Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2023

“If you're silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it.”― Zora Neale Hurston In 2020, large-scale protests were being organized across the country in response to the unjust murders of Breonna Taylor. Breonna Taylor’s story was yet another story of Black women and girls who succumbed to excessive force, unjust treatment, and ultimately, death at the hands of the police: Sandra Bland, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, Tanisha Anderson, Atatiana Jefferson, and countless others.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2023

King’s College, a Christian liberal arts college in New York City, has only raised about $500,000 of the $2.6 million it says it needs to stave off closure. The institution, known as a conservative hub, has been publicly pleading with alumni and donors the last few months for funds to help it survive past this academic year. King’s College officials have attributed the institution’s financial distress to its sluggish post-pandemic recovery, as well as generally poor economic conditions and risin

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2023

Minh-an Pence Minh-an Pence has been named director of human resources for the Division of Information Technology at Virginia Tech. Pence served as an outreach and engagement recruiting specialist for the Division of Human Resources at Virginia Tech. She has a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

APRIL 22, 2023

Texas lawmakers are pressing ahead with efforts to ban faculty tenure and diversity offices in the state’s public colleges. This month, Texas Senate Republicans advanced bills that would prohibit tenure and diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, offices. The Senate’s Committee on Education approved the anti-tenure bill last week 9-3, with one lawmaker absent, while its Subcommittee on Higher Education moved the diversity office legislation to the full committee.

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