Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 12, 2024

Chris Edley was a smart, caring, determined advocate for justice who could move easily and powerfully through the mazes of top levels of law, politics, and research,” said Orfield, who is Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA Graduate School of Education and co-director of The Civil Rights Project at UCLA. “He Christopher Edley Jr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

When Adrianne Washington, dean of special academic programs at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), found that the Honors Program was overlooking the school’s Black men, it didn’t sit right with her. Washington is dean of the nascent Honors College. About 40% of African American males on campus have above a 3.0

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

What would the equivalent indicator look like in higher education, where several commentators are concerned about the potential impact of recent changes to immigration policy in the UK? Miners would famously take a canary below ground with them as a form of early warning signal. Their opinion is clear.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2023

As data from the 2020 election show, faculty frequently served as the most significant communicators of everything from voter registration materials to discussions about critical political issues. We advocate for getting political, not partisan. Institutional leaders stepped up to support voter engagement initiatives and action plans.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

When alumni share their stories, they become powerful advocates for your programs. Alumni as Consumers and Advocates This engagement strategy isn’t limited to undergraduate programs. Their authenticity and firsthand experiences offer a level of credibility that resonates with potential students.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 23, 2023

And she used her visibility as a student leader to advocate for more support services for undocumented and low-income students. “I was fortunate to be part of a coalition across the UC system that was able to advocate successfully to the president of UCI at the time for resources and funding for undocumented students,” she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

He is also the former interim dean of institutional equity and inclusion at Connecticut College. I have mixed feelings about it. And I hate that there's not another department or unit on campus to advocate for diversity in general.” I hate for good people to lose their jobs and their positions. Dr. Charles H.F.

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HEPI

APRIL 23, 2024

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Roger Watson, Academic Dean, School of Nursing, Southwest Medical University, China and outgoing President of the National Conference of University Professors. However, the book is not about ‘how I got there’ or ‘reflections on getting there’.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

When alumni share their stories, they become powerful advocates for your programs. Alumni as Consumers and Advocates This engagement strategy isn’t limited to undergraduate programs. Their authenticity and firsthand experiences offer a level of credibility that resonates with potential students.

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 22, 2022

While nurses routinely advocate for their patients, political and legislative advocacy is just as important, according to the American Nurses Association (ANA). To further advance advocacy and equity in health care, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Nursing will launch a new program in 2023 to teach nursing students about policymaking.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

An Alabama jury awarded Michael Stern $645,837 in damages, finding after a two-week trial that Stern’s former dean illegally punished him for speaking out. Around this time, Stern’s new dean allegedly opposed his tenure bid, as did the provost, contradicting the positive recommendation of his department.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

The governor has even promoted the idea that teaching about anti-Black racism in U.S. Dr. Cheryl Holcomb_McCoy Over the last month, we, like so many justice advocates, have been troubled by attempts to erase Black history from schools and classrooms.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts. She is active in the National Women’s Studies Association and has been a vocal advocate for HBCUs developing women’s and gender studies programming. Even in the teaching evaluations, students talk about how their thinking has been transformed through the class.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 11, 2024

Medical education, in particular, drew lengthy attention from Republicans, largely influenced by the testimony of Stanley Goldfarb, a former associate dean at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and founder of the organization Do No Harm.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The widening racial disparities between Blacks and whites is dramatic, noted Ladson-Billings, who pointed out that in 2019, about 30% of Black children lived in poverty, with 1 and 4 Black children facing severe food insecurity. But that's the reality." We need to be talking to the African American newspaper in town. Lewis, and Drs.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

CCA, the nonprofit advocate for equitable student college success, convened higher education leaders this past summer to engage in experimentation, embrace innovation and test the guardrails of AI. Institutional culture Leaders are naturally curious about student and faculty sentiment on campus and strive to improve morale when necessary.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

As of now, we have over 300 applications for next fall from students that have applied for housing,” says Nicholas Hamel, vice president and dean of student services at Central Maine Community College (CMCC). Presently, about 10% of CMCC’s student population reside in residential housing. About 380 students are in residence.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

The sense of belonging, the sense of understanding self, and the questions about the implications of what that means for their life experience all come into play,” says Goodson, who works with students individually and in team settings. I’m hopeful we won’t be talking about this in 20 years.” I think the dynamic is changing.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 23, 2023

This was especially true when I was hired as acting dean of student affairs at Compton nearly 18 years ago. Early on, I remember thinking about how important it was to make connections. I believe students see me wearing Chucks and think, “This guy has got to be from my neighborhood; he’s got to know about me and my life.”

