Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Increasingly, this centers around health equity. 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. Jasmine Travers. Sarah Szanton. The proximity of the Policy Honors Program to Washington, D.C.,

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EAB

DECEMBER 20, 2022

How to Build a Sustainable Model for Student Equity and Increase Student Success. With this in mind, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte decided to evaluate its institutional policies through an equity lens using EAB’s 360-Degree Student Equity Audit.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

She rebranded Cal’s annual tournament to reflect a focus on social justice and equity. Dr. Aaron Goodson “It’s really important that we see Black women in this position of leadership as head coaches in our sport,” says Smith, who is co-chair of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee. “In

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2024

SEATTLE-- Prominent student affairs practitioners of color shared powerful stories of leading in higher education amid major challenges, including the recent COVID pandemic and ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. As such, Shivers said, it's important that student affairs professionals practice self-care. "Our

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

The private Roman Catholic university boasts a leadership of majority women, with women leading all four of the school's academic schools as deans. Warner, a former GCU School of Business dean herself, said that during her time as dean, all three of GCU’s academic deans were women then as well.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The project plays counter to dismantling of diversity, equity and inclusion, to this desire to silence, as we try to create a more diverse, equitable society,” said Hughes-Watkins. It’s our own small way to ensure that all voices are heard, and all people are respected.” Hughes-Watkins agreed. It helps them feel seen.”

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 2, 2024

But I would say those are the exceptions, not the rules,” says Nicholas Hartlep, PhD, the Robert Charles Billings Endowed Chair in Education at Berea College, whose research focuses on race and equity — particularly concerning the experiences of Asian Americans — in academia. This article was published in our January/February 2024 issue.

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UW Presidential Blog

MAY 26, 2023

This month, as we celebrate National Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month , our community is coming together to honor the outstanding and wide-ranging impact that our Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students, faculty, staff and alumni contribute to our University and the public we serve.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 11, 2024

It is therefore time to connect the dots among efforts to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities, overturn race-conscious admissions, and bring back standardized tests. People pointed to the Operation Varsity Blues admissions scandal and said, “See? They don’t really care about diversity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

So far, the program has seen a slow uptake, but leaders are optimistic about its future, hopeful and dedicated to building and growing the program at a time when other institutions are cutting back on ethnic and Black studies programs amid pushback against diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

If you focus on minoritized populations, there’s a lack of understanding about why this research is relevant,” she says. She was even told that she focused too much on race in a class about diversity. Rochester was looking to hire faculty whose work focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. They were hiring three.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

Professors, department chairs, deans and other institutional leaders can take action to promote equity for the women in their programs.” But that’s not what our study shows. And for every one attempted rape for all other women, those in gender-balanced STEM fields faced 3.4 attempted rapes, the study found.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

To apply, students must write a short essay about how the funding would allow them to increase their course load. Right now, students can access our programs in early childhood education at low or no cost,” said Dr. Leslie Johnson, an associate academic dean at CCV. “So, People say] ‘look, I worked hard. said Trimarchi.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 14, 2023

Two prominent efforts to diversify music in academia are the new University of Arkansas’ (UA) Arkansas Center for Black Music and the creation of the George Walker Center for Equity and Inclusion in Music at the University of Rochester’s (UR) Eastman School of Music (Eastman). Walton Foundation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The University of Texas System’s board of regents has suspended all new policies promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and asked school leaders to report on their current DEI policies, citing that some practices have “strayed from the original intent,” The Texas Tribune reported. But Texas Gov.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 27, 2023

Image: Connecticut College president Katherine Bergeron is stepping down in the wake of student protests and widespread calls for her resignation over missteps on diversity, equity and inclusion. “For the past nine and a half years, I have devoted myself to advancing educational excellence and equity at this College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Byrne PHOTO COURTESY OF CUNY Becoming Dean of Macaulay Honors College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY), enables Dr. Dara N. Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. Justice and equity are driving forces in most everything I do.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

Day, the Centennial Conference announced its creation of a three-year strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) plan, uniting the conference’s 11 private, Division III institutions in a shared mission to make their athletics programs a place where all students, particularly those in marginalized populations, feel they belong. “In

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Griffin, professor and dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. Griffin, professor and dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland “I wasn’t surprised by the result,” said Griffin. When it came to who ultimately got tenure, there was also little equity to be found. Dr. Kimberly A.

