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It is this quality experience that learners courting and attending our community colleges expect to receive, and failure to provide will lead to continuous declines in enrollment and confidence in higher education. These historical progressions made the relationship between college access and inclusiveness symbiotic.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

These challenges encompass implicit bias, restricted access to high-quality STEM education, cultural expectations, and socioeconomic disadvantages. The Role of Mentorship in STEM Success Numerous minoritized students, especially Black students, face intricate obstacles in higher education, particularly in pursuing STEM fields.

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OCTOBER 22, 2023

In our quest for a more equitable and inclusive world, we often discuss diversity and equality. But we must not overlook the equally vital aspects of accessibility and belonging. These twin pillars are indispensable in the pursuit of true diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). These are indeed crucial elements of the equation.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2025

The policy change, signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis, marks a significant shift in the state's approach to higher education access for Dreamers. The Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, through its Director of Policy and Strategy Diego Snchez, points to concerning workforce implications.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Joy Gaston Gayles opened the 47th annual conference for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Las Vegas with a call to disrupt the systemic oppression keeping marginalized populations from accessing higher education and burning out academics working toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion. “If

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MARCH 31, 2025

College and university administrators should be strategic about how they respond to government attempts to root out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI) on campus. Thats what a bevy of scholars told attendees who gathered at the annual conference of the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education.

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MAY 21, 2024

As diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts have come under attack, I wonder if higher education leaders shouldn’t begin to evolve the concept before policymakers strip away every tool we have to provide supports for students of color. Instead of focusing on inclusion, perhaps we should be talking about integration.

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JULY 25, 2024

The recently released "Project 2025: The Conservative Promise" paints a dystopian picture of American higher education, overrun by a "woke" ideology that supposedly threatens our nation's very foundations. The document's authors misrepresent the origins of progressive thought in education.

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JANUARY 26, 2025

A nationally recognized expert on African American males, Moore has had a distinguished career in higher education as a researcher and a champion for diversityboth in his work at the National Science Foundation and at OSU. Benjamin Elijah Maysthe former president of Morehouse Collegeas a model for excellence.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Cruzado, who will assume the role on July 1, brings a deeply personal connection to the land-grant university mission, having begun her higher education journey as a first-generation college student at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagez. APLU is a champion of that message."

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JUNE 20, 2024

The immediate losses as a result of continued and strategic legislative attacks against diversity, equity, and inclusion work are staggering: reduced funding for offices, the elimination of staff, diluted support for students, and the dismantling of progress made over the past 60 years to support students, faculty, and staff and move the U.S.

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JANUARY 26, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, University of Oklahoma Age: 38 Education: B.S., Student Affairs and Higher Education, Indiana State University; Ph.D., Business Marketing, Albany State University; MBA.,

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MARCH 12, 2025

Patterson, a native of Corinth, Mississippi, brings 25 years of higher education experience to Murray State, with particular expertise in enrollment management, diversity and inclusion, and strategic planning. Leon Owens, chair of Murray State's Board of Regents, expressed enthusiasm about the appointment.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

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. Our higher education institutions must reflect this reality and prepare students for the world they will inherit.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS—Amid the ongoing attacks to higher education, experts who study the field are gathering this week to debate and respond to the growing political challenges that have impacted colleges and universities. asked Martínez-Alemán, who is also an associate dean for faculty & academic affairs at Boston College.

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APRIL 26, 2024

White At a time when colleges, universities, and their leaders are questioned about how they contribute to students’ futures, it is critical to remember that one of the most essential missions of higher education is building civic bridges and educating engaged citizens.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

I didn’t understand why everybody didn’t have access. And I was determined to have access,” says Williams. I made sure everyone had access, especially my Black classmates and friends,” says Williams. Tapping into access became a deliberate decision. He became what he calls “a student for everybody.” “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This is so much more than a traditional real estate project or campus housing development—it’s a statement about what higher education can be for all of us – those who attend our schools and those who do not,” said Dr. Michael J. PQC is the only minority-serving, federally recognized Work College in the nation. Our work with the T.D.

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JANUARY 6, 2025

As dean at both CUNY School of Law and previously at Western New England University School of Law, Setty has demonstrated a strong commitment to social justice and expanding access to legal education. Law schools and higher education face enormous challenges and opportunities," Setty said.