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

I will be a better dean for having attended and participated in the conference, hosted by the Classical Liberalism Initiative of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. What is a dean to do? As a dean I may not be in the loop when a complaint is lodged in another office. I share the frustration.

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ACRLog

JUNE 19, 2023

Long is the Dean of the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University. He’s an advocate of what he calls ethical candor (“the cultivated disposition to be honest with yourself”) and values-based practice ( “aligning our core values with the practices that shape academic life”). “Joy is at the heart of all meaningful work.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

We should be thinking about cradle-to-career opportunity, how education from the cradle to career is the great equalizer, and making sure it remains so," Holder said. The practice is about putting things in context and understanding what exactly is possible for that applicant to achieve, said Bastedo, who authored the second brief.

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Edu Alliance Journal

JULY 21, 2022

On this podcast episode of Higher Ed Without Borders co-hosted by Edu Alliance Founders Dr. Senthil Nathan and Dean Hoke speak with Dr. Jim Henderson, President of the University of Louisiana System. In an October 2021 newspaper article in the Acadiana Advocate, Dr. Henderson’s wife Tonia discussed her husband and love of learning.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

APRIL 1, 2024

President Sacks talked to us about the view on the ground versus the big picture, her personal leadership journey, some of her proudest accomplishments, strategies for decision making, and the power of both information and knowledge. And what I got told was, ‘How about I give you three?’ Department of Education.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 13, 2023

An estimated 37 states offer either tuition waivers or scholarships for foster youth, according to a report by three advocacy organizations: Fostering Academic Achievement Nationwide Network, Education Reach for Texans and John Burton Advocates for Youth. “But it was mostly tuition, and foster youth, by definition, are housing insecure.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Shamard Charles “With the pandemic, we have a heightened sense of the importance of public health not just in our everyday lives but how public health is weaved into everything we do and how we think about the world,” says Dr. Shamard Charles, MD-MPH, assistant professor of public health at St. Dr. Elimelda Ongeri, dean of the John R.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

At the event, Atlas, a former COVID-19 adviser to President Trump, “falsely told a small crowd that COVID-19 vaccines present serious safety concerns and advocated against inoculating children,” the paper reported. The tweets start as soon as any poster about us goes up somewhere in the building.”

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University Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

University of Oregon Potential faculty members skeptical about Oregon’s tenants on diversity, equity, and inclusion risk poor scores by the faculty search committee. Tenured faculty also face this risk during tenure reviews. She is requesting a formal hearing amid potential sanctions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 17, 2023

Murray believes that such a ruling will only be the beginning of battles about how race can factor into the operations of a school, in areas such as the administration of scholarship money and the hosting of affinity groups. What we need to be prepared for is another 20 years of litigation about these other topics,” she said.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Image: Faculty members at the College of William & Mary are concerned that the institution is purposely excluding them from conversations about the future. Take the college’s recent announcement that it’s exploring opening a computing and data science school.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

They often say more about the letter writer than the candidate. Candidates are often assigned a point of contact in the department as their advocate, but their role is often limited, and they may not be equipped to address the unique challenges faced by minoritized candidates. Dr. Donna Y.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 2, 2024

Lisa McBride, PhD The event raised awareness of the academic pressure and stress college students face, says Lisa McBride, PhD, associate dean for DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), professor of medical education in the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, and Insight Into Diversity editorial board member. “I

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Critics also fault the conference for platforming such speakers as Amy Wax, Robert Mundheim Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, who is known for making racist remarks —including to and about students. Some of these speakers have long had reputations as free speech advocates. Supreme Court.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 10, 2023

Like just about every policy discussion in Washington these days, this one found the students, consumer advocates, college officials, corporate leaders and others who shared their opinions in three-minute increments to be sharply divided, with little to no middle ground to be found.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The gift was designated to establish a school of sustainability and climate studies, illustrating the growing concern about climate change among elite institutions and donors alike. On the day of the Doerr School launch ceremony, Oreskes gave a teach-in over Zoom about the pernicious influence of fossil fuel money in climate research.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 3, 2023

Sometimes it still surprises me when I think about the fact that we’re actually together,” said LaVar Charleston. We’re both nuts about organizational efficiency, excellence, and change. We geek out about this stuff when we have ideas, and we share these with each other,” said LaVar Charleston. Jerlando F.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Griffin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. Gershenson advocated for additional guest speakers of color. I think we could bring about better outcomes for all students if we thought about some of the culturally engaging practices that Black and Latinx faculty members seem more likely to employ.”

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