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The Ivory Tower’s Blindside: Reclaiming the Scholarly Value of College Athletics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is not a critique of sports journalism or of basic compliance studies, but rather a lament that the rich intellectual soil of athletics has too often been left fallow by scholars in the humanities and social sciences, as if to study it seriously would be to debase the sanctity of higher learning itself.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That student protests against war, colonialism, or genocide are threats to campus life, while administrative compliance with authoritarian demands is somehow neutral. But we understand, as humans, that fairness has to be considered in context. Not resistance, but compliance, is what emboldens deeper encroachment.

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Virginia Community Colleges End DEI Initiatives Following Federal Mandate

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the March 20 resolution, the directive impacts numerous operational areas including admissions, hiring, promotion, compensation, financial aid, scholarships, administrative support, discipline, and graduation ceremonies.

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Jacqie McWilliams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McWilliams also has experience in administration, facilities and operations, compliance and governance, human resources, and external operations. McLendon Scholarship Foundation Board. She was appointed to the John B.

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Petitioning for the Right to Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Fuentes, who is set to begin her senior year as a scholarship student at the University of California, Riverside, this fall, is majoring in education, society, and human development with a minor in political science. Priscila Fuentes is one of those students. Both of Fuentes’s parents are from Mexico, where she was born.

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In Equity Efforts, Where Does Title IX Truly Stand?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But despite the increase, few institutions are in Title IX compliance. In practice, the former collegiate gymnast focuses on aspects of litigation and education law, particularly on federal Title IX compliance. She provides recommendations for compliance as well as best practices that help campuses reduce liability.

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