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Paul Fulton, 1993: Strategic diversity in the modern workplace

July 13, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 4 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: As President of Sara Lee Corporation, Paul Fulton penned these words in the early 1990s. Thirty years later, they are just as relevant. Fulton is the founder and Chair of Higher Ed Works. By Paul Fulton CHICAGO – In a recent report, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that by the year 2050, African-Americans,… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Diversity, Our Opinion

Public universities remain affordable, available

July 13, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

By Eric Johnson CHAPEL HILL (July 13, 2023) – Two recent decisions by the US Supreme Court — one ending affirmative action in college admissions and the other quashing President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel billions in student loan debt — reignited debates about who gets into selective colleges and who shoulders the burden of… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Diversity, Our Opinion

Johnson and Parnell: Shortsighted decision

July 6, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

By James H. Johnson, Jr., Ph.D., and Allan M. Parnell, Ph.D. CHAPEL HILL (July 6, 2023) – Affirmative action was the legal remedy ending decades of racial discrimination in college admissions. It increased higher education access and opportunities long denied to African-Americans, Latinos, and other people of color. If, as expected, the Supreme Court’s decision… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Diversity

Tom Ross on Supreme Court ruling: Disappointing

July 6, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

Former UNC System and Davidson College President Tom Ross – also a former NC Superior Court judge – shared the following thoughts on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on race-conscious admissions at UNC-Chapel Hill. In the majority opinion striking down race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard and UNC-Chapel Hill, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. seemed to… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Diversity

Will affirmative action decision fuel HBCU enrollment?

July 6, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO (June 6, 2023) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection last week of affirmative action in college admissions could also fuel an enrollment boom at the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – putting an already significant enrollment trend on steroids. David Thomas, President of prestigious HBCU Morehouse College in Atlanta, told The New… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Diversity, HBCU, North Carolina A&T

Peter Hans on diversity and free expression

April 26, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

Editor’s Note: UNC System President Peter Hans delivered these remarks as his President’s Report to the UNC Board of Governors at the board’s meeting at UNC-Pembroke last week. They have been edited for length. PEMBROKE (April 20, 2023) – North Carolina is growing and growing more diverse. And UNC Pembroke, thanks to the rich and… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Diversity, UNC System

North Carolina joins the DEI Inquisition

March 23, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

RALEIGH (March 23, 2023) – Now we’ve joined some fine company. The General Assembly’s Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations asked the UNC System last week for an exhaustive inventory of employee training programs and costs across the system’s 17 campuses “which cover the subject matters of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (‘DEIA’) or other… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Diversity, UNC System

Art Padilla: Universities and DEI, Part 1

February 17, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 2 Comments

RALEIGH (February 17, 2023) – More than half of North Carolina’s 100 counties have lost population since 2010. Those who live in fast growing metropolitan areas like Raleigh, Charlotte, or Wilmington seldom grasp the poverty and lack of opportunity that exist just a few miles from their homes. Yet, instead of boldly focusing on these and other difficulties… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Diversity

Universities and DEI, Part 2: What’s new?

February 17, 2023 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

The exquisite irony in our polarized scenarios is that universities have had DEI-like entities and official statements about university commitments to civil rights laws in place for decades. The stationery in the UNC President’s office has declared institutional support for equal opportunity and affirmative action since the early 1970s. Perhaps the words have changed to… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Diversity

Universities and DEI, Part 3: Draconian options and board duties

February 17, 2023 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

The draconian hand of a central university board and the “nuclear option” of legislation or loyalty oaths or policy statements prohibiting what are, or are thought to be, inappropriate questions are not helpful here. We could benefit from less meddling by university boards and much less micro-management by our legislatures. Recruitment of top administrators is… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2023, Diversity

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