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Formerly Incarcerated Students Are Humans First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yet the humanity of formerly incarcerated Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab students is too often marginalized, even overlooked, in campus programs addressing issues like food and housing insecurity. Perkins , assistant Vice President of Student Empowerment and Equity Initiative at CCP, we must remember We have always been the change we seek.

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Former DEI Officer Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against Milwaukee Area Technical College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Milwaukee Area Technical College's inaugural vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion has filed a federal lawsuit against the institution, alleging retaliatory termination after she reported racial and disability discrimination concerns. She also reported alleged disparaging comments made about Black employees.

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Where is the Love? Compassionate Pedagogy is Needed Now More Than Ever Before

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

CMH counselors can educate teachers and administrators about warning signs and mental health symptoms that are exacerbated due to biased treatment and discrimination and promote compassion through culturally relevant strategies. CARE (compassion, advocacy, respect, equity) and compassion go hand-in-hand. Dr. Erik M. Dr. Donna Y.

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UPitt Dean Works to Advance Equity in Policy, Practice

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To advance equitable policies that are grounded in education is to understand the full humanity of people,” she said. “It In that time, Kinloch said she has strived to bolster equity and justice at the school. If we can get this work done right, through humanizing collective frameworks that just see the beauty in human beings.

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The ABCs of Community College Leadership: What CEOs Need to Know

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While this is a collective undertaking, most often a senior-level administrator is designated to lead that effort and serve as the Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO). CEOs often lament that attending to the day-to-day tasks of college administration leaves them little time to get outside of their offices (let alone their campuses).

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The Educator’s Guide to Self-Care in Uncertain Times

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As colleges and universities begin to feel the pain of budget deficits, reduced student enrollments, rollbacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, questions of bloated administrations, and the like, it is essential to remember what your responsibility is and what is not. At the top of 2025, the U.S.

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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community Colleges Are Well Positioned Historically, equity and inclusion in higher education have been shaped by various legislation and milestones that improved learner access in America. These historical progressions made the relationship between college access and inclusiveness symbiotic.

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