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NADOHE Panel: Colleges Must Prepare for Affirmative Action Verdicts Now

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Could it prevent DEI offices from funding ethnic student resource centers and programs? DEI officers, it seems, are in for a long stretch of hard work. Could future applicants be prevented from speaking fully about their racial identities? Could a decision impact eligibility for scholarships?

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College endowments dropped in fiscal year 2022

Confessions of a Community College Dean

NACUBO also found that colleges increased their endowment spending, with dollars increasingly flowing toward institutional operating budgets, largely focused on student financial aid. Colleges tapped into their endowments for a variety of reasons, but primarily for student financial aid.

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Endowment Returns Down for Fiscal Year 2022, Especially for Schools with Less

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The largest percentage, 46%, went to student financial aid, with academic programs and research following at 15.6%. Almost two-thirds of survey respondents said that some gifts were tied to DEI initiatives. Despite the losses, colleges and universities reported an increase in spending in fiscal year 2022, to $25.85

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President moves: New hires, plus retiring leaders being lauded for their pandemic strategy

University Business

In the 18 short months that Lynch led CSI, he has championed diversity, equity and inclusion and increased the institution’s financial health. Specifically, he oversaw increased diversity among his faculty and staff and created a new cabinet position overseeing DEI and belonging.