Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2025

College and university administrators should be strategic about how they respond to government attempts to root out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI) on campus. And the presidents commission on diversity, equity and inclusion at her university has since become the presidents commission on access, opportunity and community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2024

Acknowledging the deep divide regarding perspectives on freedom of expression and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts across higher education, and the feelings of those who believe particular speech harms their personhood, we wholeheartedly reject the contention that these commitments must operate at cross-purposes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

He had been very excited to attend, until the week of the event. “We In his sophomore year of college, Williams had begun to struggle academically and financially, but the leadership and faculty at Xavier gave him the opportunity to continue his education. Williams, Jr., Williams, Jr. Dr. Dereck J. Rovaris, Sr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Energy and excitement filled the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, as over two thousand community college leaders, faculty, and staff gathered to share stories of access, equity, and inclusion at the 2023 Dream conference. But despite their efforts to increase access and opportunity for all, equity gaps remain. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2025

How one approaches resource allocationwhether it involves the funding of positions, projects, or prioritiesoccupies a prominent place in the minds of the faculty, classified staff, students, community, and board members. The effective and prudent management of the budget is one of the most challenging tasks a CEO undertakes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2025

The event offered pro-bono legal consultations and support from community organizations providing social services, health care, financial services, and employment. Their trauma is exacerbated not only by systemic exclusion from opportunities and programmatic support but also by ungenerous and unfair treatment by faculty and staff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2025

The decision came just two weeks after the college announced a tentative agreement with the Faculty and Staff Federation, which represents college employees. They've been inclusionary and we've made the effort to ensure that when we talk about diversity, equity and inclusion, the focus is on including opportunity and access."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

24 event involving far-right activists. Faculty also led a protest last week. 24 event involved a student group hosting two far-right figures — one connected to extremist group Proud Boys, — for a “comedy” event. School officials declined to cancel the event, citing freedom of speech.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This week, Grinnell will dedicate and name its newest residence hall in honor of Renfrow Smith, recognizing her legacy, life, and commitment to community, education, and equity. Noun '29 Chair in Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies at Grinnell and serves as the faculty lead of Team Renfrow. She organized the community walk.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Rochester was looking to hire faculty whose work focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. Cluster hiring instantly injects diversity into departments that have little, while making the experience easier for minoritized faculty members. Steele remembers being at an event for new faculty.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 20, 2024

The aim for active listening to students, staff, faculty, community members, and UofL stakeholders anchors my work in making impactful connections, and my team’s efforts in student coaching and leadership development, cultural programming, and resource-sharing,” says Bennett. “The

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Universities are making vocal commitments to recruit faculty who represent the diversity of the student population. At the same time, they struggle to retain the women and minoritized faculty who they have recruited. In many units, the scholarship alone or largely determines whether the faculty member receives a favorable evaluation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2024

The MLK Day programming schedules for several schools span multiple days full of various events, recognizing the numerous facets and aspects of the Civil Rights Movement. Penn State , for instance, has events lined up for a number of its campuses. 12 event will be free to the public and recorded for public viewing online as well.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Even before recent events, LGBTQ+ students tended to be targets of harassment, and there is strong evidence that members of the LGBTQ+ community are at a higher risk for experiencing mental health issues – especially depression and anxiety disorders. Even online institutions sometimes hold in-person events. Train Faculty and Staff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 2, 2024

We as a faculty, Black faculty and others, have been fighting the administration to address matters of racial justice, and in a very forceful and progressive manner, for the last 20 years or so in different iterations,” said King in an interview with Diverse. Proportionately, the percentage of Black faculty fell from 4% to 3%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2023

On campuses across the country, students have been taught the importance of diversity and equity and given access to ‘safe spaces’ instead of learning to tolerate the disagreement, discomfort, and dissent that they will experience in the real world,” Noem wrote.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2023

Curtis Center for Health Equity, Research, and Training at the University of Michigan and Dr. Morehouse College has several professors exploring this subject and encouraging deeper conversations about understanding manhood and masculinity. and James L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

Back in February, more than 1,000 practitioners from hundreds of colleges across the nation gathered in Orlando, Florida, to exchange evidence-based approaches to accelerating student success and equity. Lumina Foundation CEO Jamie Merisotis delivers a keynote address at the DREAM 2024 conference.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

