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Dr. Kathy E. Johnson, University of New Orleans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Johnson has more than 30 years of higher education experience as a faculty member, researcher and administrator. She is currently the president of the University of New Orleans.

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CUNY’s Black Male Initiative Marks 20 Years of Success Amid National DEI Pushbacks

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Black Male Initiative (BMI) officially began in 2005, when the New York City Council approved funding for BMI throughout the whole of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, 25 institutions in total. CUNY is a public university [system], and Im a public servant. Since then, the program has spread to all but one CUNY campus.

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Dr. Gary G. Bennett Appointed Dean of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences at Duke University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bennett will become dean of Duke University’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, effective Feb. Bennett Bennett, a behavioral scientist, is currently vice provost for undergraduate education and professor of psychology & neuroscience, global health, and medicine at Duke. Dr. Gary G.

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How to Build a Sustainable Model for Student Equity and Increase Student Success

EAB

With this in mind, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte decided to evaluate its institutional policies through an equity lens using EAB’s 360-Degree Student Equity Audit. It consists of faculty, undergraduate, and graduate student subcommittees to fully capture a university-wide lens. Ready to find out more? Learn more.

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The Transformational Power of Higher Education

The University Innovation Alliance

There is some bureaucracy to running a university. That's a different paradigm than universities typically operate under. That experience helped me really get in touch with my own feelings, how I felt about our campus and how valuable it is, and then think about what is it that makes a university. Faculty is a leadership role.

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Setting the Tone in DEI, Accessibility Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Following up plans for educational access and equity with actions has become the hallmark of Grand Valley State University, which has a statewide presence in Michigan. Bernal, chief of staff to the president and vice president for inclusion and equity. After the death of George Floyd in 2020, Dr. Philomena V.

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After Settlement with Howard University, Students Call for Sweeping Changes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Getting into Howard University was a dream come true for Durmerrick Ross. Howard University. Ross eventually brought suit against the university, which settled with him in October 2023. Dr. Milton Fuentes, associate chair for undergraduate education and professor of psychology at Montclair State University, New Jersey.