretary On August 14, 2024, the Office of the Deputy Secretary, in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), held a YOU Belong in STEM webinar entitled Inclusive Higher Education Pathways that featured grant programs for minority serving institutions (MSIs) (..)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Eatman Six new directors and board officers were elected during the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in Washington, D.C. Dr. Timothy K. Eatman was elected chair of AAC&U’s board of directors, where Dr. Mary Ann Villarreal will serve as past chair. David Wilson was elected treasurer.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2024

Several states have successfully begun efforts to defund campus diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and weaken tenure and accreditation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Employers positioned the same three career readiness competencies at the top of their list in the association’s job outlook survey in 2024. However, the two groups disagree about what new grads are best at and how proficient are. For example, 84.6%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

There she oversees all aspects of academic affairs, ranging from education to diversity and inclusion. I have a lot of goals and ideas around students and creating a really inclusive culture and addressing issues of access and affordability,” Gilliam told Diverse. In doing so, she will become BU’s first woman and first Black president.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

May 3 is the Second Annual National Day of Action, part of the Freedom to Learn coalition’s launchpad for Freedom Summer 2024, which marks 60 years since Freedom Summer 1964. We cannot save our democracy and leave anti-racism on the side of the road. The two have to come together.” This year also commemorates 70 years since Brown v.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

I love seeing my feed blow up w/ the news that numerous research proposals adopting critical & intersectional approaches to advancing justice in math & STEM higher ed were accepted as presentations during the 2024 @AERA_EdResearch Annual Mtg in Philadelphia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The AACTE-affiliated program will start Spring 2024. To be eligible, applicants must be a second-year Ph.D. student with 18 completed credit hours who identify as racially and ethnically diverse.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The goal was to achieve these numbers by 2025, but NJIT hit its target by the spring of 2024. Jones, NJIT chief diversity officer, has led the school’s Office of Inclusive Excellence. There is also a courageous conversations series monthly for faculty and staff led by the Office of Inclusive Excellence. Since 2022, Dr. David E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 12, 2024

I had an immediate epiphany: How timely Banks’ book is in these most troubling anti-EDI times (EDI - Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) I must not only continue to proactively teach my students the goals of multicultural education, but I must also remind larger audiences. That was 2006; now, look at the state of affairs in 2024.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 20, 2024

Dr. Jabani Bennett “In the past, the four centers, the LGBT Center, the Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice Cultural Center, the Women’s Center, and the Inclusive Excellence & Belonging Training Center, were separated and located at different places on campus,” says Bennett.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Since his two-year appointment as interim president began on June 1, 2024, Nunes has immersed himself in the life of the university. There is a Lutheran liberal arts tradition that places an emphasis on critical thinking, challenging assumptions and inclusion,” Nunes says. “I from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Were sharing a wrap-up of 2024 resources for our K-12 private schools to help your school increase retention, enrollment, diversity, and marketing initiatives for the new year.o help, we compiled the top resources from 2024 for easy reading. Enjoy the school winter break with your families and community. Read the full blog here.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Through the Voices of Men: South African Men and HIV (Linus Learning, 2011) was inspired by research on the proliferation of HIV cases and is part of a book series that includes Dual Pandemics: HIV and the Coronavirus in Several Kenyan Communities (Linus Learning, 2024). Tales of Koehler Hollow is an American experience. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

He fears that the attacks on diversity will likely increase as the 2024 presidential election grows nearer. The current political climate has been worrisome for Dr. Sayvon Foster, an assistant professor of sports management, who is a first-time ASHE attendee.

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MAY 1, 2024

The power of collaboration and the importance of building paths for others to follow were topics , front and center , during the 2024 White House Summit on STEMM Equity and Excellence. The alliance launched in 2022 at the first White House Summit on STEMM Equity and Excellence. Let's agree on what we're measuring.

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