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AB 705: Bold Policy, Implications for Equitable Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This surge in access aligns with AB 705’s core objective: to remove gatekeeping mechanisms like placement tests that had historically placed California students in remedial courses, delaying their academic progress. Many other states have adopted or are implementing similar reforms and are observing comparable outcomes.

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Report: Outdated Funding Law Hampers Community College Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report notes that the original protections the law intended to provideensuring adequate investment in instructionhave largely been made redundant by other mechanisms, including faculty unions, the Faculty Obligation Number (which requires 75% of credit instruction be taught by full-time instructors), and the Student-Centered Funding Formula.

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University of Alabama System Institutions Shutter DEI Offices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

UAB has shuttered its Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion among other changes to ensure compliance. In its place, the Office of Access and Engagement will open with a new charge and function to broadly serve and promote the student, faculty, and staff success.

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A Race to Find Diverse Candidates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Even though the landscape of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in higher education may have changed over the last three years, institutional and academic search firms say their commitment to identifying leaders, staff, and faculty who embody the essence of DEI work remains strong. and even around the world to fill key vacancies.

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The Erosion of DEI in Higher Education: A Threat to Progress and National Strength

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The authors argue that these results support the continued importance of diversity initiatives in higher education, both for increasing access and for promoting students' academic and social development. For faculty members: As educators, you have a profound influence on shaping future leaders.

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End of the Rainbow?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The government affairs department of Equality Texas has been surveying students and faculty at the Texas institutions impacted by SB 17 to gauge how it has been implemented. As a tenured full professor, I have access to certain spaces that students don’t have direct access to.

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Impact the Student Outcomes that Matter Most: Introducing the Multi Outcome Framework

Civitas Learning

Yet many institutions struggle to adopt a broader approach to student impact due to systemic barriers, such as departmental silos and limited access to actionable insights. With access to predictive insights across multiple outcomes, institutions can customize the framework to focus on what aligns with their mission and goals.