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Schools of Music Move Toward More Inclusive Studies

Insight Into Diversity

Two prominent efforts to diversify music in academia are the new University of Arkansas’ (UA) Arkansas Center for Black Music and the creation of the George Walker Center for Equity and Inclusion in Music at the University of Rochester’s (UR) Eastman School of Music (Eastman). This article was published in our June 2023 issue.

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Patty Limerick speaks out on her dismissal from her center

Inside Higher Ed

The university said in a statement late Tuesday that it "appreciates former director Patty Limerick’s significant scholarly contributions to academia and the American West. This does not affect Limerick’s tenured position as professor of history or her ability to conduct research."

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Pivotal Moments in Higher Education DEI

Insight Into Diversity

As we share a bit of our publication’s history in this special anniversary section, we also trace the trajectory of DEI in higher education over the past five decades — a period of profound transformation. This article was published in our October 2023 issue. as well as in higher education.

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SRHE News on Publishing: reports from April 2023

SRHE

SRHE News typically contains a round-up of recent academic events and conferences, policy developments and new publications, written by editor Rob Cuthbert. The article by John Holford (Nottingham) and his co-editors was part of the journal’s retrospective issue 41(6) (2 November 2022). publications/srhe-newsletter.

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The War on DEI

Insight Into Diversity

Understand that all of those events are celebrated by those offices across ideology, race, and sexual orientation.” They have told [people of color] our history is irrelevant and that our stories are not worth telling,” says Marlo Crosby, vice president of the UNF SDS. This article was published in our April 2023 issue.

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Sustainability school faces backlash over fossil fuel funds

Inside Higher Ed

Oreskes, a professor of the history of science at Harvard University, earned her Ph.D. from Stanford in the 1980s and went on to become one of the leading scholars of climate science history, as well as a fierce advocate for the role of academia in advancing urgent climate solutions. But Oreskes refused the offer.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

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” This report marks a critical juncture in the AAUP’s history, being one of only eight special reports issued, and underscores a growing concern over political interference in the realm of academic governance. This event is not seen as an isolated incident but as a model for potential future actions in other institutions.