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An academic administrator on teaching career-ready skills in class

Confessions of a Community College Dean

If you look at our DEI plan on campus, it’s really granular in those ways. I don’t want to see disparities across race, social class, health status, first-gen status. I really feel like our task is to mitigate and eliminate those disparities. Who are we not serving well?

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To be successful, DEI searches must meet certain conditions (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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An Activist-Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I’ve always been interested in academic administration,” says Lopez. “I She leads several diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) committees and has been spending “time thinking about to make the university a more equitable and just place.” I was very excited to step in[to] a leadership position like this, and I love it.

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AGB Board of Directors Statement: A Conversation with the EVP: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 188 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. Mary Papazian

The Change Leader, Inc.

Many folks are going against, you know, DEI initiatives, etc. We went through the Red Scare, the McCarthy years, which certainly put many faculty in the crosshairs of McCarthy’s Inquisition, if you will. 00:58:45] Drumm: And our own thoughts come out of our own life experiences, et cetera.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students. These legislative actions have been perceived as direct attacks on academic freedom, faculty rights, and the sanctity of tenure.