Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The legislative ramblings in Florida and other states seeking to remove Black history from the curriculum and revise Black history should give us pause about what historical information students will enter university with.

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The PIE News

MAY 3, 2024

We really need to be a little more self-reflective about it. She noted the difference between the three countries, whose attractiveness in various surveys has suffered over the last six months, partly due to Canada’s cap , the UK’s new policies and a rigorous Migration Strategy in Australia, was Brexit.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

My children would ask every 30 minutes of our 12-hour holiday trek from Fishers, Indiana, to my hometown, Fort Worth, Texas. While we no longer make that trek and my youngest finally got it after a while, I still experience similar questions and assumptions about those gas station stops and getting there. Are we there yet?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

Supreme Court to hear from a slate of speakers — students, educators, parents, artists, and leaders civil and human rights organizations like National Urban League President Marc Morial and Kimberlé Crenshaw, cofounder and executive director of African American Policy Forum and a law professor at UCLA and Columbia University.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 5, 2024

The day-long conference hosted students, policy makers, and over 600 stakeholders and leaders in higher education Breakout sessions and discussion panels fostered constructive dialogue around equity and inclusion. Berkeley Engineering, Berkeley Research, and The Division of Equity and Inclusion at UC Berkeley partnered with the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2024

Two major New York state universities are collaborating with a teacher-run organization seeking to teach communities and students about civil resistance in local history, creating an online platform to display the organization’s curricula and local resistance efforts. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s

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HEPI

MARCH 20, 2024

In December 2023, in response to input to our Initial Decisions consultation, we published a series of conclusions and importantly included an extension of the assessment period until 2029 to allow more time for institutions to prepare for changes. We have recently published our revised timetable.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Affirmative action, a set of policies designed to level the playing field for marginalized communities, has faced challenges and scrutiny in recent times. The ruling by the Supreme Court adds to the pain of marginalized people and pits one group against the other, vying for a few spaces in certain institutions of higher learning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

Hoeg says the timing of their announcement was purely coincidental, as she and the 11 institutional leaders on the Centennial President’s Council have been working to assess and align their campuses’ DEI policies since before 2022, when Centennial released its Student-Athlete Inclusion Policy.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Nicole holds an MA (Hons) from the University of Edinburgh in History and Politics and an MA in International Journalism from City, University of London. This project came about after Nicole heard about HEPI’s 2022 report on the educational outcomes of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers (GRT). A full transcript is also provided below.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Higher education professionals have long been concerned with how to raise public awareness about climate change. Confronted with the apocalyptic climate narrative dominating popular media, ignorance has been replaced by a gripping fear of the future, particularly among young people. Yet today we face a different problem.

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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. LaVar Charleston studied public relations, marketing, educational leadership and policy analysis. history, gender and race with the law. history, gender and race with the law.

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HEPI

JANUARY 24, 2024

Just over a month ago, our Prime Minister, Rt Hon Rishi Sunak, made a statement in his speech to the Conservative party conference. Never mind that the 50% target he refers to relates to tertiary education, I am certain he is not alone in believing that too many people go to university. Our job must be to examine the evidence.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 12, 2024

. “These changes will help international students to have a positive educational experience in Australia and support international students with the skills Australia needs to transition the workforce and help drive our economic productivity,” a representative told The PIE.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

If we want to be a part of the Pacific family, we must work to develop our educational engagement with them. It cared, but not as much as it cared about other diplomatic relationships. Australia shares a significant history with the Pacific, and our futures are intertwined.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 11, 2023

In the well of the House, a newly sworn in McClellan would note this history and her relationship to past-African American leaders, including John Mercer Langston: “I stand on the shoulders of John Mercer Langston, the first African American to represent Virginia, also from the fourth district,” she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

is not just about learning, reading, or writing Navajo, it’s really preparing [its students] with tools so that they will be efficient in designing their research studies, conducting research, and finding solutions to some of the challenges that we have,” says Guy. It became the first tribal college and university, or TCU, to offer a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Kayon Hall wants to change the way academia thinks about undocumented students. This year, Hall published an article with the Journal of First-Generation Student Success about the lived experiences of Black undocumented students, highlighting the ways higher education has excluded them from immigration discourse and support.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 12, 2024

This is not about politics,” the letter reads. It’s about the protection of our community, the progression of our culture, and most all, it’s about your education, and your future.” History has already proven that is not the case,” Smith’s statement reads. “We

