The Advisor That Cares

MARCH 21, 2025

Leadership team, we need to ensure our teams have adequate time to review student records and resolve transcript, hold, schedule errors, etc., Continued discussions of equity across the unit and the need for uniformity due to stakeholder meetings across campus left the final decision about where to move next-day prep and team lead work time.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Trump's executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, delivering a significant blow to the administrations efforts to curtail such initiatives in federal contracting and higher education. A federal judge has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against President Donald J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

During last Thursday's hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), McMahon addressed concerns about the administration's stance on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in educational institutions. When pressed by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2025

These conflicts have centered on traditional accreditors' standards related to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, as well as their requirements for safeguards designed to limit external political influence in public higher education governance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The conference, themed “ Raising the Bar: Where Excellence and Opportunity Meet ,” is part of the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). White House The 2024 Annual National HBCU Week Conference will commence Sept.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2024

The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) condemned the University of Florida's elimination of its diversity, equity, and inclusion staff. The association is scheduled to meet in Seattle for its annual meeting later this month and the Florida decision will inevitably be at the top of the agenda.

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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. Because several minoritized professors are being hired at once, they are less likely to be tokenized and burdened with extra diversity, equity, and inclusion work. Louis Filmmakers Showcase and is scheduled to screen at the St.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Department of Education (ED) and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) held the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit: Holistic Advising and Wraparound Services in Washington, D.C. Creating data management systems in real time so that staff are trained to use that data and to think about it as an equity tool.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

Colleges need to review academic schedules for barriers with retention. Are schedules designed with student retention in mind? This shift in focus requires a commitment to first generation college students, equity, and inclusion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2023

The first Black woman in the position, she revamped the admissions process to make it more holistic, decreasing the emphasis on GPAs and GREs and adding opportunities for applicants to show their compassion, commitment to health equity, and how their life experiences had shaped them. Maybe that just makes people uncomfortable.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Su Jin Jez, CEO of California Competes, a policy and research organization focused on identifying solutions to the state’s most critical challenges at the intersection of higher education, equity, and the economy, said more consistent and comprehensive data collection will allow researchers to do complex research that will lead to better solutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2023

People before me in leadership positions … and others have been fighting these battles for many years for equity and also for investment in order to grow. “If there’s a role that women’s basketball has played, I think it’s the fact that it spurred more transparent, open and public dialogue around doing what is right with gender equity.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

With this vote, the Board of Trustees has taken an important step to advance diversity, equity and inclusion at CUNY,” said CUNY Board of Trustees Chairperson William C. Matos Rodríguez made the announcement following a recent vote by the CUNY Board of Trustees. The measure is effective starting in 2025. Thompson Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Burt “Aspiring to a career in engineering can be daunting for Black males and a less traveled road they are expected to pave themselves,” said Burt, a UW-Maidson professor of education and director of the Wisconsin Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB). Burt is also a 2019 Diverse Emerging Scholar. “We

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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. For many of them, the school has scheduled a “day of service,” wherein students, faculty, and staff can volunteer in their community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 2, 2024

During the spring semester of 2023, he maintained a rigorous study schedule, dedicating 2 to 3 hours each night to MCAT preparation. This is not just a matter of equity; it’s a matter of quality in healthcare. George also exhibited great dedication in his preparation for the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 18, 2023

Dipayan Banerjee, a fifth-year doctoral student at Georgia Institute of Technology with a passion for teaching, is pursuing research that can have a societal impact regarding logistics and supply chain management as well as equity and fairness in the context of transportation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

There is also training on diversity, equity, and inclusion, featuring modules on implicit bias, intersectionality, and micro and mac ro- aggressions. Schedules are designed to fit working students’ needs, with options for evening, hybrid, and online, synchronous and a synchronous.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Jill Wilson, Northwestern University Dipayan Banerjee, a fifth-year doctoral student at Georgia Institute of Technology with a passion for teaching, is pursuing research that can have a societal impact regarding logistics and supply chain management as well as equity and fairness in the context of transportation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

