Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Yet leading up to the federal ruling, a string of state legislative actions — each seeking to hobble or even decimate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities and programming on university campuses — provides a telling story of a divided national mindset. DEI and the culture of higher education.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Given the ubiquitous attack on diversity, equity, and inclusion ( DEI ) led by current and aspiring politicians, including former President Donald J. Even those running for city council, school boards, and state and congressional seats are invoking DEI and critical race theory ( CRT ) as dangerous, divisive, and destructive to democracy.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 22, 2023
It was twenty-five years ago this month that I left my position as chancellor of the University of Michigan-Flint to become what many say was the first person to serve as vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at a major research university. There are two persistent questions that have taken root in my mind.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Even though the landscape of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in higher education may have changed over the last three years, institutional and academic search firms say their commitment to identifying leaders, staff, and faculty who embody the essence of DEI work remains strong. Earlier this year, Republican Gov.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2023
Supreme Court decision prohibiting the use of race in considering who should be admitted to college, and the passage of legislation in multiple states defunding DEI offices and activities, we can anticipate that efforts to defund Black and other culture centers is on the horizon. Rest assured, there is a deeply significant story to tell.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 4, 2024
Claudine Gay The intense scrutiny Gay was put under for her responses during a Congressional hearing on antisemitism in early December and her alleged plagiarism was demonstrative of governmental intrusion and a political attack against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) on campuses, scholars and education observers have lamented.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Among the plethora of education and economic issues facing the “Natural State,” as Arkansas is called for the beauty of its natural environment, the governor chose to commence her gubernatorial term by focusing on race. Needless to say, this philosophy of education is just as relevant today as it was more than 50 ago.
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