Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 7, 2023

He also for a time served as senior policy adviser to Under Secretary Ted Mitchell at the Obama-era Department of Education. One of LeBlanc’s efforts included the SNHU Global Education Movement (GEM) for refugee and displaced learners in Africa and the Middle East.

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University Business

MARCH 28, 2024

Conservative groups, politicians and organizations launched a coordinated attack on DEI in higher education in 2023, in some cases disrupting these programs established to promote fairness and student success, and to address decades of exclusionary policies and practices in higher education. They are clear and mission-driven.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 11, 2023

The South Dakota Board of Regents, which oversees the state’s six public universities, recently voted to establish a new policy “to enhance the protection of minors” during events on college campuses. She added that the board had asked university presidents to place a temporary moratorium on events sponsored by student organizations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2025

Today, women serve as CEOs, university presidents, political leaders, and cultural pioneers. Academic women leaders have increasingly assumed leadership roles that shape policies, curriculum development, and institutional culture. She exemplifies the empathy and innovation that women bring to leadership in higher education.

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University Business

OCTOBER 23, 2024

It seems like a strange moment to degrade the job of college or university presidents by imposing a cloak of silence on them when leaders of corporations and other institutions are called upon to engage in public discourse. The post University presidents should not silence themselves appeared first on University Business.

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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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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 7, 2025

DEI Impact Analysis: Learn how DEI bans affect university programs, cultural centers, and institutional operations. Leadership Strategies: Discover effective approaches for university presidents to protect institutional independence.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 4, 2024

The University of Michigan Ann-Arbor distributed a draft of their new Disruptive Activity Policy, and legal groups are urging leaders to reconsider. The policy comes after demonstrators last month interrupted a university event to protest the Israel-Hamas War. University President Santa J.

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Higher Education Inquirer

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

. – As the nation reflects on the results of yesterday’s election, the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration reaffirms our steadfast commitment to undocumented, immigrant-origin, international, and refugee students, and policies that recognize their essential role in the future workforce and leadership of our country.

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University Business

JANUARY 3, 2025

There’s a responsibility on us as institutions to make sure our policies and procedures facilitate this kind of work when, historically, it hasn’t always been the case.” . “I think we’re all looking at engaging faculty across disciplines in research that’s solving problems that matter.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

Minouche Shafik “Regretfully, we were not able to come to an agreement,” wrote Columbia University President Dr. Minouche Shafik in a letter to fellow members of the Columbia community. We have no intention of suppressing speech or the right to peaceful protest.”

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University Business

OCTOBER 23, 2023

.” The regulation defines “political or social activism” as any activity organized to effect change in government policy. As the regulation currently stands, state universities cannot “endorse or promote a position in communications, advertisements, programs or campus activities.”

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Federal changes in January imposing a 35% cap on international study permits are projected to cause financial losses of more than $300m in 2024/25, doubling to more than $600m the following year, the organisation representing Ontario’s universities has predicted.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 6, 2024

After months of deliberation, Brown University administrators announced the reinstatement of SAT/ACT testing requirements across the institution. The new policy will launch with next year’s application cycle, effective for the class of 2029.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In the USA, Republican Vice-Presidential nominee JD Vance has spoken approvingly of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who forced the Central European University to relocate from Budapest to Vienna.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Henry McMaster and Marshall University President Brad D. developing related policies in K-12 and postsecondary education as well as 3.) We need to be proactive now, because AI is fundamentally shifting the classroom and the workplace,” said SREB President Dr. South Carolina Gov. using AI in teaching and learning and 2.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Supreme Court heard arguments regarding race-conscious admissions policies, higher education stakeholders gathered to discuss the barriers keeping more women and people of color from becoming college and university presidents. According to 2021 data, 60% of the University of California (UC) chancellors are white.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 17, 2024

In the simplest terms, the prevention of gender-based violence is not just a matter of policy, compliance, or enforcement; it must be addressed as part of the broader culture, to include the culture of our collective campuses, including nurturing an environment characterized by care, responsibility, and accountability.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Over the past four years, some higher education officials and politicians have pushed back: for example, in 2020, a group of university presidents and athletic directors in Massachusetts testified before the state Legislature with the strong recommendation not to legalize college sports betting in Massachusetts.

