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Chief Diversity Officer Steps Down Amid Backlash Over ‘Privilege’ Email

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Sherita Hill Golden Conservative politicians and media outlets criticized the email as an example that diversity, equity, and inclusion work is tax-funded discrimination. The social groups were categorized, in part, as white people, heterosexuals, cisgender people, men, and Christians.

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Trade Commission Sues Grand Canyon University for Deceptive Advertising

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

it is baffling that the federal government has chosen to target a Christian university that is addressing those issues in very positive ways," the university said in a statement. GCE advertised on websites and social media urging prospective students to submit their contact information on digital forms, according to FTC filings.

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Baylor Confirms Exemption from Title IX Claims

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lori Fogleman, Baylor’s assistant vice president of media and public relations, said in a statement that “Baylor is responding to current considerations by the U.S. Department of Education to move to an expanded definition of sexual harassment, which could infringe on Baylor’s rights under the U.S.

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U.S. Department of Education reaffirms Baylor’s religious exemption in response to sexual harassment complaints

University Business

She said she received similar comments from peers on social media. While she was a student at Baylor, Veronica Bonifacio Penales found sticky notes with homophobic slurs on her dorm room door. Read more from The Texas Tribune.

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Will FAFSA Simplification Make Life Easier for Colleges and Applicants?

EAB

You can join the conversation on social media using #EABOfficeHours. EAB’s Kathy Ruby and Madeleine Rhyneer explore changes to FAFSA forms themselves and to how the federal government calculates eligibility for student financial aid.

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Updated educational attainment data show progress and gaps

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” At the same time, “these data really reinforce our urgent need to speed up progress, especially knowing that tomorrow’s students, our future leaders, will be even more racially, socially and generationally diverse,” Brown said in a media briefing Monday. ” The recent data show 53.7 percent in 2019.

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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two recent MBA graduates became presidential management fellows, three-year positions with the federal government. Recruitment is done through professional organizations and media. After degree completion, undergraduates get positions such as account analysts, managers, contract specialists, and business analysts.