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Challenges for Higher Education: An Emerging Skills Shortage and Inequity in the Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Accompanying the skills gap is a serious employment equity issue. Research done by the National Center for Inquiry & Improvement (NCI&I) revealed significant racial inequality in the workforce. Addressing the challenges of a growing skills gap and inequity in the workforce will require planning, vision, and foresight.

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Under Siege: Attacks on DEI and its Implications for Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They pledged millions to initiatives such as hiring diverse faculty, appointing Chief Diversity Officers, revising curricula to address issues of race and power, and implementing new systems to report and address bias and discrimination. For Latinx students in our sample, 17% reported experiencing racism from white faculty in class.

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FASHP Declares A National Crisis in Low Number of Men of Color in Health Care Professions

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Meanwhile, the 2021 graduating class of veterinary medical students included only 0.6% The numbers indicate a lack of diversity that will negatively impact public health, education, economic stability, and the availability and quality of healthcare for all U.S. communities. Black/African American men, 1.4% Hispanic/Latino men, and 0.2%

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Should African Americans Trust the College Board with African American Studies?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Toldson Although the College Board has significantly expanded its AP courses over the past two decades, they have not effectively addressed longstanding racial equity issues. Studies have uncovered various systemic factors that continue to impede equitable access to AP classes.

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Transforming Community Colleges for Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Carpenter While it is tempting to look at all the external factors that impact every institution’s ability to solve the larger societal problem of historical racism, our colleges won’t make significant progress without efforts to systematically address their institutional structures and practices that perpetuate inequities.

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Leaders Call for Active Resistance Against Anti-DEI Measures

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Crenshaw said she was eager to speak at NAN because of the network’s reputation for active organizing on the issue. A lot of powerful people in ruling classes saw their grandchildren and kids out in the street in multiracial protests to demand police accountability,” said Tillery. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Study: Gender, Racial Disparities Persist Despite Increased Internship Participation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) finds that more than half of the 2023 graduating class had an internship. Mary Gatta, director of research and policy for NACE, said it's essential to think of internships as a systemic issue that disproportionately affects students from marginalized communities.