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University Business

APRIL 8, 2024

.” It isn’t just retired presidents who speak harshly about it. Eli Capilouto, president of the University of Kentucky, recently released a proposal that would transfer the University Senate’s policy-making power to the Board of Trustees.

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University Business

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Texas A&M University’s Interim President Mark Welsh III told faculty and staff in College Station on Wednesday that the university will largely stay the course on many unpopular organizational changes initiated by his predecessor. Read more from The Texas Tribune.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 2, 2024

Harvard University President Claudine Gay has resigned amid allegations of plagiarism and controversy surrounding her recent congressional testimony on campus policies related to student conduct and antisemitism.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Jorge Burmicky, assistant professor at Howard University. Over 700 college and university presidents have responded to a new survey, providing a glimpse into the ever-evolving higher education landscape. Female presidents placed greater priority on being knowledgeable about demographic changes and their impact on enrollment.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 31, 2023

Ron DeSantis announced plans on Tuesday to defund diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs at Florida’s colleges and universities. The proposals are part of DeSantis’ new legislative package for reforming higher education in the state to push back against “identity politics and indoctrination,” according to a press release.

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University Business

MAY 16, 2023

Moreover, the bill places higher accountability on university presidents to fire faculty. It also requires schools to establish an Office of Public Policy Events to ensure speaker events host a range of diverging opinions on public policy.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The scorecard comes in light of University President Taylor Randall’s statement on HB 261 that a “deep assessment” of university policies and processes would be conducted “as part of the work to understand the new law.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 23, 2024

Jones As of late, there have been several headlines that have brought to bear the dearth of academic acumen among board members and policy makers. The State University System of Florida Board of Governors decision to eliminate all diversity, equity, and inclusion programs from the University of Florida is the latest example.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The root of your institution’s dwindling finances and performance challenges might very well be a narcissistic president. As the skill requirements of university presidents today lend them to be more public-facing, narcissists yearning for admiration from community followers may seek the position to satisfy their needs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Title: Professor of Psychology, Pepperdine University; President, American Psychological Association Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis is a professor of psychology in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University. In 2021, she was elected president of the American Psychological Association (APA).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

James Madison University President Dr. Jonathan R. Morgan State University President Dr. David Wilson was elected treasurer. AAC&U members also chose six new directors: Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis, president and CEO, Benedict College; Dr. Alger was elected vice chair of the board.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 4, 2023

Executive director Mark Overmann led the discussion with guest speakers Maureen Manning, vice president of strategy and insight at The PIE, and Jill Welch, senior policy advisor at the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration and featured columnist for the “Jill on the Hill” policy update in The PIE News.

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University Business

JANUARY 12, 2024

While the school’s board of trustees has minced words on exactly why, they revealed it has to do with violating the military college’s policies and “values,” VTDigger reports. The former president describes his parting with the university as a “mutual decision.”

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

OCTOBER 6, 2022

He served as Senior Policy Advisor to Under Secretary Ted Mitchell at the U.S. Co-Host: Bridget Burns , CEO, University Innovation Alliance. Dr. Bridget Burns is the founder and CEO of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA). The UIA was developed during Bridget’s tenure as an American Council on Education (A.C.E.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2023

Brian Rosenberg, a visiting professor of education at Harvard University and the former president of Macalester College, said that a defiant response from university presidents could make a real difference. Someone who does push back can make an impact on how the public perceives these policies,” he said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

Dozens of panel and plenary sessions were offered at this year’s meeting of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) including a panel titled, “Historic Role of University Presidents in Shaping Racial Policies and Practice,” and keynotes by David Hogg and Jaclyn Corin, co-founders of the March for Our Lives.

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Higher Education Today

MARCH 6, 2023

Jack This blog post is part of the American College President Study body of work generously supported by the TIAA Institute. ACE will release The American College President: 2023 Edition on April 14. Since the founding of American higher education, college and university presidents have generally been White men—even.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

His presence—working alongside Montgomery, who is African American—is rare in academe, where only a few university presidents of color at research universities have also tapped a person of color to serve as their provost and vice president of academic affairs—a strategic position—viewed as the number two post at an institution.

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