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

University Business

The following five tips will help college and university presidents remain committed to supporting DEI on their campuses: Don’t assume. First of all, the most helpful piece of advice a president can take at this moment is to not make assumptions about where DEI currently stands on your campus. They are clear and mission-driven.

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Southern New Hampshire University President to Step Down Next Year

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“They have done it in refugee camps, in low-income communities, and with students who are too often left behind by traditional higher education – this is disruptive education in service to humanity.” Lisa Marsh Ryerson will become SNHU president, effective Jul. She is currently the school’s provost.

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Showing the Human Face of Higher Ed Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Michael Sorrell , longtime president of Paul Quinn College. We love his warmth, candor, and willingness to put a human face on the challenges of higher education leadership. Leaders Are Human, Too President Sorrell believes that a leader's willingness to show vulnerability can become a strength.

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Strong Networks Help Turn Black Faculty into University Presidents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, in 2020, the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) found that Black/African American employees comprise less than 10% of higher education professionals. Despite all the talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion, the highest echelons in the Academy remain white and male.

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A university president in Ukraine turns to social media

Inside Higher Ed

“I wanted people to feel that we’re human. ” Made up of observations on everyday minutiae and life at a university, his tweets are both simple and profound. That’s water to flush toilets [when] Lavrov’s ‘humane’ country bombs us and our water pump system stops working.”

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Flagship public universities likely to cut more humanities, staff — especially in rural states - ELAINE S. POVICH, Kansas Reflector

Economics and Change in Higher Education

No, we will have a new normal,” said West Virginia University President Gordon Gee in an interview with Stateline. “We And they very much want to see universities, particularly land grant institutions like ours, become engines of creativity and economic development.” “Are we going to revert back to ‘normal?’

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Flagship public universities likely to cut more humanities, staff — especially in rural states - ELAINE S. POVICH

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Administrators say they’re responding to a budget shortfall, declining enrollment, flagging student interest in humanities courses, and pressure from parents who want their kids to be prepared for good-paying jobs after graduation. Are we going to revert back to ‘normal?’