On the other hand, Tennessee Tech earned a spot for cancelling the campus events of the Lambda Gay-Straight Alliance in response to a video of its drag show, and Texas A&M was featured for dropping its sponsorship of an annual drag show and preventing students from accessing the previous year’s profits.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

7 event, “Our Stories: A Celebration of Pride and Living Histories.” The event was hosted by the school’s Emory Pride Employee Network (EPEN) and open to all Emory employees. The event comes amid an increase in book-banning and education-restricting efforts from American conservatives regarding matters such as race, gender, U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

It examines over 200 indicators to determine who accesses a variety of educational environments and experiences, to explore how student trajectories and outcomes differ by race and ethnicity, and to provide an overview of the racial and ethnic backgrounds of faculty, staff, and college presidents. At an event in Washington, D.C.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Despite her vice president title, her role had morphed into a mix of event planning and student affairs tasks, far removed from the strategic DEI leadership she had envisioned. CDOs should actively seek allies across their institutions, including faculty, staff, and student groups who share a commitment to DEI. Dr. Harrison Davis, Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Students organized Black student unions demanding more African American studies courses, Black faculty and staff,” says Canton. Canton, who is also an associate professor of history, hired two faculty members in year one. Last year, he hired another faculty person. there were protests on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This includes partnerships with overseas institutions, faculty with international background and expertise, and curriculum. 56% of undergraduate institutions reported using technology to recruit international students through events like virtual college fairs and online information sessions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

“Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Dr. Erika D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Addressing the need Queensborough Community College (QCC), a two-year institution in the City University of New York system, conducted an equity audit that showed there were retention and graduation disparities for male students overall, with Black and Latinx male students disproportionately impacted.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2024

It seeks to prohibit any state or federal funding from being utilized to support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs at the state’s higher education institutions. They also note that LGBTQ faculty and staff can make a point of being mentors and role models as well as cultivating a sense of belonging for students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2024

She says she often asks herself: “How do we create equity and justice in these spaces that I occupy, where I know first-hand that equity and justice are absent?” Seeing how others responded to the event shifted her thinking. “I Rema,” says she has learned from her own experiences to defend our collective humanity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2023

As of this year, Emory has replaced loans with grants in all of its need-based aid , and is examining how it factors home equity into aid calculations to reduce the pressure that families experience to borrow against their homes. Montclair offers events on the Black student experience and a session with the Latinx/a/o Caucus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 10, 2024

There is a unique opportunity, which Nunes hopes to deliver in terms of every student having a sense of belonging, that moves beyond a cultural event to seeing themselves in the classroom and seeing the university as their school. In addition to diversity, equity and inclusion, California Lutheran University has added justice and belonging.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Harvey Nevertheless, some of these alumni maintain various levels of contact with their alma maters – ranging from attending reunion events, to regularly reviewing materials they receive from the college or university, to making monetary donations they hope will help produce a more inclusive atmosphere for current and future generations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

of full-time nursing school faculty are minoritized, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. You probably over-prepare for meetings,” says Dr. Rolanda Johnson, associate dean for equity, diversity and inclusion at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. Such nurses represent just 19.4%

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

How flashpoint response impacts faculty well-being. natural disasters, life-altering political decisions), especially when they want to reassure faculty that their well-being is top of mind. Flashpoints are climate-related incidents or events that cause disturbances in the community or media. Impact on faculty.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Whitaker), shares his experiences of dealing with dishonor and racism, within his professional settings, when he writes: “In my own experience within the academy, I have also experienced The Look from faculty and staff colleagues. For example, on one occasion a Vice-Provost asked me to share my research agenda at a faculty meeting.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 3, 2023

Their love story didn’t come to fruition until eight years after graduation, when they reunited at a mutual friend’s event. Since we reconnected at that event almost 19 years ago, we’ve been pretty much inseparable.” Eventually, both became Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) leaders.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. Guttman recently institutionalized its Lavender Graduation, a pre-graduation ceremony for LGBTQ students which the president, provost, and members of the faculty attend.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This requires intentionality and assessing all aspects to safeguard what is best about higher education: students, faculty, and staff who are different but learning, disagreeing, and growing for the betterment of society and self.” Dr. Barbara J.

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