Turnover among diversity officers has raised alarms at the U. of Iowa; U. Of California faces a bias lawsuit; and more.
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Athletes should be given “the opportunity to benefit from the use of their name, image, and likeness in a manner consistent with the collegiate model,” the organization said in a news release.
The newest diversity leader lasted six weeks before concluding it was “not the right fit.” And last week, the only African American member of the president’s cabinet announced her resignation. (PREMIUM)
The system’s testing policy denies low-income and underrepresented minority students equal access to higher education, lawyers representing students and college-access groups allege. A letter of complaint urges the university to “immediately stop this discriminatory practice.”
In September a court ruled that the university’s bias-response team used threats of punishment and intimidation to stifle speech on the Ann Arbor campus.
Responsive colleges are the ones that will survive continuing changes in the landscape of higher education, says Brian O. Hemphill, president of Radford University.
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