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A generational mission: Benjamin Riley on the founding of Deans for Impact

Deans for Impact

“ True social transformations are measured in decades, not years ,” our founder Benjamin Riley wrote in 2017. It’s a maxim that has guided Deans for Impact (DFI) since its formation. Benjamin describes the origins of Deans for Impact. Listen to Benjamin reflect on what has made DFI a learning organization: [link].

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A Defense of the Senior Diversity Officer in Politically Charged Times

Insight Into Diversity

Institutions wary of the battle to unwind the work of equity, inclusion, justice, and belonging would do well to invest in leaders whose work epitomizes its core values. As we have become more diverse and reflective of our state, we have also become better as an institution.”

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Academic Libraries Champion DEI Efforts

Insight Into Diversity

At college and university academic libraries, DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives often involve improving item-collection policies and enhancing access to materials for students and community members, resources for faculty research, and educational programming on related topics.

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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Joy Gaston Gayles opened the 47th annual conference for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Las Vegas with a call to disrupt the systemic oppression keeping marginalized populations from accessing higher education and burning out academics working toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion. “If

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B.

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Representation Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Nobody is going to tell our story and keep it from erasure but us.” Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Our students need to understand fully the historical underpinnings and current ideologies that continue to sustain this imbalance. We are in the next phase of pushing forward.”

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Mathematicians resume in-person meetings in trying times

Inside Higher Ed

Through extensive discussions over the last five years, MAA and AMS have agreed the collaboration no longer meets the needs of our organizations and will change following JMM 2021,” the message read. But the split also coincided with flashpoint discussions about diversity, equity and inclusion within the mathematics community.