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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She rebranded Cal’s annual tournament to reflect a focus on social justice and equity. We also highlight things they’re doing in their own communities and on their campuses to promote social justice.” They were making demands and holding administration’s feet to the fire.” was key,” says Carter-Francique.

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Building Support for a Major

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Pawan Dhingra first arrived on campus as a faculty member more than five years ago, conversations around wanting AAPI content were already being had, he says. The hate exhibited against Asians during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Atlanta shootings of 2021 also added fuel to the fire, flaring Asian American issues into national ones.

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The Black Woman’s Burden: Battling Inertia in Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

15, 2021, at age 69. As Turner Kelly recalls, that year many Black faculty members were called upon to make statements and became de facto representatives of their institution’s commitment to diversity by virtue of their identity. News of bell hooks’s death came as a shock to many. And it can be that way for an extended period of time.

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Standing Up to Attacks on Black History and DE&I

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since 2021, legislatures and governors in 19 states have enacted educational gag orders that restrict teaching and learning about allegedly divisive concepts such as race, racism, and American history. When our students, faculty, and staff are under attack, higher education must stand up—and stand strong.

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Another HBCU on Track for Reaccreditation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the 2021 school year, about $10 million went to HBCUs in the state through financial aid, and the year before that it was $12 million. Patrick Biddix, professor and program coordinator of the Higher Education Administration Ph.D. That’s one of the reasons why accreditation is so important.”

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Belmont plans to hire Jewish faculty for the first time

Confessions of a Community College Dean

plans to break a long-standing tradition of only hiring Christian instructors by opening some faculty positions to Jewish candidates. University leaders recently announced they’re specifically recruiting Jewish faculty members to teach in three of its graduate programs, hopefully as early as this spring.

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Setting the Tone in DEI, Accessibility Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s an online module that we released earlier this year to all our faculty and staff as required training. It was also incorporated into all our new employee/new faculty orientations. The Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium, which is leading the analysis, administered the campus climate survey in November 2021.

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