Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Last May, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Board of Governors voted to eliminate all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices. He's earned degrees from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and the University of Oregon, where he obtained his Ph.D. million in spending cuts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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Its part of wayfinding signage at University of Washington and LeMoyne-Owen College. A landing page for student-facing websites at University of Michigan and Amherst College, just to name a few. Its a cabinet-level position at Belmont University, Harvard University, and University of Massachusetts Boston.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

By now many people have read the recent article by the New York Times that critically examines the state of DEI at the University of Michigan. This article prompted other criticisms against the University of Michigan’s DEI initiatives in media outlets including the New York Post and USA Today and follows other attacks.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2025

Bob Jackson Murray State University, located in Kentucky, has appointed Dr. Ron K. 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. Patterson as its 15th president.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Originally established to exclude certain populations of students, legacy admissions provides a significant boost to children of ultrawealthy families who apply to elite institutions. million students — are parents of dependent children. I know these things because I was a child of student-parents.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Positions such as data scientists, medical and health service managers, physician assistants, and epidemiologists highlight the immense potential need for students entering these fields. Similarly, Hispanic students earned 12% of STEM bachelors degrees, despite comprising 15% of all bachelors degree recipients (Pew Research Center).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Since witnessing this, Gavin has spent his career working towards reducing inequities for historically marginalized students. Dr. Michael Gavin Delta College is a two-year public community college in University Center, Michigan. Do they support all our students from all backgrounds that our students come from?”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In the fall of 2018, I was a student organizer for affirmative action and one of eight alumni who took the federal witness stand in the lawsuit Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), Inc. Students and alumni fought to voice the importance of race-conscious policies, campus diversity, and solidarity among communities of color.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Social media has become a battlefield of ideas, a forum for activism, and, increasingly, a source of stress for students of color. Todays heightened scrutiny of social and racial justice initiatives adds to the challenges Black students face in navigating both online spaces and higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

million students enrolled in colleges and universities. 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. Gloria Ladson-Billings.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

As issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion continue to be at the forefront of educational discourse, Kizarts contribution stands out for its practical approach to understanding and counteracting specific biases that often undermine well-intentioned equity efforts. The books greatest strength lies in its practicality.

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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. Chancler spoke of how various programs and initiatives at her university have been rebranded in the wake of efforts to push DEI out of higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Department of Educational Leadership, College for Education and Engaged Learning, Montclair State University Tenured: No Age: 37 Education: B.A., Psychology, San Diego State University; M.A., Higher and Postsecondary Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; Ph.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2025

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. The Department of Education has not issued a public response to the court's decision.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2024

This fundamental change reversed thinking about the equal protection clause under the 14th Amendment and galvanized states to reconsider their stance on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In a perfect world, governing boards and leadership demographics would mirror the student population (Higgs, 2014). Dr. Carl B. Dr. Terry A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Eight community college students from across the globe have been named 2025 DREAM Scholars by Achieving the Dream (ATD), marking a diverse cohort that Dr. Karen A. The program also welcomes its first South African scholar, Bradley Gawie from Central University of Technology in Bloemfontein.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

Now, with her sights set on attending a university, the question was which one, and how much money would they offer Patterson-Stephens so that she could attend? “I She is the first Black woman to ever serve as a vice president at the university. Many of those families still live here,” says Patterson-Stephens of the Black alumni.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

She is currently the president of the University of New Orleans. She has a record of achievement in a number of areas including student success, enrollment management, faculty development, research, academic program quality, strategic initiatives and partnerships, equity and inclusion, and fundraising.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2024

We are asking today’s college students to go a long way to become the leaders the world needs. We do that by gathering diverse, inclusive communities where all feel supported and encouraged to share different views and perspectives. They come to college after years of pandemic-related interruptions to their lives and education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

Title: Assistant Professor, Womens Health Occupational Therapist, University of St. As a professor, she prepares health science students to address systemic inequities through empathy, understanding occupational injustices, and recognizing how power dynamics shape healthcare outcomes. Dr. Arlenys Loffredo at the University of St.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2024

INDIANAPOLIS — Despite the growing diversity at higher education institutions across the nation, too many student-athletes still find that they’re the “first” or the “only one” on their team or in their department. That topic was among many issues discussed Thursday at the NCAA Inclusion Forum.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

The NCAA kicked off its annual Inclusion Forum on Wednesday, with a guest appearance by Dawn Staley, head coach of the University of South Carolina's women's basketball team. Educational programming focuses on each of the inclusion's five core areas of disability, international, LGBTQ, race/ethnicity and women.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

CANCUN—What started off in 2014 as a simple idea, has blossomed into a major convening, drawing more than 700 educators from K-12 school districts and colleges and universities together to strategize and share best practices on how to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing urban schools around the globe. State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2025

Jamal Watson, Professor Trinity Washington University, Executive Editor of Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Panelists: Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Distinguished Professor, Vanderbilt University Dr. Christina Greer, Associate Professor, Fordham University, Dr. Annette Gordon Reed, Professor, Harvard University Natasha S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 26, 2025

25, Moorea Distinguished Professor of Urban Education at The Ohio State University (OSU) and executive director of the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Centerwas awarded the Order of the Palmetto South Carolinas highest civilian honor established in 1971. Moore III trailblazers whose influence shaped his path to distinction.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. There must be deliberate and continuous assessment to identify and implement strategies that improve Latino student achievement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2025

Colleges and universities across the country are preparing to celebrate the legacy of a civil rights icon who championed integration and transformed Americas Rev. In fact, some college leaders say that with the continued attack on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, now is the time more than ever to remember Kings contributions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2025

Chavous, currently vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at the University of Michigan, brings more than 25 years of experience as a scholar, researcher, and academic administrator to the position. "At Chavous will become its new executive director, effective August 11, 2025, replacing Dr. Felice J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

This downgrade is not an isolated incident; instead, it is the culmination of destabilizing factors, including funding cuts and the dismantling of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, which are transforming the environment surrounding U.S. higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

Milwaukee Area Technical College's inaugural vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion has filed a federal lawsuit against the institution, alleging retaliatory termination after she reported racial and disability discrimination concerns. Martin has since retired, and the college is now led by President Anthony Cruz, who is Hispanic.

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MARCH 6, 2025

Jenkins has worked in higher education for 25 years serving several campuses across the country including Penn State University, Semester at Sea, George Mason University, and the University of Hawaii. Jenkins currently serves as Associate Provost for Faculty Development at the University of South Carolina.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2025

Montana State University President Waded Cruzado has been named the next president of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), marking a Dr. Waded Cruzado historic appointment as she becomes the first Latina to lead the organization.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Williams’s parents had met during their time at Southern and A&M College, a historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Williams was raised Catholic and attended private institutions—he was often the only Black student in his class, or one of the few. Tapping into access became a deliberate decision.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Many, if not most, of our students will be working in a field impacted by data and its quantitative, computational analysis. Students pursuing careers in all sectors will benefit from data skills. We have also developed programs to recruit and retain students interested in science.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 6, 2025

Setty, who currently serves as dean of the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law, will bring her extensive experience in legal education and commitment to diversity to the organization. We must collectively do more to support those who have been historically excluded from leadership roles," she said.

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Student Minds

JANUARY 13, 2025

William discusses the common experience of loneliness at university, emphasising that its okay to feel this way. He shares tips for coping and encourages students to connect, support each other, and create a more inclusive environment. Yet, its an experience many students face perhaps more often than we realise.

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