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Welcome Tricia Serio, our next UW Provost and Executive VP

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It is my great pleasure to announce that Dr. Tricia Serio has accepted the role of Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Washington. As Provost at UMass Amherst, she launched and led initiatives to increase diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging for faculty, staff and students.

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An Equity and Access Champion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Cristobal Salinas Jr.,

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NADOHE Presentation Maps Affirmative Action Aftermath

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Did the decision cover race-based scholarships? To address some of these questions, the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE), the main advocacy group for diversity administrators, put on a webinar Wednesday, featuring Art Coleman. Racial preferences in hiring?

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% noted they received unfair treatment from school administrators. Prior to that, GALA raised over $250,000 to endow UND LGBTQ student scholarships; two are given every year. of non-LGBTQ people.

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Dartmouth Launches New Research Institute Focused On Black Diaspora

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kimberly Juanita Brown, IBICL's inaugural director, said that numerous stakeholders were involved in the creation of the institute, from alums and faculty to staff members and the administration. The Office of the Provost at Dartmouth has given $1.3 The institute is being launched with initial funding of $2.3

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Scholars Come Together to Present Evidence-Based Discourse on DEI

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On March 7, Dr. Shaun Harper, university professor, provost professor of education, business and public policy, and the founder and executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center, was watching a livestream from the U.S. Prior to becoming a faculty member and administrator, Dr. Toby S.

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The University of Arkansas appoints its first Black chancellor

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Robinson has led several initiatives focused on student recruitment and success, such as a college preparation program for underrepresented student groups, restructuring the Division of Student Affairs and a $10 million scholarship for first-generation and low-income students.