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AB 705: Bold Policy, Implications for Equitable Student Success

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Dr. Alfred McQuarters An Examination: Persisting Equity Gaps While student access to transfer-level Math and English courses has increased, the completion equity gaps that persist among Black and Latinx students warrant deeper scrutiny. This leadership requires courage, creativity, and an unapologetic commitment to equity.

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Federal Court Blocks Education Department's Diversity Directive, Marking Victory for Academic Freedom Advocates

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A federal judge in New Hampshire delivered a significant legal victory Thursday for proponents of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in education by granting a preliminary injunction against the U.S. The Department of Education has not issued a public response to the court's decision.

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Report: Outdated Funding Law Hampers Community College Student Success

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Moreover, the law's current definition fails to recognize valuable faculty contributions outside the classroomlike serving on committees, developing curriculum, and mentoring studentscounting these activities on the "wrong side" of the 50% calculation.

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70 Years Later: Black Students with Disabilities Post-Brown v. Board of Education

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However, the historical context underscores that the journey toward educational equity for Black children with disabilities has been long and fraught with obstacles. Ellis is a senior professorial lecturer and director of the summer institute on education equity and justice at American University School of Education.

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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

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We had become complacent for a long time in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), doing the same-old, same-old.” While this regional-conscience admissions policy was already in place before the SCOTUS ruling, Perry says that her admissions department still had to make some changes to ensure their admissions processes were in compliance.

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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. Nikolas Bowie, Louis D.

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The New McCarthyism is Here. Will Higher Ed Say No?

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It instructed the University to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs under whatever name, and to cease any admissions or hiring practices that consider race, gender, or even proxies for race. The administrations memo targets racial equity work explicitly. But its follow-up was historic.