You probably over-prepare for meetings,” says Dr. Rolanda Johnson, associate dean for equity, diversity and inclusion at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. It's in our professional practice to begin with, to advocate for equity in health care,” says Williams. You’re] constantly analyzing things.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Wisconsin Republicans have demonstrated clear opposition against the Universities of Wisconsin’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. The Board of Regents was scheduled to meet again today in closed session to “deliberate and negotiate funding proposals and matters,” ABC News reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

Now, Mendoza works with approximately 200 undergraduate students who are part of a leadership program, developing content such as educational seminars and programming for them as well as assisting them in scheduling and budgeting for events and activities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

For example, start by having students write an initial draft of their potential college admission essay on the first day of high school and schedule updates with experiences throughout the school years, up until the student submits a completed essay with their college applicaitons. Concerned alumni groups. It must also be a call to action.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Julian Vasquez Heilig Lori Gottschling For Vasquez Heilig—a prominent public policy researcher who has carved out a national reputation both in and outside academic circles for his scholarship on equity and innovation—the pendulum at WMU is swinging in the right direction. Equity has long been a part of Western Michigan University’s DNA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The FAFSA Simplification Act, scheduled to go into effect this year, will cut the number of questions on the notoriously difficult application for federal aid—which is also used in calculations for state and institutional awards—from 108 to 36 for most students. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 24, 2023

Athletes are faced with several barriers to eating well, including limited schedules and insufficient nutritional knowledge, Purdom said. A&T’s Center of Excellence in Integrative Health Disparities and Equity Research. The study was really birthed out of getting the athletes resources,” Cook said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Beck, administrators, faculty, staff, and student leadership have used data and intentional practices to re-center campus culture around an equity-minded student success agenda and solidify strategic direction in closing equity gaps. Intentional course scheduling has played a role in student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Other classes that are part of the education program will now fulfill general education requirements so that students can more easily fit them into their academic schedules. It was an easy decision to make in terms of supporting our own ideals of justice and equity and supporting our students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Several times, Tajrian asked to meet with Alexander, and despite his busy schedule he made time for her. Alexander says one of the most pressing issues in higher education is diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). What things I should be preparing myself for, and honestly it was a lot of emotional support as well.”

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

You can also request formal religious accommodations from the Office of Institutional Equity. Give your roommates a heads-up about your shift in schedule. Make sure to schedule your day accordingly around prayer, studying, and getting sleep. Or maybe even a PILOT session ? Follow @Jhu.ma

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2022

I wanted to be a dean at a college or school of education that mattered.” Michigan State University stuck out right from the start. “As As I looked at the opportunity from an objective standpoint, it, to me, seemed to rise to the top of opportunities because it was a highly regarded college of education,” says Jackson.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Using data can be a catalyst for closing equity gaps. For example, comparing credit accumulation patterns among those who stop out and those who complete can point institutions to interventions like changes to course scheduling or financial aid. As BPS data demonstrate at the national level, data can unearth inequities.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

At NACADA, advisors were most curious about how AI can provide quick answers to students 24/7, provide course recommendations, build schedules, create degree audits, recommend resources on campus, and help with appointment scheduling.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 8, 2023

Observe important equity gaps that would otherwise remain unseen. Schedule a conversation to learn how partnering with Civitas Learning can help your team reach its student success goals. Ready to proactively support your students?

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Scholarship America

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

She stated, “Through empathy, humility, and a dedication to addressing taboo issues, I aspire to contribute to the well-being of individuals and communities, promote health equity, and create positive social change.”

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EAB

JANUARY 20, 2023

Before you begin creating an official policy, ensure you’ve considered the following: 4 takeaways for navigating flexible work policies and space utilization in higher ed To effectively make decisions about flexible work , ensure you first understand stakeholder preferences, equity concerns, space redesign options, and regulatory requirements.

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The University Innovation Alliance

JANUARY 26, 2023

The University Innovation Lab helps equity-driven student success innovators create positive change more effectively – with more clarity, collaboration, and impact. You can join our waitlist here or schedule a 15-minute one-on-one with us to learn more. Talk about a recipe for burnout! We can help. Sound like you?

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