Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

For institutions looking to measure their DEI efforts, the tool of choice has typically been campus climate assessments, surveys of groups like faculty or students that provide an aggregate picture of the impact of a college’s endeavors. The instrument also revealed that some basic DEI practices were less common.

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APRIL 20, 2023

It aims to make universities shut down diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices, ban mandatory diversity training, and restrict hiring departments from asking for diversity statements, all under the threat of temporarily cutting off access to state funds. Brandon Creighton Senate Bill 17 – filed by Sen.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 1, 2023

Jeff O Brien, who directs the Institute for Sport & Social Science at the University of Central Florida said that the attacks on DEI are trending across the nation. While Florida gets a lot of attention don’t be fooled that this is only happening in Florida," he said. "My

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2023

The National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) has launched its DEI Data Lab , a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) online initiative to more widely share NSC Research Center data. We are very appreciative of the Cognizant Foundation and all the advisors and creators of the DEI Data Lab to address inequities in education.”

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MARCH 14, 2023

Numerous state legislatures are in the news recently, asking their campuses to report budgets and resources devoted to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, and for a list of the programs, services and efforts focused on DEI. To identify and cut DEI in higher education. Their goal? But we put the targets on ourselves.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

Dr. Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer, associate provost for equity and inclusion, and coordinator of the new DEI certificate program at Muhlenberg College. Starting in the 2023 – 2024 academic year, students can now enroll in Muhlenberg College’s Graduate Certificate program in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). As the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

Color Us United, a nonprofit that advocates for a “race-blind” America, declared a “historic victory” over DEI efforts at the University of North Carolina’s School of Medicine (UNC). However, a closer look reveals a more complicated picture: DEI may be far from dead at UNC. Stevenson as proof that it has triumphed over DEI at UNC.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

In the wave of anti-DEI state legislation that has crested over America this year (29 bills in 17 states), the recently introduced Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act (SB 83) is uniquely comprehensive. “What a Frankenstein’s monster of a bill,” said Jeremy C. One of her main concerns was the DEI restrictions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 17, 2023

One of the effects of the Ohio bill would be the prevention of schools from mandating any DEI training except for school accreditation, federal requirements, professional licenses, or grants. This move comes as other states also attempt to hinder diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in higher ed, such as Florida Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

Florida's higher education law bans the state's public colleges and universities from spending federal and state money on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs or campus activities that advocate for DEI, with certain exceptions. Tallahassee Community College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The University of Texas System’s board of regents has suspended all new policies promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and asked school leaders to report on their current DEI policies, citing that some practices have “strayed from the original intent,” The Texas Tribune reported. But Texas Gov.

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JUNE 20, 2023

The University of Arkansas is reallocating all DEI staff and resources to other campus offices. The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville didn’t wait on legislative mandates; last week, the university dissolved its DEI division on its own. Is it a capitulation to right-wing demands or a savvy defense tactic?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

Dyonne Bergeron will become chief diversity officer (CDO) and vice chancellor for equity, diversity, and inclusion (DEI) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), effective Jul. I’m really excited and honored to have the opportunity to work with brilliant students, staff and faculty at UCI,” she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

32 million is the estimated amount that would be spent on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs over the next two years, according to Republicans. The plan also aims to cut more than 180 UW DEI jobs. For people on the left, (DEI) has become their new religion,” said Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. Evan Goyke. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Artificial intelligence, if created and implemented responsibly, can help increase diverse, equitable, and inclusive recruitment and retention, DEI specialist Shayne Halls said during a University of Phoenix webinar Thursday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 6, 2023

Fast forward to 2023 and we are witnessing the massive layoffs of DEI practitioners within corporations who proclaimed themselves to be change agents and masterminds. Organizations and institutions set aside budgets for the purpose of increasing DEI trainings, professional development, and institutional praxis.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Mantella, president of Grand Valley State, issued and completed a 15-point plan for racial equity as a clear statement on providing foundational knowledge around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and emphasizing commitment to the university’s values. Bernal, chief of staff to the president and vice president for inclusion and equity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 16, 2023

Ron DeSantis The legislation largely prohibits Florida public universities and colleges from spending money on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and restricts how educators can discuss discrimination in required courses – banning teaching of “identity politics” is one example.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2023