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JULY 29, 2024

leaving chief diversity officers (CDOs) in higher education feeling embattled and uncertain about their futures. My colleagues in the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education increasingly share stories of shuttered diversity offices, reassignments, and career upheavals. Dr. Harrison Davis, Jr.

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APRIL 4, 2024

American higher education is called upon to serve a variety of purposes: advancement of knowledge, expansion of cultural appreciation, extending understanding of societal benefits and obligations, and preparing a diversity of students with the skills they need for a successful and rewarding life. Dr. George R. Hoang, H.,

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DECEMBER 8, 2024

Supreme Court struck down race-consciousness in college admissions upending four decades of precedent and reshaping the landscape of higher education (Edelman, 2023, par. Expanding the definition of diversity to include diversity of opinion may elicit honest conversations and intentional/inclusive strategies.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Incoming transfer students can enroll in courses early to guarantee that they have access to coursework. Santiago and Sarita E.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

Nearly twenty years later, Patterson-Stephens returned to her alma mater in 2021 to become CMU’s Vice President for Inclusive Excellence and Belonging after honing her leadership skills at several other colleges and universities across the nation. She is the first Black woman to ever serve as a vice president at the university.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Hollis will become associate dean for access, equity, and inclusion in the Penn State College of Education, effective Aug. Dr. Leah P. I chose Penn State because of the dean and the wonderful colleagues I met during my visit,” Hollis said. “I

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MARCH 13, 2024

Shawna Patterson-Stephens, Vice President for Inclusive Excellence and Belonging at Central Michigan University, received the Bobby E. Leach Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion award on Tuesday from NASPA, the association representing student affairs professionals. The Bobby E.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

In 2020, at the height of the COVID pandemic, most higher education institutions opted to eliminate the requirement that applicants submit standardized test scores such as the ACT and SAT. Dr. Suzanne M. Only about 40 percent do. Dr. Suzanne M. Rivera is president of Macalester College in St.

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MAY 9, 2024

A new study measures “return on investment” in California higher education for low- and moderate-income learners and analyzes whether they can quickly recoup their costs of attending. The report seeks to inform the state and nation’s approach to ensuring that higher education delivers on its promise for students of all backgrounds.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

Saenz said that overinterpretation of the law’s restriction pulled other equitizing measures in higher education into question, like affinity groups and ethnic studies courses. The proposition had what Saenz called a “chilling effect” that prevented other, equitizing steps from being taken in higher education in the state.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As such, this global movement has forced us to revisit what and how topics and issues are taught in Pre-K-12 and higher education courses; as such, it has forced us to confront the sources of white supremacy, intolerance, and anti-Blackness and hate based on race and ethnicity. How do we do this?

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FEBRUARY 5, 2025

As chief executive officers in the California community college system, we embarked upon the topic of STEM out of an acute awareness of the lack of Dr. Lennor Johnson opportunities available to disproportionately impacted communities, and a shared commitment to forging increased pathways for those with the least access.

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MARCH 12, 2025

I intentionally mentor others, helping them navigate the challenges of higher education leadership and empowering them to take ownership of their journeys. These experiences have given me a unique lens through which I approach leadership, prioritizing equity, access, and the holistic well-being of our students.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Danielle Lopez has been appointed the inaugural director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) for Accessibility Services at Hudson County Community College (HCCC). She will lead and support our accessibility and accommodation programs for students and employees.

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MARCH 16, 2023

Implementing the strategies promoted in the report and discussed in the webinar will help students receive tailored support, and give institutions the ability to better care for diverse student populations who are often not well served in higher education — a major step towards equity in the field of higher education.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

We serve Midland, Michigan, Saginaw, and Bay City, and we actually are trying to embrace the real, full concept of equity,” says Gavin, who is the author of T he New White Nationalism in Politics and Higher Education: The Nostalgia Spectrum. “So So that was like a priority for me right coming in.”

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

"Our goal is to not only prepare skilled leaders for the superintendency, but also to help increase the diversity of those leaders, which is vital for creating equitable, inclusive school systems nationwide," said Southern University A&M College Chancellor John K. The benefits are far-reaching."

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Jennifer Collins “I am grateful to have the opportunity to engage with other colleges and universities dedicated to expanding access and opportunity,” said Rhodes College President Dr. Jennifer Collins. Rhodes College has announced its membership to the American Talent Initiative (ATI) collective.

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