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The Erosion of DEI in Higher Education: A Threat to Progress and National Strength

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a first-generation college student, a Black woman, and the child of immigrants, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education. This transformation in thinking appears to be precisely what some conservative groups fear. A study by Martínez et al.

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Seven Best Practices in 40 years of Reporting on Diversity in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

14, 2003) While there is no shortage of higher education news outlets, none has covered two-year and four-year colleges and universities and their efforts to promote equity and inclusivity quite like this one. (“From Opening Doors to Opening Minds,” Aug. White House Honoree, Jan. 5, 2012).

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Ivy League to Become Collegiate Outlier in Top Women Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He said Columbia seriously considered female candidates prior to the hiring of outgoing President Lee Bollinger in 2002. McCaughey noted that Harvard, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania have had women presidents dating back more than two decades.

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Higher Education’s Moment: Religious, Secular, and Spiritual Equity

Supporting Student Success

This next decade of the 21 st century offers a timely opportunity for higher education to reconsider its approach to this often-misunderstood area of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We as authors encourage reconsideration of outdated terms and a movement toward the inclusive “RSSIs.” A Critical Framework for RSSI Equity.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

2011; Meyer, 2015) Human rights protections and equitable legal recognition / protections for identity representation and full inclusion; and, Cultural identity, connection to language & land within Indigenous communities (Kirmayer et al., These community resilience factors include: Community connection and support (Wexler et al.,

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New Leadership Carries the University Forward

The University Innovation Alliance

Inclusive Excellence in Our Universities As the leader of a highly regarded public research university, President Sheares Ashby recognizes her role as a pathfinder for higher education: "Trying to help define and move forward inclusive excellence is everything for me. And so, inclusive excellence means everything.