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HEPI

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Priya Madina, Director of External Affairs and Policy at Taylor & Francis. In June 2022, HEPI and Taylor & Francis hosted a successful dinner discussion around open access and evidence-based based policymaking which produced a co-authored Policy Note , and webinar.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Those of us who operate within the academy often tend to create a romanticized vision of the work that we do, and of the institutions in which we conduct our work. But academic racism was certainly not limited to the persecution and dehumanization of kidnapped Africans.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

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 She rebranded Cal’s annual tournament to reflect a focus on social justice and equity.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This blog was authored by Josh Freeman, Policy Manager at HEPI. The year, we celebrated our 20th birthday and it has arguably been HEPI’s biggest yet, with more website views than any other year in our history. Below we list our Top 20 blogs published in 2023. appeared first on HEPI.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2024

There is a long history of Blacks being excluded from even being considered for private and public sector contracts and job opportunities without there being intentional efforts in place to ensure targeted outreach and access. was right when he said that “our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The conference underscored the mission of postsecondary institutions and academics to work against dehumanizing atmospheres and support the best policies and practices that improve student belonging, community connection, and create thriving faculty. “We They’re there to provide access to higher education to their communities.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Howard University law professor and dean has been named Mount Holyoke College’s first permanent Black female president in the institution’s 186-year history. Her presence and impact will be truly missed on our beloved campus.” At Mount Holyoke, we inspire people and make people feel like the best of who they are.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Rebecca Blank Blank stepped down from the role in 2022 to become the first female president of Northwestern University, was one of the longest-serving chancellors in recent UWM history, having led the school for almost 10 years. Blank Center for Campus History and a professorship in her honor. She held a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

But being an HSI isn’t “just about passing the 25% threshold — it’s about intentionality,” says Roy. population representing a 13% growth from the year 2000, according to the Latino Policy & Politics Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. The 2021 Latinx population in the U.S. totaled 62.5 Census data.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

You might say we're irrationally passionate about this place. There are a variety of leadership styles represented across our membership institutions, and we asked him to explain his approach of balancing optimism with proactive problem-solving: "You can't be too optimistic, right? And that's what leadership is about.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 22, 2023

HEPI has marked the event with a Policy Note on the influence of the Robbins Report and a blog series – you can access all the material here. The review made a series of recommendations which have provided a reference point for comment on UK Government higher education policy ever since. The Times Were A-Changin!

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HEPI

JUNE 20, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Angeliki Lymberopoulou , Senior Lecturer in Art History and Employability lead for the School of Arts and Humanities at the Open University , and Richard Marsden, Senior Lecturer in History and formerly Director of Teaching for the School of Arts and Humanities at the Open University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 19, 2023

The new contract allows our community to move forward fully focused on continuing to provide our students with an exceptional academic experience." “The new contract allows our community to move forward fully focused on continuing to provide our students with an exceptional academic experience."

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Dr. Missy Alexander

JANUARY 16, 2023

But it isn’t my discipline that excites me about the alignment of new semesters and MLK day, it is the feeling of hope and unity that this day of reflection brings for me. King builds his argument for civil rights with the language of history, the details of the present struggle, and the rhythms of the church. How can I not?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 16, 2022

According to Leila, who posted a since-deleted video on social media, the argument was the result of a disagreement with Cynthia Villagomez, a white Latinx professor of History, about an assignment. Pickard was subsequently terminated for his conduct, which TSU deemed “unprofessional” in an official statement posted on Twitter.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma I have been fortunate to have a perch on which to write about a host of highly charged issues that matter a great deal to me. Just ask yourself: Without sufficient graduate-level training in sub-Saharan African history, how can a teacher effectively respond to student questions? I don’t think so.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Wallace State Community College in Alabama put an instructor of history on leave, according to a CBS42 report about the instructor’s social media comments condemning a local LGBTQ pride event. The employee has been placed on administrative leave pending further investigation.”

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WCET Frontiers

JUNE 19, 2023

As states and institutions struggle with how to teach about equity, diversity, and inclusion, WCET and Every Learner Everywhere are celebrating Juneteenth by highlighting stories of how Black history is being discussed at institutions and organizations. adrienne maree brown) “all that i touch, i change. all that i change, changes me.

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