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A federal judge in New Hampshire delivered a significant legal victory Thursday for proponents of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in education by granting a preliminary injunction against the U.S.

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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. Heath urged program administrators to study the legislative efforts to curtail DEI on campus before they make any changes. Now its just The Center.

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MARCH 19, 2025

The report, Equity and Emergency: COVID-19 Relief Funding at Historically and Predominantly Black Community Colleges in the South, examines how 39 institutions across 10 Southern states utilized Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) allocations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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MARCH 6, 2025

Johnson has more than 30 years of higher education experience as a faculty member, researcher and administrator. Johnson is deeply involved with a number of national organizations, including Complete College America, the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities, and the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The two-year project — supported by a grant from Lumina Foundation — builds on campus work initiated through AAC&U’s Curriculum-to-Career Innovations Institute. A central goal of the resulting curriculum-to-career models will be to advance equity within student outcomes, evaluation, professional learning, and partnerships.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

As an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies (ELPS) and coordinator of the college student personnel program at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she is working to achieve that goal with her scholarship and her administrative responsibilities.

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JUNE 26, 2023

The workgroup, made up of 16 administrators from across the CSU system, was led by Dr. Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval, president of Fresno State, and Dr. Thomas Parham, president of CSU Dominguez Hills. The report drew praise from higher ed equity experts. “It It is monumental,” said Dr. Shaun R.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. Over the past eight years, Parnell secured over $22 million in grant funding, represented NASPA through service to over 20 organizations including the U.S.

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MARCH 6, 2025

With over 25 years of administrative, research, and teaching experience in various higher education settings, Vega transitioned to academia as a faculty member and has significantly contributed to the Master of Arts in Higher Education program at Montclair State University since 2017. Vega earned her Ed.D.

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JANUARY 21, 2025

With the reinstatement of Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated students in July 2023, approximately 760,000 incarcerated people can have college dreams. Perkins , assistant Vice President of Student Empowerment and Equity Initiative at CCP, we must remember We have always been the change we seek.

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MARCH 29, 2023

million grant from the Andrew W. He spoke to an audience of AUC students, administrators, and fellow physicians about what society can do differently in mental health. Kimbrough , Interim Executive Director for BMRI, wants the symposium to dive deeply into mental health and how it affects Black men and their communities. and James L.

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MAY 22, 2024

Supreme Court decision that outlawed segregation in public schools, was held to assess the state of Black education in 1954 and to measure the ongoing challenges to education equity over the past seven decades. Grant Foundation, Leaning Policy Institute (LPI), and the National Urban League.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Current standards benefit traditional career paths and do not place an emphasis on experience in equity. Eighty percent of presidents hold a doctoral degree and served in an executive administrative role prior to their current presidency. Less than one third identify as women, and the majority of those women are white.

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MAY 20, 2024

This report is timely for everyone involved in higher education — administrators, researchers, policymakers. It allows us to examine the current state of race and ethnicity in higher education and strive to bridge these equity gaps.” This data is right in front of our face, and we have to decide where in higher education we want to go?"

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

There is also training on diversity, equity, and inclusion, featuring modules on implicit bias, intersectionality, and micro and mac ro- aggressions. And thanks to a grant from Sound Transit, tuition, normally $5,000, is waived. The first cohort gra duated in fall 2021. But creating the program was not easy.

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MARCH 26, 2024

And my equity journey continues. But my longtime concerns for him as a parent have grown more severe in today’s anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion climate. Thirteen positions, 15 administrative appointments for faculty, the chief diversity officer role, and DEI contracts with outside vendors — ALL GONE. Dr. Susan D.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

She says she often asks herself: “How do we create equity and justice in these spaces that I occupy, where I know first-hand that equity and justice are absent?” From that sense of urgency, Vassar created CBCE to allow educators to learn from and support each other to advance equity and justice for Black children.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Pierre, a seasoned legal scholar, had been serving the Southern University Law Center in numerous roles since 1990, first as a faculty member and then as an administrator. With the attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion within higher education, HBCUs are “even more relevant and important today,” he says.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

Addressing the need Queensborough Community College (QCC), a two-year institution in the City University of New York system, conducted an equity audit that showed there were retention and graduation disparities for male students overall, with Black and Latinx male students disproportionately impacted. Dr. Roderick L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Even at private nonprofit doctorate-granting universities, the most gated in the nation, 18% of students experience food insecurity. It is also essential because a diverse community of faculty, administrators, advocates, students, think tanks, and state legislatures, and even the U.S. Government Accountability Office, demands it.

