Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

The gender and racial disparities when it comes to who obtains internships hampers the career prospects of women and minorities when entering the job market, VanDerziel said. Mary Gatta is the director of research and policy for the National Association of Colleges and Employers. of unpaid interns. job offers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

The gender and racial disparities when it comes to who obtains internships hampers the career prospects of women and minorities when entering the job market, VanDerziel said. Mary Gatta is the director of research and policy for the National Association of Colleges and Employers. of unpaid interns. job offers.

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Higher Education Today

MARCH 6, 2023

Read more » The post An Unrecognized Bias Contributing to the Gender Gap in the College Presidency appeared first on Higher Education Today. Since the founding of American higher education, college and university presidents have generally been White men—even.

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HEPI

JUNE 11, 2023

She had a real understanding of these kinds of abusive powers and [of] gender-based violence. Nevertheless, Kelly’s experience was still the exception in my new study of institutional responses to gender-based violence and harassment since 2016. In her own words: There was a sexual violence officer who met up with me once a week.

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Academe Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

These prohibitions, referred to as educational gag orders, have put educators at risk of penalties if they incorporate materials and discussions in their classrooms regarding race, gender, LGBTQ+ identities, and minority narratives of United…

Educational Policy 75

Educational Policy Policy Postsecondary Education Education 75

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Test-optional admission policies have resulted in increased application numbers and student diversity at many business schools, according to a recent report by the MBA Roundtable and Wiley. The report indicated that 60% reported increased diversity in the racial/ethnic make-up of its incoming class, while 44% reported more gender diversity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2023

The University of Virginia (UVA) will rework its legacy admissions policy, The Washington Post reported. An applicant’s familial ties to alumni will no longer be conveyed to admission officers in a direct “checkbox” way, UVA officials said. The school is also asking a new, optional question now. “If

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 11, 2023

The South Dakota Board of Regents, which oversees the state’s six public universities, recently voted to establish a new policy “to enhance the protection of minors” during events on college campuses. The policy was devised in response to conservative backlash over a drag show at South Dakota State University (SDSU) billed as “kid-friendly.”.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Among its provisions, the legislation would force public colleges and universities to remove any academic major or minor focused on “Critical Race Theory, Gender Studies, or Intersectionality, or any derivative major or minor.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

For the purposes of the report, respondents who are transgender, non-binary, gender nonconforming, and other non-cisgender gender-expansive are referred to as transgender/gender-expansive youth. This report reinforces the unfortunate disposition of many Black LGBTQ+ students,” said Chauna C.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

It starts with LGBTQ-friendly policies, programs and practices such as gender-affirming healthcare and non-discrimination statements inclusive of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression, according to the most recent Campus Pride Index , in which more than 240 colleges and universities now participate.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2024

This finding came as a surprise, said report co-author Martin Van Der Werf, director of editorial and education policy for the CEW. Per their criteria for a good job, researchers found that workers in the rural U.S. hold a proportionate share of good jobs – they make up 13% of the U.S. workforce (14.9 million out of 63.3

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2024

candidate studying educational leadership & policy analysis and gender & women studies. His work examines marginalized communities and identities in STEM and higher ed, equity, and students at community and technical colleges. Wallace is a University of Wisconsin-Madison Ph.D.

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Scholarship Education Professional Development Equity 141

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2024

NEW YORK On the last day of the Student Leadership Network’s (SLN) Whole Girl Education National Conference: Closing the Gap, CEO Yolonda Marshall reminded attendees why they must continue to elevate and educate young women and gender expansive students: because the political and societal climate is dire.

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Equity Education Postsecondary Education Leadership 111

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Unlike the gender gaps in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields that have catalyzed highly visible and widespread efforts to increase gender parity, the vast underrepresentation of women in economics has received relatively little attention. The policy-making elite in the U.S.

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Leadership Policy Inclusivity Empower 111

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

which is why Excelencia CEO Dr. Deborah Santiago said institutions and policy makers should pay attention to these programs to find out “what’s working,” and then “leverage what we know works.” “It Hernández said these successful programs all combine three critical ingredients to achieve success: people, policy, and programs.

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Students Postsecondary Education Policy Achievement 132

University Business

MAY 2, 2024

From 2015 to 2023, according to Gallup results shared during the session by Evan Horowtiz of the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University, there has been a sharp drop in confidence in higher ed, a trend seen regardless of party affiliation, gender, educational attainment, or age. Read more from the Rhode Island Current.

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Policy Higher Education Education University 52

UW Presidential Blog

JUNE 26, 2023

Resources UW’s Q Center – For Washington students, staff and faculty celebrating all sexual and gender orientations, identities, and expressions International Pride – Support for queer and questioning international UW students Title IX Office – LGBTQ resources Every June, Pride Month brings a special sense of joy.

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University Business

APRIL 9, 2024

The national small-college organization’s Council of Presidents approved in a 20-0 vote a policy that only students who were assigned the female gender at birth could compete in women’s sports. The new policy also blocks transgender women or nonbinary students who are receiving masculinizing hormone therapy.

