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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This increase, while notable, also highlights the persistent challenges that remain in achieving true gender equity at the highest levels of academia. Her meteoric rise is particularly noteworthy given the historical barriers faced by women of color in academia. in the majority white college town in the Mountain region.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We aim to eliminate equity gaps and continue to transform our institution into a Hispanic-graduating institution.” Equity, familia and servingness are woven into the college’s leadership, programs and services to foster success for all students.

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Inclusion, Support Are Key Goals of UC Berkeley’s Faculty Link Program

Insight Into Diversity

“I enjoy watching and being part of faculty across all disciplines, ranks, and identities, finding common ground, transmitting institutional knowledge, and learning new things from each other,” says Sharon Inkelas, PhD, associate vice provost for the faculty at UC Berkeley and a Faculty Link program lead.

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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

University Business

Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states , a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle. Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. As the provost of Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., ” Rivera-Mills begin this June.

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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. From December 2016 to July 2022, when she left to begin her new position, she served as associate provost for undergraduate retention and dean of undergraduate studies. Justice and equity are driving forces in most everything I do.”

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How Two Colleges Are Responding to the Race-Conscious Admissions Ban

Insight Into Diversity

Ted Mason, PhD In the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to ban race-conscious admissions in higher education, experts in the field of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) are at a crossroads. Mason serves as associate provost for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Kenyon College in Ohio.

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George Washington University elects first woman president

University Business

Key prerequisites for this leader included a track record in faculty recruitment and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. As provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology, she expanded the school’s doctoral programs and invested in research facilities.