Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2025

Howard University has appointed renowned historian and bestselling author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi significant expansion of the historically Black university's research capabilities. Wutoh said there is a strong alignment between Kendi's work and the university's mission. Dr. Ibram X.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2025

Montana State University President Waded Cruzado has been named the next president of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), marking a Dr. Waded Cruzado historic appointment as she becomes the first Latina to lead the organization.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 17, 2025

A collection of college and university professors in Florida are suing to challenge a 2023 state law that prohibits funding for DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs at public institutions. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the U.S. The governing body has declined to comment on the case.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The evidence and metrics that governing bodies and senior executives have do not always build a comprehensive picture of what it means to be a healthy, inclusive and sustainable institution – especially important when the world beyond the university is putting ever more emphasis on environmental, economic and social responsibility.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Taken together, they forbid faculty members from including a set of so-called “divisive concepts” about race, gender and identity in their classrooms; ban most diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives; restrict general education curricula and university mission statements; and limit the power of higher education accreditors to perform quality assurance (..)

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University Business

MAY 14, 2024

As I prepare to step down after 15 years as chancellor at the University of Colorado Boulder, the higher education landscape looks much different than what I encountered as a new professor in 1974. Universities face increasing scrutiny from politicians who would like to dictate what students may learn in the classroom.

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Dr. Missy Alexander

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

How do your areas align with the university learning outcomes, and 2. How might we work together to build an organized plan to achieve those goals with contributions from all areas of the university? The discussion prompts were essentially, 1. The conversation did not disappoint.

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