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Paradigm Shift: DEI, Anti-DEI, or Underrepresentation?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2024

This fundamental change reversed thinking about the equal protection clause under the 14th Amendment and galvanized states to reconsider their stance on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In a perfect world, governing boards and leadership demographics would mirror the student population (Higgs, 2014).

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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

With the demise of affirmative action, threats to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI), and policies in higher education there might not be an immediate increase in the number of Black men seeking to enroll in higher education. We know that when the nation focuses on addressing systemic issues Black males can succeed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Afterward, he led economic development efforts for the 1983 World’s Fair where he fought for Black inclusion. In 2000, he was appointed UT System’s vice president of equity and diversity, a role he held until retiring in 2014. He understands the challenges that Black faculty and administrators face at predominantly white institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Afterward, he led economic development efforts for the 1983 World’s Fair where he fought for Black inclusion. In 2000, he was appointed UT System’s vice president of equity and diversity, a role he held until retiring in 2014. He understands the challenges that Black faculty and administrators face at predominantly white institutions.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Forging strategic partnerships Williams’s ability to connect HBCU students to graduate programs caught the attention of Emory University, where he would be recruited in 2014 as the director of Diversity, Community and Recruitment. It’s not easy to do inclusive excellence work in higher education. Our discipline is hard.

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Kudos to Black/Diverse Issues for Four Decades of Truth, Insight, Vision, and Integrity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Black Issues In Higher Education presented a phalanx of stories focused on the lethargic efforts of institutions across the nation, which sent a clear and direct message to the academic community that it was time to live up to the values of inclusivity and fairness that it espoused.

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A State of Affairs, the Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2023

Smalls In a perfect world, governing boards and leadership demographics would mirror the student population (Higgs, 2014). However, research has demonstrated a clear underrepresentation of minority community college trustees (Moltz, 2009) with no progress being made in hiring African American administrators (Levin, Walker et al.,

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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Mount Holyoke is a gender-inclusive women’s college in Massachusetts, one of the historic Seven Sisters, a group of highly selective women’s liberal arts institutions in the Northeast. This is a full-circle moment for me, because Dean Holley was my very first hire as president of Howard in 2014,” said Dr. Wayne A.

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Georgian Court University Boasts Women-Led Majority Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

GCU, located in New Jersey, also has women in other school leadership positions as well, such as director of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives; director of career services, the director of financial aid, and the director of global education. Back in 2014, the number of women deans was just one.

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Scholars of Urban Education Gather for Solutions-Based Conference

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

That's been a requirement for Lewis, the Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Urban Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the executive director of the university's Urban Education Collaborative, the convener of the conference which first launched in 2014. Dr. Chance W. Jamal Watson and included. Jerlando F.

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How strong institutional partnerships serve transfer students well. Reflections on ED’s Raise The Bar Summit

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The new analysis examined federal financial aid recipients who began postsecondary studies at a community college in 2014 and analyzed their transfer-out rates and bachelor’s degree completion outcomes eight years later. Learn how to maximize the impact of the tool and download it here.

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Dear David 2.0: Unmasking the College Board’s Profiteering at Educators’ Expense

The Counseling Geek

MAY 16, 2024

A little background for anyone new or unfamiliar with The College Board The College Board, a major educational “nonprofit” organization in the United States that operates around the world, is perhaps most famously known for its administration of the SAT and Advanced Placement (AP) exams.

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Proactive Student Success Culture Improves Outcomes for All at the University of Cincinnati

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

percentage point increase in overall six-year graduation rates from 2008-2014 a 13.5 percentage point increase in six-year graduation rates for Black students from 2010 to 2014 In addition to consistent enrollment, retention, and graduation gains, UC is closing equity gaps on campus.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

To this end, we provide P-12 educators; college/university faculty, administrators, and staff; and other education stakeholders a blueprint to collaboratively work with Black males through a culturally responsive lens. We acknowledge that more work needs to be done to right the many wrongs imposed on Black males.

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White House HBCU Initiative Announces Ninth Cohort of Scholars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 20, 2023

This year’s cohort is the largest since the program’s start in 2014 and its HBCU participation rate is now over 70%. Our 2023 HBCU Scholars are talented students who embody the culture of excellence and inclusion championed by our nation ’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities,” said U.S. On behalf of the U.S.

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Unpacking the Pillars of Resistance Against DEI Initiatives

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 7, 2024

The political landscape in Florida has recently witnessed some significant developments that pose a serious challenge to efforts aimed at promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at public colleges and universities. Attorney Antonio Moore referred to this concept as the “Decadent Veil” in a 2014 Huffington Post article.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

At the same time, scholars are working around the clock to stave off ongoing anti-DEI legislation that has already taken hold in states like Florida and Texas, where many politicians campaigned against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The administration also implemented a 12-month repayment “on-ramp” from Oct.

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Paradigm Shift: DEI, Anti-DEI, or Underrepresentation?

They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Staying Woke for A Cause

On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Kudos to Black/Diverse Issues for Four Decades of Truth, Insight, Vision, and Integrity

A State of Affairs, the Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees

Mount Holyoke Taps Howard University Law Dean to Lead College

Georgian Court University Boasts Women-Led Majority Leadership

Scholars of Urban Education Gather for Solutions-Based Conference

How strong institutional partnerships serve transfer students well. Reflections on ED’s Raise The Bar Summit

Dear David 2.0: Unmasking the College Board’s Profiteering at Educators’ Expense

Proactive Student Success Culture Improves Outcomes for All at the University of Cincinnati

Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

White House HBCU Initiative Announces Ninth Cohort of Scholars

Unpacking the Pillars of Resistance Against DEI Initiatives

2023 Year in Review

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