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Sonoma State President Placed on Administrative Leave

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mike Lee California State University Sonoma President Dr. Mike Lee was placed on administrative leave after he agreed to protesters’ demands to involve them in university decision-making and pursue divestment from Israel.

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Columbia Administration, Student Organizers Talks Fail

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Columbia University administration leaders and student organizers failed to reach agreement in negotiations that might have included the university’s divestment from Israel. She said the two parties failed “to find a path that would result in the dismantling of the encampment and adherence to University policies going forward.”

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Xavier Mourns Former Administrator, Civil Rights Champion Sybil Haydel Morial

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Sybil Haydel Morial Boston University “Our love and prayers go out to the family of Sybil Haydel Morial,” said Dr. C. Reynold Verret, president of Xavier University of Louisiana. “We She completed her undergraduate studies at Boston University. 4 at age 91. Her gift to all is enduring, and she will be sorely missed.”

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DeSantis Administration Requires Florida State Colleges and Universities to Report Spending on DEI and CRT

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Florida state colleges and universities must report spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and projects and initiatives related to critical race theory (CRT), per orders from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ’s administration, the National Review reported. Ron DeSantis In a Dec. Ron DeSantis In a Dec. The deadline is Jan.

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Demotion of USC Administrator Leads to Accusations of Racism

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The University of Southern California Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy trumpets its dedication to diversity on its website. USC declined to make administrators available for interviews with Diverse. The students who represent that change have come together in Anvarizadeh’s defense.

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A New Way of Looking at Administrative Burdens and Race

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Denisa Gándara, an assistant professor at the University of Texas—Austin, begins on a dispiriting note: although there have been many policy efforts to increase educational opportunity since President Lyndon B. As of 2021, 42% of white people 25 and older had finished a bachelor’s degree, but only 28% of Black people and 21% of Hispanics had.

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After Being Placed on Administrative Leave, Sonoma State President Retires

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mike Lee California State University Sonoma President Dr. Mike Lee retired on Friday after he was placed on administrative leave after he agreed to protesters’ demands to involve them in university decision-making and pursue divestment from Israel. I wish him and his family well.