SRHE
APRIL 20, 2023
Historically, a ‘no platform’ position was taken up in the 1970s by many students’ unions against the rise of the far right (the National Front and later the British National Party) which had gained some questionable success in marches in the East End of London and some success in local election results into the 1980s.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 26, 2024
The same campus that recruited, supported, and welcomed me as a first-generation college student in the 1990s would likely be ill-equipped to do the same today. Thirteen positions, 15 administrative appointments for faculty, the chief diversity officer role, and DEI contracts with outside vendors — ALL GONE.
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Higher Education Inquirer
JULY 11, 2022
University employees staffed the campus bookstore, ran the student union, and performed janitorial services. National fast-food chains operate stores in countless student unions. Perhaps the faculty don't have the skills necessary to recruit students, manage enrollment, or design academic programs for an online format.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 15, 2023
I thought about how quiet I’d been as an undergrad, and I felt there was something I needed to do and should do at MIT to get more African American and minority students in and to make it more hospitable.” Jackson did that by co-founding the Black Student Union.
Higher Ed Connects: Diversity
JUNE 15, 2019
Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton of the University of California Berkeley and Elizabeth Paige-Gold of the University of Toronto also found that being involved in racial/ethnic organizations like a Black Student Union was linked with an increased sense of belonging within the broader university for students of color.
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