The Guardian - Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2024

Florida public colleges have eliminated DEI programs Black student-athletes play large part in college sports Black student-athletes should reconsider attending public colleges and universities in Florida, the NAACP said in a letter to the NCAA president, Charlie Baker, on Monday.

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MAY 1, 2024

Forbes examined over 1,700 colleges with at least 4,000 students and parsed its list down to those with highly selective admission rates (below 20% at private schools and 50% at public), applicant classes in which 50% of students provided standardized test scores and impressive clout from surveyed hiring managers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

New College of Florida and Spartanburg Community College have been added to the American Association of University Professors ’ list of institutions sanctioned for substantial noncompliance with widely accepted standards of academic government. The report details the restructuring of New College of Florida led by Gov.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2024

DEI Spending Banned, Sociology Scrapped in Florida Josh Moody Thu, 01/18/2024 - 03:00 AM Florida’s State Board of Education imposed new prohibitions on DEI spending at state colleges, following a similar decision for state universities. Byline(s) Josh Moody

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Elizabeth Dooley is a professor of exceptional student education in the School of Teacher Education at the University of Central Florida College of Community Innovation and Education. She is the academic program director for the Ph.D. Teaching Learning and Development Track.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2024

Black student-athletes should reconsider attending public colleges and universities in Florida , the NAACP advised in its letter to NCAA President Charlie Baker and current and prospective student-athletes. In 2023, Florida Gov. This is not about politics,” read the letter, characterized as a rebuke of anti-Black ideals.

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University Business

APRIL 25, 2024

The University of Oklahoma transformed its Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion into the Division of Access and Opportunity and assured no staff members would be terminated following an executive order from the state governor. ” Some universities have elected to reposition their employees. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2024

Donald Palm The Florida A&M University Board of Trustees voted during a May 15 meeting to conduct an independent investigation into the handling of a $237.75 Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer Dr. Donald Palm is expected to step in to serve as the interim vice president for university advancement. million gift.

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University Business

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Florida Gov. “Bottom line: Big Brother is watching,” wrote one University of Florida professor in an email to his colleagues and collected by the special committee. Richard Corcoran, the new president, is the former Republican speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. “He is taking names.

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University Business

AUGUST 29, 2023

Facing a four- to seven-foot storm surge, the West Florida community is quickly taking action. As the hurricane lands in the United States, it will be carving its path through Florida and up through coastal Georgia and the Carolinas. But Tampa higher education leaders aren’t the only ones expecting to cancel classes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Florida’s attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and so-called “woke” disciplines demonstrate a disregard for academic standards of governance and academic freedom, according to an American Association of University Professors (AAUP) report. Neither can the threat of Florida-style legislation spreading across the country.”

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 31, 2023

Image: As Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, seeks to enact sweeping reforms to dramatically reshape higher education in the Sunshine State, students and faculty alike have protested legislation that would ban teaching certain topics, limit institutional authority and undermine tenure protections.

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University Business

MAY 8, 2024

Florida and its governor have stirred up plenty of controversy around K12 and higher education in recent years. But Florida still landed No. Florida’s overall No. “The debate around education in Florida is among the most contentious in America,” U.S. Florida’s overall No. News noted.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 5, 2024

Florida A&M University (FAMU) received a $237.75 Gregory Gerami University officials at the historically Black university noted that the donation is nearly double the size of the FAMU Endowment value - $121 million - and represents one of the largest single personal donations to a Historically Black College and University (HBCU).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

Four years ago, I wrote a column about sending my son off to college and my fears for him as a young Black man finding his way as a student and citizen. Today, I’m the proud mom of a college graduate. Johnson My alma mater, the University of Florida, recently eliminated its DEI positions and offices.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

“Florida is where woke goes to die,” said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis during his victory speech after Tuesday’s midterm elections. Florida is where woke goes to die!" More from UB : What’s in store for college enrollment if affirmative action ends? “We have embraced freedom.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 30, 2023

Due to new anti-LGBTQ+ state laws, the nonprofit Campus Pride excluded four public colleges in Florida and Texas from its 2023 list of the most LGBTQ-friendly campuses. Over the past year, Florida Gov. However, these ratings may drop for all Texas and Florida colleges unless they secure new funding for LGBTQ+ support programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 6, 2024

Shortly after Florida A&M University — a historically Black university — announced last weekend that entrepreneur Gregory Gerami donated $237.75 million to the university to support student success initiatives and athletics, many who were suspicious took to social media to express their skepticism.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The exclusion of the undefeated ACC Champion Florida State University Seminoles from the college football playoff has sparked a significant debate. Personnel Matters Florida State's exclusion also sheds light on the importance of personnel, recruitment, and depth within an organization.

