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Columbia Administration, Student Organizers Talks Fail

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Columbia University administration leaders and student organizers failed to reach agreement in negotiations that might have included the university’s divestment from Israel.

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Working to Keep Minoritized Students Safe - Dr. Kaleb Briscoe

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I was always advocating for students rights and issues, working with administration, leaders, and university presidents advocating for university students, says Briscoe of her time at ASU. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), a predominately white institution (PWI) in a region with a very low Black population.

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Montana State's Dr. Waded Cruzado Makes History as APLU's First Latina President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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5 tips for college and university presidents to support diversity, equity and inclusion

University Business

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. They are clear and mission-driven.

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Strong Networks Help Turn Black Faculty into University Presidents

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We observed how Black faculty immersed themselves in networks outside the academic world, such as churches, community organizations, sororities, or fraternities. One of the participants in our study belonged to a group that welcomed all the Black employees of the university in question, from a janitor to the president.

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Dr. Charles L. Welch Appointed President and CEO of AASCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mildred Garcia who left the organization in October to become chancellor of the California State University system. Welch Welch is currently president of AASCU member Arkansas State University System and co-chair of the Executive Council of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. Dr. Charles L.

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Harvard faculty organize amid anxiety that the college will capitulate to Trump

The Guardian - Higher Education

When we saw the Garber statements subject line, everybody thought: Oh, great, Harvards going to stand up!