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5 tips for college and university presidents to support diversity, equity and inclusion

University Business

There’s new momentum building on college and university campuses to rescue and reinvigorate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, vital initiatives that have been the target of a coordinated national assault for over a year. Integrate DEI or DEIB into your college or university’s mission statement.

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How to recruit specialized business students and grow non-MBA enrollment

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How to recruit specialized business students and grow non-MBA enrollment. Unfortunately, finding and recruiting this audience of non-MBA graduate business students is not easy – there’s no college fair that you can attend to find them, and they don’t fit into a single persona. Finding and attracting career switchers.

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Pennsylvania Governor Pitches College Affordability Plan, Education System Overhaul

Insight Into Diversity

He identified the project as a three-part blueprint created with ideas from a working group of college and university presidents assembled by Shapiro last year. It will also incentivize institutions to recruit and support students to complete degrees and earn credentials in growing fields and those with workforce shortages.

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Report: Racial and Gender Hiring Practices in College Athletics is Concerning

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Racial hiring practices in college athletics saw minor improvement but gender hiring practices declined, according to the 2022 College Sport Racial and Gender Report Card (CSRGRC) from the University of Central Florida (UCF). As a whole, the combined grade for the 2022 CSRGRC was a "C" with 73.7

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Brown President Awarded the 2023 TIAA Institute Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brown University President Dr. Christina H. Dr. Christina Hull Paxson The award – sponsored by the TIAA Institute, administered by the American Council on Education (ACE) – commends current college or university presidents or chancellors for outstanding institutional leadership and broad impact on higher education and society.

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Which 2 groups can actually be hurt by the end of legacy admissions? One may surprise you

University Business

Now, lawmakers are looking to end legacy admissions across several states, whether at their public universities, private colleges—or both. Wesleyan University President Michael Roth described how it played a “negligible” role for years before the institution halted the practice. Finding a middle ground?

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Presidential worries: What’s keeping these Northeastern presidents up at night?

University Business

Most college or university presidents to have recently taken the helm might have had a grasp of their job expectations before the turn of the decade—or even when the pandemic went into full swing. No cohort of presidents might be more familiar with this than those leading small private colleges or universities in the Northeast.