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University Business

APRIL 30, 2024

After losing his top pick for a postdoctoral assistant to another college, University of Florida professor Zhengfei Guan knew who was to blame: Gov. In practice, this has caused public universities to avoid hiring students from those countries for assistantships, the lawsuit alleges. Ron DeSantis. Read more from Politico.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2024

Back in February, more than 1,000 practitioners from hundreds of colleges across the nation gathered in Orlando, Florida, to exchange evidence-based approaches to accelerating student success and equity. We are not leaving Florida behind. Community College of Aurora President Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2023

Four universities will be excluded this year from the Campus Pride’s Best of the Best LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges & Universities list. Campus Pride issues a ‘red alert’ warning to prospective students and families that the excluded universities’ 5 star rating will inevitably go down.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Florida Gov. million each for four HBCUs for “facility hardening needs,” the Florida Phoenix reported. The four HBCUs are Florida A&M, Bethune-Cookman University, Edward Waters University, and Florida Memorial University. Ron DeSantis’s proposed 2024-2025 budget includes a designated $2.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2024

I believe that the call to boycott athletics programs at Florida public colleges and universities should be modified to specifically target the football teams at the University of Florida (UF) and Florida State University (FSU). Two one loss teams, Texas and Alabama, were chosen instead.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 31, 2024

Utah’s legislature recently approved a bill prohibiting diversity training, hiring, and inclusion programs at universities and in state government. Spencer Cox’s likely signature, prevents universities from having dedicated offices for promoting diversity and bans the requirement of DEI commitment statements from employees. .”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

Race and higher education scholars are voicing criticism, concern, and cynicism after the University of Florida ended many of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, a move that the school cited it took to comply with a state law that was passed last year. chair of Black studies at the University of Rochester.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The American Association of University Professors’ Governing Council voted unanimously over the weekend to sanction New College of Florida and Spartanburg Community College in South Carolina.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

As president, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would strip accreditation from colleges and universities with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, MSNBC reported. It is unclear, however, if he would possess the authority to do so. Ron DeSantis DeSantis made the comments during an Oct.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2024

Student newsrooms at select historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) can expect thousands in additional monetary support soon thanks to an initiative at Howard University.

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University Business

MARCH 4, 2024

The University of Florida has officially disbanded all activity related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. While the university has received harsh criticism for its decision, it’s simply following orders; last year, Gov. Indiana University leaders aren’t thrilled about the bill and have voiced their concerns.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

A different form of “carpool” system will be needed for the proposed boycott of Black student-athletes going to Florida public colleges and universities to move from proclamation to implementation. Collectives have become major players in the world of college athletics overall and recruiting specifically.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Image: In his first term as Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis sought to reshape higher education at the state level, pushing changes to accreditation requirements and tenure while requiring widely criticized intellectual diversity surveys and limiting diversity, equity and inclusion instruction in public colleges.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

News & World Report again ranked Florida the No. 1 state for higher education: “ Florida schools are some of the best in the nation.” ” Despite the cross-messaging from Kim Jong-Ron, it is clear that Florida’s colleges and universities are not broken.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 15, 2023

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed several bills Monday that will bring major changes to the state’s higher education system, including banning public colleges and universities from spending money on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. And that has no place in our public institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2024

Florida A&M University has paused moving forward with the $237.75 Board members expressed grave reservations about the donation, which drew national attention as one of the largest ever for one of the country’s historically Black colleges and universities.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Universities in Florida and Texas were excluded from a national list of LGBTQ-friendly schools put together annually by Campus Pride. The post Texas and Florida schools excluded from LGBTQ-friendly college list over new state laws appeared first on University Business. Read more on NBC News.

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University Business

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A draft of Florida’s regulation determining how the state will enforce defunding diversity, equity and inclusion programs at its public institutions has tacked on a new ordinance that prohibits forms of social activism on campus. It has a ripple effect on the entire state university system.” 8 and 9, respectively.

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