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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In his three years there, he created the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community in Emory’s Graduate School and the Emory Diversifying Graduate Education (EDGE) program. It’s not easy to do inclusive excellence work in higher education. which he is expects to defend in 2026 at New York University. Our discipline is hard.

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Dr. Kim Cassidy to Step Down as President of Bryn Mawr College in 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

An expert in psychology, she will return to being faculty in fall 2026 after a two-year sabbatical. In 1993, Cassidy joined Bryn Mawr faculty at the women’s college and served as provost for six years.

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Universities of Wisconsin Regents Reject Deal to Cut Diversity Efforts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wisconsin Republicans have demonstrated clear opposition against the Universities of Wisconsin’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. UW Board of Regents Member Angela Adams The regents’ decision – a close 9-8 vote – came during an Dec. 9 emergency meeting after school leaders had agreed on Dec.

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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Roughly half of the UC Davis School of Medicine’s class of 2026 represent minoritized populations. Dr. David Acosta, chief diversity and inclusion officer at the AAMC, says achievements like this in California and other states demonstrate how other medical school programs can continue to build diverse classes while complying with the law.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Throughout the association’s existence, Black AERA presidents have steadily pushed for more inclusivity and to urge panel sessions that focused on racial inequities and racism within the field. That was that if you get inside the door, your job is to hold it open for somebody else.” Dr. Maisha T.

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Male Resource Centers Promote Success Among Men of Color

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is a goal to bring the three-year graduation rate to 40% by Fall 2026. “A There is also concern that, with the recent attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion, some of these centers will face additional scrutiny. While some had difficulty getting funding for a center, he’s recently seen a shift.

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OER24 keynote resources – The future isn’t what it used to be: Open education at a crossroads

Catherine Cronin

Leverage resources Keep banging the OE drum Educate others in OE Advocate for open. Rebel against data and currency thieves.