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College Policy Organization Students 52

University Business

APRIL 24, 2024

“We implore you, the NCAA’s highest governing body and members of an organization focused on supporting the wellbeing of not just athletes but sport itself, to focus on the long-documented needs of NCAA athletes of all genders,” the letter said. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

She helped developed policies and processes governing faculty work among other responsibilities at Clark, where she was the inaugural director of the Africana Studies concentration and occupied the E. Jones also served as a visiting professor in the departments of Women’s and Gender Studies and English at Emory University.

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Faculty Development Faculty Deans Provost 114

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

The Christian university cited the two’s “continued use of pronouns, and [their] email signature and violation of institutional policy after [they] had been asked to remove them.” The university has never fired employees solely based on the use of pronouns in staff email signatures, it said in a May 22 statement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Policy attempts to restrict what can be taught in schools continue to increase in the nation’s state legislatures in 2023, according to a new PEN America report. While gag orders in past years sought to primarily censor speech about race and racism, this new wave seems to instead target sexual orientation and gender identity in K-12 schools.

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Education Advocate Model Policy 109

Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 25, 2023

Researchers at Christopher Newport University (CNU) have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to explore how gender, race/ethnicity, and social identity impact STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) faculty experiences.

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Retention Engineering Deans Faculty 98

The PIE News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It is such an honour to be recognised for the work I’m doing at The PIE as head of Partnerships & Marketing by Lead 5050 whose vision is to achieve gender balance in leadership by working together to create inclusive organisations. Lead5050 was launched by Linacre and co-founder Ella Tyler to help businesses gain a better gender balance.

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Achievement Leadership Empower Recruitment 86

The PIE News

MARCH 10, 2023

This month, to coincide with International Women’s Day, the office of global communications within the prime minister of Japan’s cabinet, hosted a webinar aimed at highlighting the gender disparity in STEM careers and to showcase accomplishments of leading females in the sector.

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Allocate Advocate Model Policy 79

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Meyer, distinguished senior scholar of public policy at the Williams Institute. These youth must manage the stress of a carceral setting while also navigating sexual and gender minority identities, which can increase exposure to violence, bullying, and isolation.”

Facilities 109

Facilities Policy Schooling Institution 109

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

According to the study, women in gender-balanced STEM fields (chemistry, math and biology) reported the most sexual violence, nearly three times more rapes than in non-gender-balanced STEM fields and more than in predominantly male STEM disciplines (engineering, physics and computer science). attempted rapes, the study found.

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Computer Science Equity Engineering Deans 89

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2024

That is, to be a Black woman serving as the leader of a college or university will always be met with challenges that sit comfortably at the intersection of race and gender. It is too easy to solely treat what happened to Gay as a racist attack.

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History Leadership Higher Education Institution 144

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 11, 2024

College graduates from racial minority groups also tended to have slightly higher returns than the white graduates, although the gaps were not as large as the gender gaps. Zhang noted, however, that there are significant differences across college majors and that the return is higher for women than for men.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 6, 2023

A group of 16 attorneys general sent a letter to Florida governor Ron DeSantis Friday, raising concerns about a state plan to collect data on transgender and gender-nonconforming students , specifically seeking details on how those students have interacted with campus health centers. Hide by line?

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Students Administration University Administration Policy 68

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

It’s going to be, instead of ‘You have to have gender studies or you have to have DEI to get accredited,’ it’ll be the opposite. So we’re going to have alternative accreditors. We’re not going to accredit you if you have DEI and some of these other things.”

Liberal Arts 133

Liberal Arts College Equity Inclusivity 133

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Approximately one-third of HBCUs have partnered with HRC over the past 20 years to bring about institutional change, such as creating or deepening inclusive policies that support LGBTQ students. Gender neutral housing or gender-neutral restrooms, there’s a fiscal note attached to all of that.”

Scholarship 118

Scholarship Leadership Advocate History 118

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In just two months, 2023 has seen over 120 bills introduced across the country to restrict LGBTQ+ individuals, particularly targeting trans individuals’ freedom of gender expression and access to life-saving health care for those experiencing gender dysphoria.

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Education Higher Education Policy Organization 96

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Here, we must intentionally incorporate Indigenous knowledge and perspectives relevant to the subject matter to address intersecting forms of oppression, such as race, gender, class, sexuality, etc. university policies and procedures) as presented is also decolonized.

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Higher Education Education Inclusivity Environment 126

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

To ensure these parents succeed, we should highlight year-round the practices and policies that support their needs, including access to childcare, family-friendly campuses, and flexible course schedules. Almost one-third of Black student parents attend for-profit schools compared with 9 percent of Black students without children.

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College Students Achievement Degree 144

The Guardian - Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

Proposal also calls for gender neutral language at women’s college whose alumni include Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright Students at the famed Wellesley College for women voted this week to extend admission to trans men and non-binary students, though campus administrators have said there is “no plan” to immediately change school policy.

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Liberal Arts College Students Policy 75