Compliance Definition Equity 
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 13, 2025
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.
IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy
JULY 23, 2024
These changes, informed by extensive public engagement, aim to modernize and standardize race and ethnicity data collections to improve uniformity and comparability across federal data sets and their usefulness for equity-driven policymaking. Previously, MENA was included under the definition of White.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Dr. Mark Henderson Henderson says the measure definitely influenced the enrollment of “historically excluded groups.” We had become complacent for a long time in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), doing the same-old, same-old.” Those students’ enrollments went way down, across the system. Dr. David A. The June 29 U.S.
EAB
JUNE 30, 2023
Improve compliance reporting IPEDS reporting (among other compliance reports) is a necessity for any institution receiving state or federal funding, but compiling and submitting IPEDS data is tedious and time-consuming. Edify uses plain-language terminology for its data fields to ensure everyone understands the data they access.
EAB
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
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.”
EAB
MAY 1, 2023
Case in point In 2021, EAB hosted a focus group for an institution that hoped to understand why the equity dashboard they created wasn’t being utilized. We often hear from institutions about uncertainty regarding the source, the methodology, the timeliness, and data definitions. Use the form below to speak to an expert.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
The lawsuit specifically challenges the orders' lack of clear definitions for terms such as "DEI," "equity," and "illegal DEIA," arguing that this vagueness makes compliance virtually impossible for institutions while potentially exposing them to significant federal enforcement actions.
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