Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2025

It was originally designed to ensure full citizenship for Black Americans and has been central to many civil rights advances throughout American history. The center's work will be organized around four pillars: Law & Policy, Education and Curriculum, Art, Imagination, and Narrative, and Democratic Institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and other unions filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging that DOGE staff, including a 19-year-old with a history of leaking information, have been given improper access to millions of Americans' sensitive student loan data, Social Security numbers, and other private records.

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Throughout its history, higher education in the U.S. Although Black History Month was federally designated in 1986, similar weekly and monthly celebrations had already existed for more than 50 years. For example, the famous 1960 Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins were organized by four North Carolina A&T University students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The exclusion and omission of Black history threatens to harm not just the Black community at large but also students and the very future of the nation, experts said during a Nov. In the face of curriculum and book bans and the devaluing of Black history, it is imperative to amplify and uphold African American history.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 6, 2025

Setty, who currently serves as dean of the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law, will bring her extensive experience in legal education and commitment to diversity to the organization. Setty will succeed former president Kellye Testy, who departed in July to lead the Association of American Law Schools.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2024

Two major New York state universities are collaborating with a teacher-run organization seeking to teach communities and students about civil resistance in local history, creating an online platform to display the organization’s curricula and local resistance efforts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Robinson, a foundational figure in University of Tennessee history, grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he and his mother, Alma, would listen to the radio, discussing historic elections and admiring the courage of civil rights leaders. The rest is history. It’s all about policy—you have to make changes there to see real progress.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

in educational policy and planning, Reid hopes to make an impact on federal and state policies related to education. Going forward, he anticipates leveraging data and research to inform policy-making about schools and support families from marginalized backgrounds. After completing his Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

African American History Month marks a period in which Americans can celebrate together, because it spotlights the possibilities and the promise that the country remains poised to offer, even as we acknowledge the mistakes and shortcomings of the past. The nation owes a debt of gratitude to celebrated historian Dr. Carter G.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2023

Black history — and Black Americans — are under attack. Since 2021, legislatures and governors in 19 states have enacted educational gag orders that restrict teaching and learning about allegedly divisive concepts such as race, racism, and American history. The fate of affirmative action in higher education awaits a U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Robinson, a foundational figure in University of Tennessee history, grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he and his mother, Alma, would listen to the radio, discussing historic elections and admiring the courage of civil rights leaders. The rest is history. It’s all about policy—you have to make changes there to see real progress.”

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Higher Education Inquirer

JUNE 29, 2023

The History of Higher Education in the US over the last 4 centuries is worse than horrible--from a People's perspective. To make history, it's helpful to know history. Progressive organizations appear on college campuses, but have been largely ineffective in battling strengthening corporate forces. Much of it has not.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 8, 2024

Civil rights organizations — including the National Urban League, National Action Network, NAACP, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., They include: · Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of National Urban League · The Rev.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

On Tuesday, a magistrate judge granted an injunction to prevent a professor from receiving potential disciplinary action for refusing to adhere to a new diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEIA) policy at the California Community Colleges (CCC) system.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Racial justice advocates are turning out for the Fifth Annual Critical Race Theory Summer School hosted by the African American Policy Forum. The social justice think tank opened its July 28-Aug. 2 summit with a plenary titled “Tip of the Spear: Tennessee on the Frontlines of the War on Woke.”

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Academe Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

2) Northwestern shall retract any anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policies referencing specific groups protected by Northwestern policies on Title VI. 2) Northwestern shall retract any anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policies referencing specific groups protected by Northwestern policies on Title VI.

