Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

million students enrolled in colleges and universities. With the demise of affirmative action, threats to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI), and policies in higher education there might not be an immediate increase in the number of Black men seeking to enroll in higher education. or a little over 850,000 of the 18.6

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Deans for Impact

JUNE 27, 2023

Building and sustaining a culture of equity and inclusion, and dismantling systems that oppress and marginalize. Our 2023 Impact Academy fellows are: Andy Saultz , Interim Dean of the College of Education, Pacific University Anne Lamb , Managing Director of Program and Evaluation, St. Perkins College of Education, Stephen F.

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University Business

MARCH 28, 2024

There’s new momentum building on college and university campuses to rescue and reinvigorate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, vital initiatives that have been the target of a coordinated national assault for over a year. Integrate DEI or DEIB into your college or university’s mission statement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2025

Carolyn Stefanco hen the American Council on Education launched its Moving the Needle initiative over a decade ago to raise awareness about gender parity in higher education or lack thereof only 23% of college presidents or chancellors were women. Jackson, who was appointed president at Nashville State Community College in 2018.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

DeCuir-Gunby, a prominent educational psychologist and racial equity expert who is on the faculty at the USC Rossier School of Education, has been named the next executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center. I am excited about the opportunity to serve as the next executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center,” she said.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 24, 2024

Greenfield Community College leaders prematurely ended a partnership with a DEI consulting firm that issued a highly critical report. The report was based on an unfinished assessment of the college’s DEI work after administrators of the small Massachusetts community college ended the firm’s work early without informing the campus community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. Vincent, president of Talladega College, a historically Black institution in Alabama.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

PHILADELPHIA— Despite the ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion within higher education, more than a thousand educators gathered in-person and virtually late last week to share strategies and brainstorm ways to center equitable outcomes for the students who attend their institutions. Dr. Michael A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Levon Esters will become vice provost for graduate education at Penn State and dean of its Graduate School, effective May 1, 2023. Dr. Levon Esters Esters is currently the associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion and faculty affairs for Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute and professor of agricultural sciences education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

As an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies (ELPS) and coordinator of the college student personnel program at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she is working to achieve that goal with her scholarship and her administrative responsibilities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Williams’s parents had met during their time at Southern and A&M College, a historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University. Everyone didn’t feel that way.”

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 5, 2023

Community service and institution-wide partnerships are key tools being used by two historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), among other schools, to address long-standing inequities in the criminal justice system and legal profession. Simmons College President Kevin W. Per the agreement, the UK J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 16, 2023

Morehouse College’s Social Problems course typically fills up with freshman and sophomores who want to wrestle with some of the knottiest issues of our time, including interpersonal violence, political corruption, pollution, homelessness, and racial and ethnic conflict. More partnerships are currently being explored.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

By Megan Zahneis Illustration by The Chronicle; Images by iStock The legislation spells out at least 35 positions, from vice provosts to program coordinators, that would qualify as a "diversity, equity, and inclusion officer" and would therefore be banned.

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UW Presidential Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

We are actively responding on several fronts, many of which Provost Serio and I discussed in our April 3 message to the UW community and/or are outlined on the Federal Policy Updates page. For example, we are not preemptively eliminating our diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2025

A Dr. Donald Guy Generals fter nearly a decade of leadership marked by program expansion and innovative initiatives, Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) President Dr. Donald "Guy" Generals is seeking answers following his unexpected removal earlier this month. All of the objective factors, as to what relates to a good college are there."

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University Business

JULY 28, 2023

At Wednesday’s National Summit on Equal Opportunity hosted by the Department of Education, presidents, chancellors, provosts, CEOs and secretaries from across the nation heeded Department Secretary Miguel Cardona’s advice to turn this “low point” in higher education into a “turning point.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2023

KerryAnn O’Meara will become vice president for academic affairs, provost, and dean of the college at Teachers College, Columbia University, effective Jul. O’Meara was also a 2021-2022 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow and president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education in 2020.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2023

George Timmons will become president of Holyoke Community College, pending approval of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, MassLive reported. Dr. George Timmons Timmons is currently provost and senior vice president of academic and student affairs at Columbia-Greene Community College (CGCC).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2024

