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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The joy has now turned to sadness as a new law in Texas has dismantled diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and programs at publicly funded universities. A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% of non-LGBTQ people. About 45.5%

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Sustainability actions students take and want their colleges to take

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“You can create a net-zero campus pretty easily by just shutting it down,” quips Jay Antle, executive director of the Center for Sustainability and a history professor at Johnson County Community College, in Kansas. Now the number sits at about 800, with three-quarters or more being colleges and universities.

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Foxx, back in charge, pledges oversight, stronger accountability

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“Those are very divisive culture war issues that are being raised.” First elected to the House in 2004, she’s developed a reputation as a staunch conservative. Before serving in Congress, Foxx was a sociology instructor at Appalachian State University and president of Maryland Community College.