Insight Into Diversity

MAY 14, 2023

To ensure music students gain a more inclusive education, universities are beginning to expand their areas of study. Arkansas Center for Black Music Founded earlier this year, the Arkansas Center for Black Music is a collaboration between the UA Department of Music and the African and African American Studies program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 15, 2023

Barbara Jones will become dean of the Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW), effective Aug. She will also be a tenured professor in BUSSW’s department of clinical practice. She is also the inaugural chair of the Department of Health Social Work at UT Austin’s Dell Medical School. “I

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Deans for Impact

MAY 24, 2023

Junior Jessica Dasher, also majoring in Inclusive PreK-5 Education, named that her tutor training and experience have shown her how instructional skills are transferable between math and reading: “Whatever grade I’m tutoring or working with, I think about what [students] would be thinking and what prior experiences they would have.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

Hollis will become associate dean for access, equity, and inclusion in the Penn State College of Education, effective Aug. I chose Penn State because of the dean and the wonderful colleagues I met during my visit,” Hollis said. “I Dr. Leah P.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 18, 2023

José Luis Bermúdez, the interim dean of Texas A&M University’s College of Arts and Sciences, resigned on Monday after the university backtracked on its hiring deal with renowned journalism professor Kathleen O. At the time of her hiring, Bermúdez had described McElroy as “the perfect fit” for the position.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries, Animal, and Veterinary Sciences, University of Rhode Island Tenured: No Age: 36 Education: B.A., At The University of Rhode Island’s (URI) Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, much of Treviño Peña’s scholarship involves listening to and studying people.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Department of Education (ED) and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) held the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit: Holistic Advising and Wraparound Services in Washington, D.C. He went to the dean of the College of Education at Central Connecticut State University and said, “I need help, or I’m out.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2025

Unlike traditional academic organizations that can be exclusive or rigid in their scope, BWSA is intentionally inclusive, embracing interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to the field of Black Womens Studies. When co-founder and treasurer Dr. Jacinta Saffold and the organizations president, Dr. Nneka Dennie enrolled at the W.E.B.

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UW Presidential Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

We have also assisted in legal challenges against the threat to deport students and faculty for lawful speech and to action by the Department of Energy to arbitrarily cut funding rates. For example, we are not preemptively eliminating our diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Susanna Rinehart, associate professor of theatre history, literature, and performance, has been named associate dean for academic and faculty affairs for Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture, Arts, and Design (AAD). Rinehart joined the Virginia Tech faculty in 1999 as assistant professor in what was then the Department of Theatre and Arts.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 3, 2025

March 3, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of the College of Wooster is the fourth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. students of color and 14% international students, Wooster boasts a vibrant and inclusive campus environment. It provides students with hands-on experience in their chosen fields.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Sofiya Alhassan Sofiya Alhassan has been appointed associate dean for inclusion and engagement for the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She served as the graduate program director of the kinesiology department.

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Deans for Impact

DECEMBER 13, 2022

At Deans for Impact, we stand committed to elevating teachers and teaching and equipping all future teachers with the scientifically-based tools to create rigorous, equitable, and inclusive learning environments where all students thrive. Department of Labor. Want to get updates about our work in the new year?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Lae’l Hughes-Watkins, co-chair of The 1856 Project and associate director for engagement, inclusion and reparative archiving, Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Maryland. It’s our own small way to ensure that all voices are heard, and all people are respected.”

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Insight Into Diversity

JUNE 7, 2024

Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences will no longer require diversity and inclusion statements as part of its hiring process. This change was detailed in a Monday email from Nina Zipser, PhD, dean of faculty affairs and planning. In an April op-ed in The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Law School professor Randall L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

Dr. Safa Zaki Zaki is currently dean of the faculty and the John B. Zaki has previously served as assistant professor of psychology and chair of the Williams Program in Cognitive Science at Williams and was a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University. “I

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

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. Treasury Department and the Council of Economic Advisors. Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. Jenkins, Bates College (Lewiston, Maine) Garry W.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

We will be shutting down low-performing, ideologically-captured academic departments and hiring new faculty,” trustee Christopher Rufo said on Twitter. “(S)ome S)ome current students will self-select out, others will graduate; we’ll recruit new students who are mission-aligned.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

