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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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From Crisis to Solutions: Global Conference Charts New Course for Urban Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

CANCUN—What started off in 2014 as a simple idea, has blossomed into a major convening, drawing more than 700 educators from K-12 school districts and colleges and universities together to strategize and share best practices on how to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing urban schools around the globe. Dr. Chance W.

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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

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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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Robinson later returned to the University of Tennessee, initially as a political science lecturer.

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Robinson later returned to the University of Tennessee, initially as a political science lecturer.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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

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.