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U of Houston removes social justice–focused dean of social work

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The University of Houston suddenly removed its dean of social work last month. The university has said it did so to better align the Graduate College of Social Work with broader institutional priorities. ” In addition to speaking out, Dettlaff organized a speaker series and study groups on abolition within his college.

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Inside Higher Ed

She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education. “All of those intersectionalities opened my eyes to a lot of inequity in higher education,” Mora said.

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Dr. Matthew P. vandenBerg Appointed President of Ohio Wesleyan University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

vandenBerg is currently president of Presbyterian College. in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania; a Master of Public Affairs with concentrations in nonprofit management and public policy analysis from the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs; and a B.A.

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Black and Hispanic Students Far Less Likely to Receive Race-Matched Instruction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College students have been shown to be likelier to pass courses with race-matched instructors, likelier to receive higher grades in those courses, and likelier to persist in school. Griffin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. They’re less likely to have consistent office space on campus.

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

Image: When the Taliban banned women from pursuing higher education, they did not simultaneously extinguish half their citizens’ educational ambitions. Half are nonwhite, and most (60 percent) are the first in their families to attend college. Others have fled wars in Syria or Ukraine. It’s a delicate balance.”

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Hamline reviews policies that set off academic freedom dispute

Inside Higher Ed

We are a beautifully diverse community committed to educating our students and ourselves, and sometimes that means we need to make space for hard conversations and serious self-reflection. ” The statement added, “Academic freedom is an important principle of the higher education system. This is one of those times.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2023 has been a year notable for its ups and downs on the higher education landscape with the elimination of affirmative action and the implosion of President Joe Biden’s student relief program. According to Roberts, mass debt cancellation was under the purview of Congress, not the Secretary of Education.