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Breaking Barriers: The Struggle for Inclusion on Community College Campuses

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Pushing for inclusive design Community college practitioners and higher education experts agree that inclusive design is essential for ensuring equitable access to education. The institution hosts an Inclusion by Design Summit and features workshops and a regular newsletter. Its not innate for everyone, says Trent.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

In response, universities and educators strive to create and nurture virtual relationships and communities that foster positive relational school cultures, understanding student behavior within a social context (Manassah, Roderick, and Gregory 2018, 39). Online platforms should facilitate easy communication and collaboration among students.

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Protecting Trans Rights? Disability Inclusion? International Students? Why It’s All the Same Battle

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It echoes in the lives of disabled people, especially Deaf and neurodivergent people, whose insights are essential to many fields in school and college education, design, and accessibility, yet who are too often excluded from schools, jobs, and public life. For disabled people, data tells a story of exclusion baked into the system.

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Law School Admission Council Names Sudha Setty as New President and CEO

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In a significant leadership transition at one of legal education's key institutions, the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) has appointed Sudha Setty as its new president and chief executive officer, effective July 1, 2025. Law schools and higher education face enormous challenges and opportunities," Setty said.

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DEI at public colleges, medical schools comes under congressional attack

Higher Ed Dive

Republicans on the House's education committee took aim at diversity, equity and inclusion during a two-hour hearing Thursday.

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Celebrate the Season: Top 10 Holiday Videos From Schools in 2024

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

The holiday season represents the perfect time to reflect on all that your school community has accomplished and celebrate it. For years now, weve been compiling lists of our favorite holiday highlight videos from schools, sharing fun and compelling ideas that you can try to connect with your audience. Lets get started!

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UNC Journalism Dean Navigates Diversity Mission Amid DEI Restrictions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Last May, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Board of Governors voted to eliminate all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices. Those changes came shortly after the hire of Dean Raul Reis, who joined the Hussman School of Journalism and Media in July 2022 with a platform that honored the values of equity and diversity.

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