Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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.

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A new Center for Inclusive Excellence and Belonging is being established to foster understanding and harness systemwide resources across 25 CUNY campuses. Thompson To combat hate, the center will also oversee training and strengthen reporting and policy aims to bring consistency and accountability. Thompson Jr.,

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

As colleges and universities begin to feel the pain of budget deficits, reduced student enrollments, rollbacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, questions of bloated administrations, and the like, it is essential to remember what your responsibility is and what is not. At the top of 2025, the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

My computational chemistry laboratory has benefitted from our twinned focus on data and inclusion and serves as a case study for how access to meaningful research opportunities encourages people from all backgrounds to pursue data-related careers. UR is a research-intensive, predominately undergraduate, predominately white institution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2025

Her appointment comes at a crucial time for public higher education, as institutions nationwide grapple with questions of access, affordability, and inclusion. "I've seen firsthand the life-changing opportunity our public universities provide to their students, their communities, the country, and the world." She holds a Ph.D.

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JANUARY 2, 2023

Wayne State University has received $6 million for a cluster hire program to recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create a Black Studies center. We are committed to building a much more inclusive public research university that better reflects and serves our city, state and nation. Roy Wilson, President of Wayne State. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Ford is a Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University Boykins Afro-centric framework offers so much relative to correcting these inequities and ending/disrupting instructional violence. The time for solutions is long overdue. Dr. Donna Y.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

Find your people, learn how to support them, and let them support you when you need it too.” Human interaction is at the center of Dr. Melva Treviño Peña’s work. Treviño Peña, an assistant professor in the department, describes herself as a human geographer, ethnographer, and social scientist.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Jonelle Knox When I reviewed the question posed to me about [re]engaging the college community, I started thinking about a missed opportunity that many colleges and university leaders are not taking advantage of; the collaboration of student affairs and human resources to create [re]engagement activities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The pressures faced by those of us whose work intersects with race, gender, history, human rights, feels like a modern form of exile. For these scholars, exile, though certainly not wanted, meant freedom to examine, critique, and resist, which they could not have achieved had they remained under the thumb of totalitarianism.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2023

LGBTQ+ civil rights organization The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) will expand its work to combat HIV and its surrounding societal effects using a $5 million grant from biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences, Inc.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Joy Gaston Gayles will become head of the NC State College of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development (ELPHD), effective Jul. She was the 2022 President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE).

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

She is also a professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance. Founded in 2006, AABHE empowers Black educators, administrators, and scholars through leadership development, networking opportunities, and advocacy for inclusive policies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2024

As a scholar, leader, and DEI champion, Dr. Chris Metzler continuously illuminated our path toward a more inclusive future in which all voices are welcomed and valued,” said Dr. Edna Chun, vice chair of the LEAD Fund, a national not-for-profit organization founded in 2014 and styled as a “Think and Do Tank.” Dr. Christopher A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Ariella Robbins is Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Villanova University, a post she has held since November 2024. Robbins also established Employee Resource Groups to provide support and engagement to faculty and staff.

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Student Minds

JANUARY 13, 2025

He shares tips for coping and encourages students to connect, support each other, and create a more inclusive environment. Loneliness is a deeply human emotion, and acknowledging it is the first step toward overcoming it. A Shared Journey Loneliness is a common experience that doesnt define you but reminds you that youre human.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2023

To advance equitable policies that are grounded in education is to understand the full humanity of people,” she said. “It If we can get this work done right, through humanizing collective frameworks that just see the beauty in human beings. It is to understand who people are, people's dreams and hopes, [and] what people want.”

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MARCH 22, 2023

degree in Human Services, Social Justice Advocacy. “We We provide an education for a diverse group of people, and many of them are part of groups that have been experiencing social injustices,” said Dr. Denise Rossilli, an associate professor and coordinator of the human services program at HCCC. “We HCCC is not alone.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 12, 2024

I had an immediate epiphany: How timely Banks’ book is in these most troubling anti-EDI times (EDI - Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) I must not only continue to proactively teach my students the goals of multicultural education, but I must also remind larger audiences. Banks’ An Introduction to Multicultural Education. Dr. Donna Y.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

One line resonated deeply with me: "When you deny a voice, you deny humanity." These students are stripped of their humanity and forced into subservience to a white-dominated ideology. We must create inclusive environments where students from diverse backgrounds feel valued and heard.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Jia Osiel “Jia will support ATD in becoming a more equitable, inclusive and high performing non-profit modeling the expectations we hold for our colleges,” said Dr. Karen A. Jia Osiel will become Achieving the Dream’s (ATD) chief talent and equity officer. Stout, president and CEO of ATD. “Her

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Kristina Londy Kristina Londy has been named director of student success and inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, California.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Ford, a Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University, says she is impressed by Leyva’s scholarly productivity, noting that his research addresses important gaps in STEM educational research and literature. One of Leyva’s active research projects is Transformative Inclusion in Postsecondary STEM (TIPS).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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). I am very happy to be a part of Hudson County Community College, where diversity, equity, and inclusion is valued and lived,” said Lopez. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

I adore this human, who started life at barely 4 lbs and has emerged into a thoughtful, sensitive man with a love for soccer and his long-term girlfriend. Making the college search human-centered sounds idealistic, and maybe it is. There’s no way around it.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2024

The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) condemned the University of Florida's elimination of its diversity, equity, and inclusion staff. The University of Florida is--and will always be--unwavering in our commitment to university human dignity," the memo read. "

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

Supreme Court to hear from a slate of speakers — students, educators, parents, artists, and leaders civil and human rights organizations like National Urban League President Marc Morial and Kimberlé Crenshaw, cofounder and executive director of African American Policy Forum and a law professor at UCLA and Columbia University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This leadership position enables her to further her commitment to inclusive excellence. The chance to work with the community to form a culture that exudes belonging and inclusion was irresistible.” At the latter, she was the founding dean of the College of Health Sciences and Human Services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

Institutions use algorithms to predict college success, admissions, allocation for financial aid, inclusion in student success programs, recruitment, and many more tasks. They need to be aware that algorithms can be biased and unfair because of bias in the history, data. All the algorithms can see and learn,” said Anahideh. It becomes biased.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

This achievement reflects our ongoing commitment to cultivating an inclusive and supportive environment for all students, and we remain dedicated to their success and well-being.” Tim Karas, Mendocino's president.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2023

Army, I enrolled at the University of the District of Columbia, earned a doctorate from Harvard University, and embarked on a career in which I founded and led 20 education and human services organizations. Dr. Thomas Stewart is Executive Vice President for Social Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at National University

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Wayne State University has received $6 million to recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create a Black studies center.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Affirming Multivocal Humanities is an initiative that champions the insightful scholarship and teaching taking place in these disciplines — those that are too often undervalued and even undermined in American society today,” said Mellon Foundation President Dr. Matos Rodríguez.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

“The opening of the Center of Excellence for Social Justice marks a pivotal step in our ongoing commitment to cultivating a fair and inclusive society,” said Dr. Frances Ward-Johnson, dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Dr. Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer, associate provost for equity and inclusion, and coordinator of the new DEI certificate program at Muhlenberg College. Dr. Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer and associate provost for equity and inclusion at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa.,

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MARCH 24, 2023

Previously, she was associate dean for academic affairs and chair of the Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion at Washington and Lee. She has also been awarded the Lewis Prize for Excellence in Legal Scholarship and the Ethan Allen Faculty Award for Scholarship.

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