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APRIL 2, 2023

Also, ensuring that there’s equity in the experiences of our students. This involves foundations with equity missions similar to those of the colleges. Lee said there is concern of funds from Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), CARES Act, and other federal stimulus funds ending.

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APRIL 5, 2024

PCC’s Community Excellence Grants program allows faculty, staff, and students to propose ideas in service of the school, its diverse campus, and its nearby communities. According to the college, the internal grant awards total approximately $1 million a year. PCC is a place where we have a lot of creative thinking,” Boekelheide says.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Interim Provost Dr. Rani Roy says the school has already applied for two HSI grants and will find out in October whether they’ve been accepted. There is power in being a role model, he says, and that’s why he wants to make sure undergrads and graduates can see themselves represented in Lehman faculty, staff, and administration.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Approximately 49% are Pell Grant eligible or have first-generation, low-income backgrounds. From 2018 to 2023, Latinx staff representation increased from 33% to 38%, and administrator representation increased from 17% to 25%, respectively. “We Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino. Dr. Erika D.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. Justice and equity are driving forces in most everything I do.” After earning tenure, Byrne began taking on administrative roles, one which notably put her in direct contact with Macaulay Honors College. Upon completion of her Ph.D.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

The money for the program comes from congressionally directed funds that the SVMC received through the Health Resources and Services Administration. Giving a student a grant of $3,500 for living expenses is money out the door. CCV and SVMC anticipate funding 8-10 applicants. The second tranche led to the partnership with CCV.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. noted they received unfair treatment from school administrators. of LGBTQ people experienced bullying, harassment, or assault at college, compared to 18.9% About 45.5%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2024

Established in 1992, this federal designation is granted to institutions with an enrollment that consists of at least 25% Hispanic students. I did not see myself reflected in the curriculum, my professors, or the administration. There are currently nearly 600 HSIs across the country. of enrollment. My story is a familiar one even now.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Her career as a teacher and an administrator spans middle school, high school, and now higher education. López — the daughter of immigrants — says the land-grant university was a promising choice, given its scholars and proximity to the U.S.-Mexico Through and through. Dr. Ruth M. Dr. Ruth M.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

“The fact that we had an increase of 3% last year, we don’t take that for granted.” Montgomery—an accomplished economist who served in the Clinton and Obama administrations—is African American. “Now Equity has long been a part of Western Michigan University’s DNA. The school’s president, Dr. Edward B.

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MARCH 28, 2024

Kelley’s notion of the “ Freedom Dream ,” an invitation to imagine an educational space that is grounded in racial equity, social justice, and collective liberation. We need to double what we offer for Pell Grants. The demographics of our faculty, staff, and administrators reflect the student population we serve.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Completion Grants: Innovative Financial Aid for Today's Students. Completion Grants. In 2021, we published our Completion Grants Playbook , and our CEO Bridget Burns joined the Chronicle's Assistant Managing Editor Ian Wilhelm to co-host this virtual conversation about helping under-resourced students complete their degrees. .

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

MSU’s designation as a land-grant institution resonated with Jackson, who had spent much of his academic career working and studying at land-grant institutions. It reminded me of that feel, touch, and access that land-grant schools provide and that it’s a pride point for Michigan State.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

While there are many undergraduates and graduate students aiming for careers in banking or finance, there are also entrepreneurs, innovators, people interested in hospital administration, and others seeking positions at nonprofit organizations. We take a look at institutions that have excelled at graduating a diverse student base.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Examples of possible careers in the field include nursing home administrators and health quality managers, according to Ongeri. Addressing health disparities means addressing access to healthcare equity,” she continues. It includes an internship at a healthcare facility. We’re diversifying the healthcare workforce.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The grant award will be used to fund Scholarship America’s ambitious data insights project, unifying large data repositories and applying analytics and visualization for deep, detailed, and actionable insights. Since it was founded in 1958, Scholarship America has distributed $5.1

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OCTOBER 1, 2023

million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). California State University offers programs such as Chico’s Gradu- ate Equity Fellowship Program to help students explore whether to pursue a doctorate degree. It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68

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