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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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Creating Safe Spaces: Future Teachers of Color Summit

The Scholarly Teacher

What Worked Structure The development of the FToC Summit began with our planning team, which included BIPOC teacher educators who represented diverse identity groups and educational experiences. In January 2020, we secured $3,000 to fund the FToC Summit; however, the pandemic caused the event to go virtual. link] Morales, A.

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5 New Solutions that Improve the Student Experience

Campus Groups

To remain ahead of the curve, our team develops solutions together with partner campuses, and through market trend analysis. Using student-initiated automated workflows , administrators can check the pulse of their students during the academic year. They can also create a campaign and raise money for a cause or project.

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The A to Z of the Alumni Management Software

Creatrix Campus

It provides numerous opportunities for alumni to reconnect, engage, contribute, discuss, raise funds, and keep in touch in order to serve as future brand ambassadors for an institution. It's also helpful if you can pinpoint their exact location, which is especially useful for local events and meetings. Ticketing alternatives.

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Sports betting contracts should be rethought (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The agreements raised questions, as the Times put it, “about whether promoting gambling on campus—especially to people who are at an age when they are vulnerable to developing gambling disorders—fits the mission of higher education.” Their contracts have raised a number of ethical and policy flags.

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Why Quality & Rigor Matter In Dual Enrollment

Parchment

And so they need to be at the table for federal and state policy conversations as the folks that are often tasked to implement those policies to kind of ground truth and make sure that what is developed makes sense, moves objectives forward in a way that is thoughtful and manageable for the field. We do topical and regional events.

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DEIJ Annual Report for 2022-2023

Goucher DEI

These mini grants funded a reading group that explored the relationship between culture and the environment, a Linguistic Justice faculty workshop, and a “Gopher Trailblazers in STEMM Alumni Speaker Series.” ” Also, this past spring, the Mellon Foundation and Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) awarded Dr. .”