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WCET Frontiers

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

WCET Frontiers would like to honor our veterans by sharing about the history of Veterans Day and also share some updates on federal policy issues for institutions to watch that affect the process and delivery of Veterans benefits. An event was organized by a World War II veteran, Raymond Weeks. Armed Services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

They point to the grow number of states who have passed legislation —most notably Texas and Florida—that make it more difficult to teach about Black history for example. She said that the history of school vouchers and charters, which has since been codified in state charters, is the lingering resistance to the historic 1954 U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 27, 2024

California’s public schools didn’t teach Asian American history to a young Dr. Beth Lew-Williams. history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. “The history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. Holding several degrees in history, including a Ph.D. Neither did college. West coast in the late 1800s.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The ballot measure, known as Proposition 308 , is the result of years of grassroots organizing and backed by a broad coalition of business groups, politicians and immigration advocacy organizations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

Organizers with the Freedom to Learn (F2L) network and the Right to Learn (R2L) coalition are planning a rally May 3 in Washington, D.C. Then, organizers risked their lives in opposition to Jim Crow and segregation. The annual Freedom to Learn DC Rally convenes at the Library of Congress, and participants will march to the U.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

in educational policy and planning, Reid hopes to make an impact on federal and state policies related to education. Going forward, he anticipates leveraging data and research to inform policy-making about schools and support families from marginalized backgrounds. After completing his Ph.D.

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WCET Frontiers

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

WCET is committed to leading the policy, practice, and advocacy of digital learning. You can expect more insightful content, policy analysis, and discussions on emerging best practices that help you navigate this dynamic field. Van reaffirms that this mission remains our number one priority. He earned a Masters and Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Across states like South Carolina to Florida , local school boards are actively involved in banning books, removing school leaders committed to equity, and imposing limitations on classroom teachers, preventing them from teaching an accurate and honest portrayal of the United States' history.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 25, 2025

These centers promote racial healing and address inequities by emphasizing grassroots, people-centered activities and policies to improve understanding and cooperation across the broad spectrum of American experiences. The Citadel researches the histories of racially minoritized members through archival records. Villareal says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Hall said it’s time for postsecondary institutions to start thinking about who their undocumented resource centers are supporting and targeting, and more institutions need to engage with activist groups and organizers that are leading the way in immigrant representation. Black undocumented students] are invisibilized.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The NDC, like many other organizations, rose to prominence on the wave of racial justice advocacy that followed the murder of George Floyd in 2020. For a brief period, it seemed like America was reckoning with its history. For DEI to evolve through this contentious moment, we must confront the forces organized against it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

They claim, “All policies should be color-blind, otherwise “we” are practicing reverse discrimination and racism against white people.” Affirmative Action policies were a start to combat racial discrimination. There are too many clear indications that in America, individuals, organizations, institutions, etc.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Today, she is the president and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute and the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University, where she founded the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. I worked hard to transform the organization because it was pretty lily white,” he says. Dr. Carol D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Civil rights organization National Black Justice Coalition is calling for the resignation of College Board CEO David Coleman after it was reported that College Board coordinated and met with Florida officials multiple times before releasing revisions to its AP African American Studies course. Dr. David J. Johns said.

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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. At the heart of these policies is bettering the goals of higher education,” Garces said. “It

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Affirmative action, a set of policies designed to level the playing field for marginalized communities, has faced challenges and scrutiny in recent times. The Black Church has a rich history of community mobilization. Through coalition building, it leverages collective power to protect and expand affirmative action policies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Drawing on our experience as Co-Founders of statewide HSI consortia, we propose three institutional considerations for eHSIs: coalition building for learner support, community integration, and culturally attuned policies and practices. This includes revising policies and curriculum design to better serve this population.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 27, 2024

California’s public schools didn’t teach Asian American history to a young Dr. Beth Lew-Williams. history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. “The history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. Holding several degrees in history, including a Ph.D. Neither did college. West coast in the late 1800s.

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WCET Frontiers

JUNE 18, 2024

Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19th, marks a pivotal moment in American history—the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, were informed of their freedom, years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. This acknowledgment is crucial for fostering understanding, healing, and progress.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 14, 2023

They have begun reviewing the museum’s collections policy and are exploring the acquisition of new artwork. The two organizations have worked together for well over a decade, and this project formalizes the partnership and supports their goals, says Hernandez. The grants will support the positions over five years, or until 2027.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 6, 2023

The World Health Organization defines public health as “all organized measures (whether public or private) to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life among the population as a whole.” Why Public Health? After her high school shut down in 2020, “I started following everything on the news,” she recalled.

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