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New Tool to Measure DEI Efforts Introduced

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Higher Ed, Performative DEI, Corporate America, and the “I Told You So!”

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Accessibility and Belonging: Cornerstones of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These twin pillars are indispensable in the pursuit of true diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Belonging is the deeper, more profound layer of DEI. According to higher education scholar, Dr. Terrell L. Making accessibility and belonging integral to DEI requires collective action.

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Setting the Tone in DEI, Accessibility Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Fixing FASFA: Black Students and HBCUs Will Lose the Most

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As the largest champion of the Black college community and the only national organization to provide both financial and professional development support to students attending publicly supported HBCUs, TMCF notes that the delays and lack of clarity surrounding Better FASFA are presenting dire consequences for its students and institutions.

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A State of Affairs, the Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is considerable research generated about African Americans in higher education, specifically faculty. Research revealed that all but one of these award-winning colleges had a board-influenced diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mandate. Equity is a clear part of the vision and mission of the college.

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5 tips for college and university presidents to support diversity, equity and inclusion

University Business

There’s new momentum building on college and university campuses to rescue and reinvigorate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, vital initiatives that have been the target of a coordinated national assault for over a year. Consider and focus on who DEI helps. The best way is to keep it simple and keep it focused.

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