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Report: Outdated Funding Law Hampers Community College Student Success

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Meanwhile, research increasingly shows that comprehensive support services like counseling, basic needs assistance, and mental health care directly impact student achievement, especially for historically underserved populations.

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CUNY’s Black Male Initiative Marks 20 Years of Success Amid National DEI Pushbacks

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He has added career development mentoring and counseling, partnering with businesses still committed to diversity to develop internship and fellowship programs, so BMI students can graduate with experience in their desired field of study. What could we do to help turn that around?

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Harvard Faculty, AAUP Challenge Trump Administration's $8.7 Billion Funding Threat

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These demands reportedly extend far beyond addressing antisemitism, including new speech restrictions, elimination of all diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and mandatory cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security. Our students and faculty members across the nation are terrified," said Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel. "If

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A Year in Review

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Several states have already dismantled diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming, and other states anticipate something similar coming their way. That over compliance as a residual effect of whats happening in Texas, Tennessee and Florida, is also happening in California.

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Ohio State University Discontinues Office of Diversity and Inclusion

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These changes include discontinuing the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, ending programming under Student Life's Center for Belonging and Social Change, and renaming the Office of Institutional Equity to the Office of Civil Rights Compliance. The decision has drawn mixed reactions from the campus community.

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

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As a first-generation college student, a Black woman, and the child of immigrants, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education. Use your platform to champion diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within your university.

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Key takeaways from government guidance on SCOTUS’s affirmative action ruling

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As Liam Knox of Inside Higher Ed put it , the ruling was “a vague and at times self-contradictory piece of jurisprudence that continues to frustrate colleges keen to maintain diversity without falling out of compliance.”