As a first-generation college student, a Black woman, and the child of immigrants, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education. Furthermore, Patricia Gurin, et al. The strength of our nation and our democracy depends on it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

Dyonne Bergeron will become chief diversity officer (CDO) and vice chancellor for equity, diversity, and inclusion (DEI) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), effective Jul. I’m really excited and honored to have the opportunity to work with brilliant students, staff and faculty at UCI,” she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 8, 2023

Nwosu Nwosu is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs and student success at Herbert H. Lehman College. We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Peter Nwosu as the 11th President of SUNY Oswego,” said James McMahon, SUNY Oswego College Council Chair. Nwosu will become president of SUNY Oswego, effective Aug.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2023

And as a state higher ed secretary, Bridges has been involved in state efforts to improve equity, affordability, and school infrastructure, as well as get people back into higher ed after stopping out. Patterson Research Institute (FDPRI), its Institute for Capacity Building (ICB); and its Career Pathways Initiative.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Bartell, Sandra Robinson & Willie McKether Only two-thirds of new college students will complete their degree within six years. For colleges and universities to close these equity gaps, they must address the core of the student experience: the time that students spend in the classroom. By Denise S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Cantor will soon embark on a new journey to lead Hunter College, the largest college in the City University of New York (CUNY) system. This is a magnanimous opportunity for Hunter College,” Eatman said. Her father graduated from The City College of New York and her mother graduated from Hunter. “So,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Since the mid-1970s, the Latino college student population has increased fivefold, with one out of every five college students being Latino by 2017. There are more than one million fewer learners enrolled in college than before the pandemic began. Black and Latino students were the most affected , leaving college in droves.

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UW Presidential Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Tricia Serio has accepted the role of Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Washington. As an academic administrator, Tricia brings an outstanding track record as an advocate for academic excellence, equity and access – values at the heart of our University’s mission.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2023

Now that college acceptance letters have been sent, the pressure is on students to choose what schools to attend by May 1 st , National Decision Day. The effects of the pandemic on college enrollments are still lingering , with a total enrollment decline of 1.2 But institutions are under pressure, too. Even applications are changing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has elected seven new directors and new board officers at its 2023 Annual Meeting, including Dr. Mary Ann Villarreal as chair of its Board of Directors. Rivera, president of Macalester College; Dr. Charles M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

Shaun Harper, university professor, provost professor of education, business and public policy, and the founder and executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center, was watching a livestream from the U.S. Owens called diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives “demeaning and racist.” Committee member U.S. Dr. Toby S.

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Campus Sonar

DECEMBER 17, 2024

It also means the perception of your institution is shaped by people outside of it, increasing the lack of understanding and poor public perception of college. Grow brand equity The University of ArkansasFort Smith (UAFS) is improving their brand strategy and building a shared understanding of brand value.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Elizabeth Dooley is a professor of exceptional student education in the School of Teacher Education at the University of Central Florida College of Community Innovation and Education. She is the academic program director for the Ph.D. Teaching Learning and Development Track.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Dr. Cady Short-Thompson Short-Thompson is currently CEO and executive director of educational equity at the nonprofit Breakthrough Cincinnati. She previously served as provost at Hope College and dean at Cincinnati Blue Ash College. Cady Short-Thompson will become president of Northern Kentucky University (NKU).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Eatman Six new directors and board officers were elected during the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in Washington, D.C. Roslyn Clark Artis, president and CEO, Benedict College; Dr. Marco Barker, vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion, University of Nebraska–Lincoln; Dr. Dara N.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2024

As Dr. Martin Luther King Day approaches this year, colleges and universities across the nation are gearing up once again to celebrate and honor the life and legacy of the civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. Francis College, in 1964, said Shannon Zlotkowski, assistant provost for DEI at UNE. Johnson, Clayton said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Kim Schatzel Schatzel – currently president of Towson University (TU) – previously served as provost of Eastern Michigan University and dean of the College of Business at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, A first-generation college student herself, she has been praised for making diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) a priority.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

These colleges may all be well over a hundred years old, but there is still a first time for everything: Mount Holyoke (Mass.), Norbert College (Wis.) Norbert College all fall somewhere around 2,000. President-designate Danielle Ren Holley (Photo: Mount Holyoke College website) She was the perfect person to do it, too.

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