MindMax

DECEMBER 15, 2022

What do higher education leaders worry about the most? I recently hosted an interactive event bringing together leaders and pioneers in the higher education community for an evening of discussion on an important and relevant topic: Reflections & Predictions. Reflections: What are Higher Education Leaders Most Worried About?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2025

Howard's Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Anthony K. The institute's research agenda is ambitious, targeting persistent inequities across multiple sectors including technology, healthcare, education, environmental issues, economics, governance, and the criminal legal system. Board of Education decision. Dr. Ibram X.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Department of Education, the Upward Bound program works with students from six area high schools that are identified as potential first-generation college students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

They shared their convictions with their two sons, including the importance of education and social service. It took him awhile to connect the dots from his passion to higher education. Williams was raised Catholic and attended private institutions—he was often the only Black student in his class, or one of the few. Dr. Dereck J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Cynthia Pickett will become the Presidential Associate for Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) at Cal Poly Pomona (CPP), effective Dec. Her scholarly work is in matters of social identity, intergroup relations, the self, social cognition, social inclusion and belonging, and inclusive scientific practices.

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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. Our higher education institutions must reflect this reality and prepare students for the world they will inherit.

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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. Ask specific questions. Look for where the action is and fill in any gaps.

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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. As communities respond to shortages of skilled educators, there is no more crucial time to ensure that we’re building pathways into teaching that are accessible, practice-based, and focused on equitable instruction.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

My computational chemistry laboratory has benefitted from our twinned focus on data and inclusion and serves as a case study for how access to meaningful research opportunities encourages people from all backgrounds to pursue data-related careers. UR is a research-intensive, predominately undergraduate, predominately white institution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

When he was first asked to educate people on Islamophobia, DEI expert Dr. Amer F. So I started to make more of an effort to educate my colleagues, my field, [and] the general public on the ways in which Islamophobia was functioning and operating in our society and even my own personal experience related to that." Dr. Amer F.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Educators from underrepresented backgrounds and diverse disciplines at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) continue to build a campus-wide support system and sense of community through Faculty Link, an opt-in program now entering its third year. Erik Cliburn is a senior staff writer for INSIGHT Into Diversity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2024

Charleston has been named vice chancellor for inclusive excellence at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. in educational leadership and policy analysis from UW–Madison’s School of Education. in educational leadership and policy analysis from UW–Madison’s School of Education. Dr. LaVar J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

Institutions of higher education have been forced to react, reorient, and refashion how they will comply while still pursuing the goals they hold for the value and crucial nature of diversity in campus communities and in the education of students. This call is extended to all to embrace the complexities of today’s academic environment.

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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. “I’d

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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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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 20, 2022

“It didn’t matter if you sat in IT or our academic technology group or in one of the schools or foreign facilities office where you rarely interacted with the academics—the shared goal was so clear to everybody,” said Matthew Rascoff, Stanford’s vice provost for digital education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Gilliam, a physician and higher education leader, will take on the mantle of president of Boston University, effective Jul. She is currently executive vice president and provost at The Ohio State University, the first Black to hold that role in the school’s history. And it just isn’t.”

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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. O’Meara holds a B.A.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Louis (WashU) equips diverse individuals with the knowledge and management skills required to advance into higher education leadership roles through a curriculum focused on DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion). It also started] because of folks who were coming to us one-on-one. Epps Collegiate Professor of Sociology at U-M.

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UW Presidential Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

For more than four years, Mark Richards has served as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs with distinction. As I shared at the time of his announcement that he would step down at the end of his term, our entire University owes Mark a debt of gratitude for his excellent work and impact as provost.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 1, 2024

“I believe wholeheartedly in Frontier’s mission to provide accessible nurse-midwifery and nurse practitioner education that integrates the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and I am excited to carry it forward.” Flinders served as professor of nursing and associate provost for faculty affairs at Miami University (Ohio).

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 7, 2025

With state laws in place that curtail DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives at public universities, some private institutions are stepping in to support affected students. These actions aim to counter restrictive measures and provide safe, inclusive spaces for individuals displaced or disenfranchised by the new regulations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Villarreal is vice president for equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University of Utah, and Eatman is the inaugural dean of the Honors Living-Learning Community and Professor at Rutgers University–Newark. “It James Madison University President Dr. Jonathan R. Alger was elected vice chair of the board.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Seval Yildirim Seval Yildirim has been appointed vice provost for inclusive excellence at the University at Buffalo.

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Insight Into Diversity

JUNE 14, 2023

On Tuesday, University of Arkansas (UA) Chancellor Charles Robinson announced the school will begin redistributing staff and resources from the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) into other campus units.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Susanna Rinehart As one of four associate deans in the college, Rinehart will play a critical role in advancing the college’s academic agenda and fostering a supportive and inclusive academic environment that will lead to student and faculty success.

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UW Presidential Blog

MAY 17, 2023

It is my great pleasure to announce that Dr. Tricia Serio has accepted the role of Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Washington. As Provost at UMass Amherst, she launched and led initiatives to increase diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging for faculty, staff and students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2024

He is also a founding co-director of the Academic Leadership Institute, a partnership between Washington University and the University of Michigan that supports the development of academic leaders committed to advancing diversity and inclusion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

On March 7, Dr. 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.” Dr. Toby S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

Keona Lewis Keona Lewis has been named assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion at the University of Notre Dame. She served as the associate director of research and evaluation for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Georgia Tech.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Dr. Cheryl Nixon Nixon is currently provost and vice president for academic affairs at Fort Lewis College. She has also served as associate provost, English department chair, and graduate program director at the University of Massachusetts Boston. “I Berea is an inspirational model of what higher education can and should be.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

“This program is a wonderful example of how a partnership between a charitable foundation and a membership association can make a positive impact on students’ lives through high quality educational opportunities,” AIRC executive director Brian Whalen said. The initiative was launched in 2022 together with AIFS with a $100,000 backing.

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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

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Academic Pipeline Exchange is an open access database charting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in businesses, organizations, and institutions of higher education across the nation. Five years from now, Byrd and Mason want their membership to reach 100 higher education institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Dr. Mary Ann Villarreal Villarreal is currently the vice president for equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University of Utah. Other appointments include Dr. Mary Dana Hinton, president of Hollins University, as past chair; Dr. Timothy K.

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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. LaVar Charleston studied public relations, marketing, educational leadership and policy analysis. Sherri Charleston studied the intersection of U.S. Jerlando F.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2023

Wilmore Webley Wilmore Webley has been appointed the senior vice provost for equity and inclusion at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. Webley holds a bachelor’s degree in medical technology from Northern Caribbean University, Mandeville, Jamaica, and master’s and doctorate degrees in microbiology from UMass Amherst.

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