She told education professors and deans that the work that they’re doing at the higher education level, is helping by preparing future teachers and ensuring that they’re ready for the demands of a future workforce ready to meet the challenging needs that face education today. Why are we creating more barriers for students?”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2023

With more than a decade of K-12 teaching experience, she has previously been vice president of academic affairs, dean of the School of Education, department chair, and professor at Indian River State College. Cronin is no stranger to leadership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Bowman (left), Michigan State University’s associate dean for academic and student affairs, and other leaders from the university’s college of education. Gmelch, who, at the time, served as dean of Iowa State’s College of Education and had emerged as a national expert on college deans. “I Jerlando F.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Faculty members who voted against the new rule have cited a variety of concerns, including those about equity and inclusion and whether a committee composed exclusively of senior professors will sufficiently value emerging areas and modes of scholarship. The university referred questions about the new policy to Wong.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Department of Education to develop special education programs and enhance teacher diversity over the next five years. Funded by the Education Department’s Office of Special Education and Programs, the grant is intended to address the shortage of special education teachers in the state. million grant from the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

We present the problems/solutions as an easily accessible 10-point checklist, so that you can grade your own processes, identify your challenges, and proactively incorporate de-biasing practices in the spirit of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Department-mandated trainings are often ineffective , and the same biases persist.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

Title :Assistant Dean for Student Vitality & Career Development and Director of Student Affairs Tenured: No Age: 38 Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing University of Virginia; MBA in Business Administration, Averett University; Ph.D Improving access and reducing barriers to education has long been a passion for her, says Bankole.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Some professors describe this as an end run around the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which voted in early 2021 not to approve department status for William & Mary’s then year-old data science program. William & Mary has long had a liberal arts orientation and strong tradition of shared governance.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The group aims to create a vibrant, inclusive network where remote faculty and staff can share experiences, exchange ideas, and access resources to enhance their professional and personal lives. MTN’s launch is part of a broader university initiative to create more inclusive and supportive networks for faculty and staff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2024

She and other scholars underlined the critical importance of HBCUs and an inclusive, expansive history curriculum being taught to students K-12 and beyond. Department of Education, 16 states have underfunded their HBCUs by more than $12 billion between 1987 and 2020. Waters was instrumental in the development of the course.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The University of Texas System’s board of regents has suspended all new policies promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and asked school leaders to report on their current DEI policies, citing that some practices have “strayed from the original intent,” The Texas Tribune reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

Race and higher education scholars are voicing criticism, concern, and cynicism after the University of Florida ended many of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, a move that the school cited it took to comply with a state law that was passed last year. I have mixed feelings about it. Dr. Charles H.F.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Rochester was looking to hire faculty whose work focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. Cluster hiring instantly injects diversity into departments that have little, while making the experience easier for minoritized faculty members. And they weren’t looking to just hire one. They were hiring three. Dr. Robin L.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 29, 2025

In response, the College of Charleston implemented a formal policy requiring structured consultation with departments, deans, the Faculty Senate, and governing boards for any future reorganizations. That process was followed successfully in launching the subsequent schools, reinforcing both transparency and institutional alignment.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In addition to this project, the college recently hosted its third annual Women’s Global Leadership Conference, entitled “Leading Inclusively: Transformative Change Across the Globe.”. Strategic Plans + Climate Survey = Inclusive Excellence — Ball State University. AmeriCorps Tutors for Youth — Arkansas State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

In 1998, he began teaching at the University of Alabama, and then joined the University of Cincinnati in 2002, where he rose to full professor, department head, associate dean for graduate studies and research, and ultimately dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Steven Boggs, dean of UCSD’s physical sciences division, announced Ternansky’s effective suspension in a statement saying this was to ensure a “productive learning environment for all. The School of Physical Sciences and the department of chemistry and biochemistry have their own diversity initiatives, she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 3, 2023

Dr. LaVar Charleston is the deputy vice chancellor for diversity & inclusion, vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Eventually, both became Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) leaders. Dr. Sherri Charleston is the first chief diversity and inclusion officer at Harvard University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

One of the six appointees is conservative activist Christopher Rufo, dean at Hillsdale and senior fellow at right-wing think tank The Claremont Institute. The students and faculty at New College – a small school – have a reputation for leaning left politically, so a conservative turn may see resistance.

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