Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2025

In what legal experts are calling a landmark case for academic freedom, Harvard faculty and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging unconstitutional attempts to control campus speech and governance through threatened funding cuts. Nikolas Bowie, Louis D.

Administration

College Planners of America

JUNE 11, 2025

Administrative bloat is a term used to refer to steep growth in administrative staff relative to college faculty and students. Some colleges have more administrators and staff per student than they have faculty. The ratio between faculty and administrators has shrunk.

Administration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2025

The most recent example is the University of Cincinnati, which for months has been the scene of protests from students and faculty against the implementation of Senate Bill 1. However, the events of 2025 so far have proven that debate to be a central question into the sustainability of American higher education itself.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2025

It demanded academic departments be ideologically reshaped, student organizations dismantled, and faculty policed for anything considered activism. That student protests against war, colonialism, or genocide are threats to campus life, while administrative compliance with authoritarian demands is somehow neutral.

Literacy

Civitas Learning

MARCH 13, 2025

Community Engagement : Strengthen a sense of belonging by promoting campus involvement and meaningful peer-to-peer and faculty interactions. Ensure Financial Integrity: Financial aid teams can detect and prevent fraud, ensuring compliance and accountability while protecting institutional resources.

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

By threatening to withhold crucial funds tied to compliance with this directive, the administration risks undermining the very resources that schools rely on to ensure students are educated every day. The federal government has no place dictating the curriculum or withholding funds to force compliance with an overreaching agenda.

Compliance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2024

As the year winds down, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and administration are left to wonder what comes next in higher education. That over compliance as a residual effect of whats happening in Texas, Tennessee and Florida, is also happening in California. The re-election of President Donald J. Dr. Everrett A.

Mental health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 2, 2025

In a message to faculty and staff, Provost Dr. Patrick J. Several public university systems have made similar announcements in recent months, often citing compliance concerns with evolving state and federal guidance.

Compliance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2025

Adopting a resolution to affirm our values and compliance with recent guidance on discrimination and merit-based opportunity and amending language in our policies and strategic plan are critical necessary actions to ensure federal funding for Virginia's Community Colleges is not compromised," said VCCS State Board Chair Terri Thompson.

Community college

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.

Compliance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2025

Department of Education (ED) has opened a civil rights investigation into George Mason University following questionable allegations from faculty members that the institution's diversity and inclusion policies violate federal anti-discrimination laws. GMU has pushed back against the characterization of its policies as discriminatory.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The 14-day compliance window, in particular, has drawn criticism from school administrators who argue that revamping entire systems of administration, hiring, and student life programs requires more time and careful consideration.

Compliance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2025

In a letter sent to Harvard, a federal task force ”accuses the university of being a ‘willful participant’ in antisemitic harassment of Jewish students and faculty. It threatens to refer the case to the Justice Department ‘as soon as possible’ unless Harvard comes into compliance.”

Administration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2025

In her communication to the Columbia community, Armstrong acknowledged that the cuts would have an immediate impact on research and critical university functions, affecting "students, faculty, staff, research, and patient care." Federal funding constituted approximately $1.3 We must work every day to do better."

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 30, 2025

Brown University announced Wednesday that it has reached a voluntary agreement with the federal government to restore funding for federally sponsored medical and health sciences research while resolving three open compliance reviews related to federal nondiscrimination obligations. The agreement addresses several areas of campus operations.

Compliance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

University of Florida (UF) faculty have expressed worry about a new regulation that would allow college deans to review employment of tenured faculty every five years instead of seven, The Gainesville Sun reported. UF faculty already have a tenured review process that takes place every seven years.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Yale University faculty and staff will not be mandated to get a second booster shot before returning for spring semester, Yale Daily News reported. Last year, Yale Provost Dr. Scott Strobel said that Yale weighs legal questions surrounding personal choice and employee compliance along with employee responsibility to ensure community health.

Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2024

Richard Cordray “Students, faculty, and staff deserve to know that they can be safe and secure in their school communities. Liberty agreed to spend $2 million over the next two years for on-campus safety improvements and compliance enhancements — progress on that work will be audited by an outside accounting firm.

Compliance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2024

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.