Dr. Monica Smith Smith is currently the first vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) for Augustana College. Dr. Lisa Durant-Jones will become Augustana’s interim vice president for DEI, effective July 31, as Smith transitions to her new role.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Vanderbilt University (VU) are launching a $17-million diversity, equity, inclusion, (DEI) and belonging program for the biomedical research community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2023

Campus diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives are under attack across America, and the previous weekend, Texas state lawmakers passed a ban on DEI offices and programs at public universities. But in what felt like a mark of defiance, one of NCORE’s earliest panels focused instead on what’s going right.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Florida state colleges and universities must report spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and projects and initiatives related to critical race theory (CRT), per orders from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ’s administration, the National Review reported. Ron DeSantis In a Dec.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 15, 2023

Wisconsin Republicans want to slash funding to the University of Wisconsin over DEI efforts, but Democrats are defiant. The stalemate has put the entire state budget on ice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Zebadiah Hall will become the University of Wyoming’s (UW) first full-time vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), effective Dec. In this role, Hall will serve as a member of the president’s cabinet. Zebadiah Hall Hall is currently the director of Cornell University’s Student Disability Services (SDS).

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University Business

MAY 16, 2023

Ron DeSantis signed a spate of bills, the most important one prohibiting Florida’s public institutions from spending money on DEI initiatives, according to a press release. This bill says the whole experiment with DEI is coming to an end in the state of Florida.” One proposed bill aims to defund DEI offices and administrators.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 13, 2023

A Texas Trilogy of Anti-DEI, Tenure Bills Featured Image at Top of Article capitolc_1024.jpg jpg Ryan Quinn Fri, 04/14/2023 - 12:00 AM

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Colorado College Welcomes Transfers From Anti-DEI States Susan H. Greenberg Fri, 09/15/2023 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Susan H. Greenberg

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 4, 2023

Our nation’s community colleges were designed for access and equity from their very beginning, and DEI is an important part of who we are as open-access institutions. First, these attempts to limit or chill efforts in DEI challenge our core mission and purpose as community colleges.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

She was one of three DEI employees who have resigned from the institution over the past 18 months due to what they described as a lack of institutional support for their work, according to a December article in the student newspaper, The Daily Princetonian. ” For Ross, that emotional burden eventually became too heavy to bear.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Jay Pearson will become the inaugural associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, effective Jan. 1, 2023, The Chronicle at Duke reported. Dr. Jay Pearson Pearson is the H.M. Foundation associate professor of public policy.

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University Business

JULY 19, 2023

Texas A&M finds itself out of a dean, a director and a journalism program following McElroy’s opponents alleging “DEI hysteria” over her previous advocation for equity-based hiring practices, such as improving diversity and inclusion within the newsroom. Greg Abbott banned DEI across its public higher education system.

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Symplicity

JULY 26, 2023

Gen Z is not only the most diverse generation entering the job market but also one that strives to hold companies accountable for their commitment to diversity and inclusion (DEI). What stood out to us was discovering more about student trends around the company DEI initiatives they care about most. Here’s what we learned. 

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University Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Oklahoma is the latest state to combat “indoctrination” in its state higher education system, requesting a detailed report from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education of all expenditures related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) made over the past 10 years. Last week, Allison D. million in funding, only $3.7

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Paradigm IQ

JUNE 29, 2023

Banning Affirmative Action Won’t Stop DEI, But It’ll Make it Harder Today’s Supreme Court ruling striking down affirmative action is, sadly, not a surprise. Over the past few months, as the Court’s decision has drawn cl.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Image: When Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, announced plans last week to defund diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the state, he was joined on stage by political activist Chris Rufo, who has made a career out of questioning the purpose of DEI programs. “Gov. Shapiro himself has also drawn controversy.

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JULY 21, 2023

In Statehouses, Tenure Was Bruised, but DEI Was Walloped Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1497009572.jpg jpg Ryan Quinn Fri, 07/21/2023 - 03:00 AM

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MAY 29, 2023

Tenure Survives in Texas; DEI Offices Do Not Featured Image at Top of Article Texas Senate.PNG Scott Jaschik Tue, 05/30/2023 - 12:00 AM

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