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MindMax

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

What do we do with our summer camps and conferences? How do we run programs in a way that’s meaningful to the people who are paying for them while pivoting to a different modality?’” Lowell commended institutions like St. We went from about 10% of our undergraduates taking summer classes to about 21% in one year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

While there are many undergraduates and graduate students aiming for careers in banking or finance, there are also entrepreneurs, innovators, people interested in hospital administration, and others seeking positions at nonprofit organizations. Because we focus on that demographic, we have built that in as part of our mission,” says Carter.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Following up plans for educational access and equity with actions has become the hallmark of Grand Valley State University, which has a statewide presence in Michigan. Bernal, chief of staff to the president and vice president for inclusion and equity. It was also incorporated into all our new employee/new faculty orientations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2024

Hip Hop [has] influenced our culture, and that got me to thinking that other forms of music have influenced historical moments and how historical moments also have influenced the music happening at that time,” said Stacie Clayton, Wayne State’s director of community affairs. "We This led us to learning more about Ms.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

"Through the CUNY SPS, which is historically tapped into a more diverse community of students – and professional studies in particular, these are sometimes people who are looking to make career changes,” said Paley, who oversees the program on behalf of the American museum and library.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Malo André Hutson believes that harmony and collaboration between entities — be they on the local, state, national, or even global level — are needed if we are to tackle the broader issues of our time. And what we need is an articulated strategy at the local level to think about how we go about our land use.” Hutson asks.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The inaugural Insight Into Diversity Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award recognizes academic libraries who are advancing programs and initiatives that support DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) in areas such as research, accessibility, community outreach, technology, exhibitions, and collections.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 18, 2023

Lauren Jones In 2019, I realized that the DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) work that we were doing at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH), while meaningful, was not cohesive or strategic. My first step was to ask our leadership for support to hire a consultant to facilitate a strategic planning process.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

People don’t realize that Prop 209 was actually more restrictive than the SCOTUS ruling. In the almost 30 years since Proposition 209 was passed, the UC system has learned about how to increase the diversity of their medical school enrollment, creating classes that more directly mirror the demographic populations of its state.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2023

On March 7th, Congressman Scott, the “dean” of Virginia’s congressional delegation, introduced McClellan to a packed U.S. With so many references to Langston and his prominence in Virginia history, why is it that Virginians don’t know more about him or the other African Americans who were elected during and after Reconstruction?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

Critical needs “We are experiencing significant enrollment losses, especially in some states, like California, and we are working to try to get students back into our institutions, but we’re also seeing some significant demographic shifts,” said Jee Hang Lee, president and CEO of the Association of Community College Trustees. “We

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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. Eventually, both became Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) leaders. We’re both nuts about organizational efficiency, excellence, and change. Jerlando F.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 24, 2023

Connecticut College president Katherine Bergeron is stepping down in the wake of student protests and widespread calls for her resignation over missteps on diversity, equity and inclusion. “For the past nine and a half years, I have devoted myself to advancing educational excellence and equity at this College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Higher education institutions are the engines of change in our society, premier hubs for knowledge production," said Graves. The idea here is to engage the Morehouse community and the community beyond our borders, to engage with history as well as contemporary issues,” said Dr. Vicki L. Dr. Glenell M.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The action demonstrates that FNU acknowledges Versailles as traditional territory of the Shawnee and Cherokee people. An award created by Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine (K-State CVM) recognizes those who stand up for justice, provide opportunities for equity, support and celebrate diversity, and promote inclusion.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

In the 1903 publication, the legendary Du Bois explored the philosophical-cum-spiritual dimensions of the then emancipated Black people, coupled with the needed societal changes tying them together through a prescient view of society and in dual identity and double-consciousness. This article was published in our October 2023 issue.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

Toldson “I have not come across a campus yet, and particularly not my own, that hasn't said that this removes a tool, but the goal is the same,” said Dr. Kimberly Griffin, dean of education for the University of Maryland, adding that the university remains committed to promoting equity and justice. Apply anyway.

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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. That was our shoe. So, whenever I wear those, I feel connected to my community, my past, our students today and my authentic self.

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