Compliance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2024

Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to register its commitment to compliance with Title VI of the of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The University of Michigan has entered into a resolution agreement with the U.S. Catherine E.

Compliance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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.

Compliance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 17, 2024

Faculty and staff are also at risk of harm. Beyond just these functional responses, it also would require balancing various approaches to the issue as one of safety and law enforcement, Title IX compliance, student resilience, survivorship, and other perspectives. Dr. Monica J.

Compliance

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2024

This moment demands that we clearly communicate the value of DEI programs to all stakeholders – students, parents, faculty, administrators, and policymakers. For faculty members: As educators, you have a profound influence on shaping future leaders.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Within DEI offices, matters of age are usually brought up in legal contexts of compliance and discrimination law, but not really mentioned as part of DEI efforts. Universities are multigenerational places, especially when accounting for faculty and staff, Galucia said.

University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

David Goetsch, associate director of recruitment compliance at Emory; Dr. Eric Solomon, visiting assistant professor of English and American studies at Oxford College; and Sarah Luce Look, co-owner of independent feminist bookstore Charis Books and More. The training was provided by SETpoint Jun.

Compliance

College Aid Services

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Handling Difficult Conversations Handling Difficult Conversations Broadcast date: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Learning how to navigate tough conversations is just as important as keeping up with regulatory requirements and maintaining compliance. Students and families are often frustrated or confused by the financial aid process.

Compliance

EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

3 key functions of a higher education analytics organization Institutions of higher learning are collecting reams of data, but these data are generally used to satisfy compliance reporting requirements (or remain unused ) rather than employed to facilitate strategic analysis (1). The Journal of Higher Education, 85 (6), 826-857.

Facilitation

EAB

JUNE 30, 2023

What benefits do staff, faculty, and students gain from better data management? 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.

Database

EAB

JULY 21, 2023

the fact is our students are consumers, and the level of customer service from enrollment management and student service offices, as well as faculty, sends a direct message to students about how much we support their success." Navigate is one way to create this common workspace so students can access what they need, on their own time.

Community college

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

For campus guests, only divisions that host on-campus guests who stay overnight in JHU on-campus residential facilities will be responsible for communicating the vaccination requirement and ensuring compliance. We expect faculty to be flexible in appropriately accommodating students who are ill and are following this guidance.

Compliance

EAB

JUNE 12, 2023

ED emphasis on audits and contract reviews means more faculty and staff time dedicated to internal program review, no matter what Before the department issued its updated guidance, our partners were beginning to report pockets of increased federal scrutiny of external contracts, and we are aware of at least one case of a full audit.

Title IV

EAB

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

staff proximity, access) about redesigns Workflow Simplified processes (e.g., staff proximity, access) about redesigns Workflow Simplified processes (e.g., staff proximity, access) about redesigns Workflow Simplified processes (e.g.,

University

EAB

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

As you consider ways to modify your advising strategy, consider evaluating what roles faculty, advisors, and self-service tools can play to avoid duplication of effort, so students can get answers faster. Also, read how Pueblo Community College increased their faculty progress report response rate by 11.2%

Community college

Civitas Learning

MARCH 13, 2025

Community Engagement : Strengthen a sense of belonging by promoting campus involvement and meaningful peer-to-peer and faculty interactions. Ensure Financial Integrity: Financial aid teams can detect and prevent fraud, ensuring compliance and accountability while protecting institutional resources.

Retention

EAB

MAY 25, 2023

The group included representatives from many parts of campus, including Associate Deans, the Provost’s Office, the Teaching and Learning Commons, Faculty Senate Committee Chairs, the Registrar’s Office, faculty, and several others, which gave us a wide range of perspectives.

Literacy

EAB

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

With connective tools for students, staff, and faculty leveraged by 850+ institutions, you can position your college to better support the long-term education and career outcomes of each student and achieve your enrollment goals. appeared first on EAB.

Community college

EAB

APRIL 17, 2023

Petersburg College offers multiple Subplans , such as Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist, Compliance and History, Management, Human Services, Public Relations and Marketing, and Respiratory Care. The internship is offered every semester and students meet with a BHSA faculty member regularly.

Administration