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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. Use your platform to champion diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within your university. A study by Martínez et al.

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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. The other thing is we lay a lot of things at the feet of the president — the successes and the failures,” she said. The reality is that leadership at an institution is a team of people.

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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. Beyond language, of course, RSSI equity must be addressed through institutional policies and practices, as well as research and theory development.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

The graphic below summarizes promising priorities for institutional action to promote wellbeing, equity and learning among marginalized sociodemographic groups in postsecondary education. Within student affairs, representation in programming offered (e.g. Shifting Cultures: Broad Awareness. Increasing Representation.

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Choosing or Dumping Harvard?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2002, when the applicant pool was 19,605, the acceptance rate was 10.5 Instead of a stupid lawsuit poised to set up even more roadblocks to racial equity in higher ed, maybe we should focus on making all schools the equal of the Ivies. The only thing that’s changed has been the enormous applicant pool.