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The Key to Generating More Equitable Results in Higher Education? Uniting the Faculty and Edtech Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over the last year, many consequential changes have been thrown at higher education – new legislation impacted DEI, artificial intelligence entered the classroom in a big way, and we’re still working through the residual effects of the pandemic. Our industry is indeed at an inflection point.

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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. Guttman recently institutionalized its Lavender Graduation, a pre-graduation ceremony for LGBTQ students which the president, provost, and members of the faculty attend.

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Colleges Look to Cluster Hires Amid Diversity Hostilities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If you focus on minoritized populations, there’s a lack of understanding about why this research is relevant,” she says. Rochester was looking to hire faculty whose work focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. Steele was able to consult her cluster-mates for advice inside and outside of the classroom. “We

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Power Couple Works to Improve Climate for Marginalized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But before long, their expertise, personal experiences, and mutual passion for justice saw them giving speeches and offering consultations to businesses and institutions about the importance of diversity and how to build an inclusive environment. Eventually, both became Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) leaders.

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Aaron Goodson “It’s really important that we see Black women in this position of leadership as head coaches in our sport,” says Smith, who is co-chair of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee. “In In my tournament, you’re always going to see four Black females leading their teams.

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Why Faculty Diversity Matters

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Did you know that full-time faculty at 4-year universities are: 225 percent more likely to be of a non-Chrisitian faith than other US adults. More than half of full-time faculty have at least one parent with an advanced degree. What explains the faculty’s unrepresentativeness and the sluggishness of change?

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NADOHE Panel: Colleges Must Prepare for Affirmative Action Verdicts Now

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But institutions need to start preparing now for a range of possible outcomes, said Art Coleman, co-founder of EducationCounsel, a consultancy that works with schools on issues of diversity. Could it prevent DEI offices from funding ethnic student resource centers and programs? Could a decision impact eligibility for scholarships?

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