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LGBTQ+

The LGBT Politics of Christian Colleges

In the past, many conservative Christian colleges condemned both same-sex attraction and same-sex intimacy. But now that gay marriage is legalized, and as the country undergoes broad cultural shifts, that’s changing. Some of these same schools are now attempting to separate sexual identity from sexual behavior in their policies and campus customs. However awkwardly, they’re […]

March 14, 2016

LGBTQ+

White House Appoints First Transgender Person as LGBT Liaison

The White House has named Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, a transgender woman, as its primary liaison for LGBT issues. Freedman-Gurspan, who became the first openly transgender White House staff member last year, will be the first out trans person to serve as the White House’s LGBT liaison. In August, Freedman-Gurspan was named outreach and recruitment director in the presidential […]

March 14, 2016

News Roundup

New Diversity Chiefs Share Their Biggest Challenges

The tech industry is well aware of its diversity problem. Women, people of color, LGBT, veterans, people with disabilities, and other groups are vastly underrepresented. As such, reports have been generated, , and other measures aimed at creating a more inclusive workforce have begun. But none are quite so focused as appointing a chief diversity […]

March 11, 2016

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ACE Survey: Policy Change not Widely Enacted to Address Campus Racial Issues Rose Makes Connection Between Incarceration and Career Growth Recruitment and Retention Key in Diversifying Faculty at Public Schools Fight for Diversity Vote Intensifies as Week’s Primaries Focus on Michigan, Mississippi

March 11, 2016

African-American

Man Gets 2nd Plea Hearing Over Noose on Ole Miss Statue

JACKSON, Miss. ― A judge has set a second guilty plea hearing for a man federal prosecutors say placed a noose on the University of Mississippi’s statue of its first Black student. A federal court filing shows that Austin Reed Edenfield is scheduled to waive indictment and plead guilty March 24 to a criminal charge […]

March 10, 2016

Students

Dean of Berkeley Law School Steps Down Amid Harassment Suit

BERKELEY, Calif. ― The dean of UC Berkeley’s law school went on an indefinite leave of absence from the post Wednesday after his executive assistant sued him over allegations of sexual harassment and the university for allegedly not doing enough to prevent it. Berkeley Law Dean Sujit Choudhry will remain as a faculty member and […]

March 9, 2016

Students

White teacher: I thought I could reach my black and Latino students. Then one told me why I couldn’t.

Here is the personal story of a well-regarded veteran teacher who left the classroom to pursue a PhD and then returned to the classroom, finding an environment that he did not expect. The post, by Brock Cohen, speaks to just how complicated and difficult teaching can be — even for educators who have been doing […]

March 9, 2016

Women

White Privilege Undermines Diversity in Higher Education

Beyond institutionalized and internalized racism and classism, there is a cloud of entitlement that weighs heavy like a dense fog: White privilege.

March 8, 2016

African-American

Recruitment and Retention Key in Diversifying Faculty at Public Schools

A recent panel at Howard University explored the demographic mismatch between public school teachers and the students they serve.

March 8, 2016

News Roundup

The Ongoing Battle Over Ethnic Studies

In Tucson, Arizona, Che Guevara posters and Paulo Freire’s The Pedagogy of the Oppressed are the spark that set off a heated conflict over ethnic studies that has made national headlines for years. For critics, including two former state schools superintendents, the Mexican American studies program in the Tucson Unified School District is little more […]

March 7, 2016

Asian American Pacific Islander

Fight for the Diversity Vote Intensifies as Week’s Primaries Focus on Michigan and Mississippi

Late last week, Def Jam entrepreneur Russell Simmons announced he was supporting Hillary Clinton after reaching out to Bernie Sanders.

March 7, 2016

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LEE A. GILL

LEE A. GILL has been named chief diversity officer and special assistant to the president for inclusive excellence at Clemson University, effective April 18. Gill is associate vice president for inclusion and equity and chief diversity officer at the University of Akron. Gill earned a bachelor’s from the University of Michigan and a juris doctor from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

March 7, 2016