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Doctors Without Borders Updates DEI Strategy to Combat Discrimination and Racism

Doctors Without Borders Updates DEI Strategy to Combat Discrimination and Racism

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has provided an update on its 2024-2025 strategy to tackle institutional discrimination and racism within the organization. This initiative focuses on integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles into daily communications and fundraising practices to eliminate perceptions of 'white saviorism,' neo-colonialism, and racism. Significant progress has been made, with new tools, resources, and collaborative structures now in place. The Task Force on DEI in Communications and Fundraising concluded its work at the end of 2023, having achieved its main goals. These goals included integrating DEI action points into medical guidelines and policies, implementing a patient/person/community-centered approach in program choices and project designs, and developing shared accountability through relevant indicators for monitoring and evaluation. Ongoing activities include awareness-raising about expected behavior, reporting abuse, briefing and training staff, integrating safegu...

Arizona Republic

Rewrite of Peoria's anti-DEI policy divides the board that passed it

Rewrite of Peoria's anti-DEI policy divides the board that passed it

The Peoria Unified School District board revisited its DEI policy amid controversy over the removal of books from its middle school curriculum.

Trump Administration's Policies Impact DEI Initiatives in Wisconsin Universities

Trump Administration's Policies Impact DEI Initiatives in Wisconsin Universities

The Trump administration's policies are significantly influencing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts within the University of Wisconsin (UW) System. Students at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM) protested the proposed merger of eight student centers, including those for Black, Latine, and LGBTQ+ students, into a single resource hub. Protesters expressed concerns that this consolidation would dilute culturally specific services and diminish students' sense of belonging. While the merger was initially delayed, UWM administration cited 'federal pressures' as a reason for moving forward with the consolidation by fall 2027. Faculty and staff across the UW system report a growing disinvestment from DEI programs, scholarships, and initiatives since President Trump took office for a second term. This trend is seen as an attempt to align with corporate prerogatives and is accelerating the erosion of DEI efforts, impacting educational opportunities and academic freedom. The situation in Wiscons...

Johns Hopkins University Seeks HR Generalist II to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives

Johns Hopkins University Seeks HR Generalist II to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives

Johns Hopkins University is actively seeking an HR Generalist II for its new School of Government and Policy, located at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington D.C. This role is crucial for the day-to-day administration of HR policies and programs, encompassing recruitment, compensation, benefits, training, employee relations, and diversity awareness. A significant aspect of the position involves providing comprehensive human resources support to a diverse staff team, with a particular focus on employee relations consultation, performance management, and the development of internal policies and strategies for recruitment, retention, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The HR Generalist II will operate in a start-up environment, requiring an agile mindset to create processes, navigate obstacles, and adapt to change within the established university framework. The individual will be instrumental in ensuring that HR-related policies and strategies align with and support the university's commitment...

Jason Whitlock Suggests Target's Blackface Controversy May Be an Inside Job

Jason Whitlock Suggests Target's Blackface Controversy May Be an Inside Job

Jason Whitlock Suggests Target's Blackface Controversy May Be an Inside Job

Higher Education Faces 'Polycrisis' of Declining Enrollment, Funding, and Public Support

Higher Education Faces 'Polycrisis' of Declining Enrollment, Funding, and Public Support

Higher education in the U.S. is grappling with a 'polycrisis' characterized by declining enrollment, reduced public funding, and a shift in public perception regarding the value of a college degree. Bryan Alexander, a senior scholar at Georgetown University and author of 'Peak Higher Ed: How to Survive the Looming Academic Crisis,' describes this period as a confluence of multiple overlapping crises that exacerbate each other. Enrollment growth, a hallmark of 'peak higher ed' for decades, has reversed, with a 2.6 million student decrease in the last decade and an anticipated 11% to 15% further decline in the next five years. Public funding for state universities, which once constituted two-thirds of revenue for institutions like Kent State University, has significantly diminished, now standing at 22% for Kent State. The bipartisan consensus that college is a public good has eroded, with increasing skepticism, particularly among Republicans, and a growing sentiment that college is not for everyone. This pol...

The Columbus Dispatch

Ohio State President Ravi Bellamkonda's aims to wrap up past problems, push bold plan

Ohio State President Ravi Bellamkonda's aims to wrap up past problems, push bold plan

Ohio State President Ravi Bellamkonda aims to define his tenure with a new student startup program and AI initiatives.

Springfield News-Leader

Missouri State's Pride Marching Band among top 10 college bands

Missouri State's Pride Marching Band among top 10 college bands

Missouri State University's Pride Marching Band finished No. 10 in USA TODAY Sports' Readers' Choice Awards after a nationwide public vote.

SPLC and Legal Defense Fund Appeal Denial of Injunction in University of Alabama Magazine Case

SPLC and Legal Defense Fund Appeal Denial of Injunction in University of Alabama Magazine Case

Attorneys representing students who sued the University of Alabama are appealing a district court's denial of a preliminary injunction. The lawsuit concerns the consolidation of the university's Black student magazine, 'Nineteen Fifty-Six,' and its women's magazine, 'Alice.' The appeal has been filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, seeking to overturn U.S. District Judge Edmund LaCour, Jr.'s May order. Judge LaCour's decision argued that the university's actions were either a core curricular decision, within its right to manage forums it created, or a reasonable and viewpoint-neutral content selection. Sam Boyd, a senior supervising attorney at the Southern Poverty Law Center, stated that the suspension of these magazines constitutes unjust censorship of students and perpetuates discrimination. The magazines were initially shuttered by the university, which cited guidance from the Department of Justice's DEI memo, and later relaunched as independently funded projects.

Brooke Garman Appointed Athletics Operations Coordinator at College of Western Idaho

Brooke Garman Appointed Athletics Operations Coordinator at College of Western Idaho

Brooke Garman Appointed Athletics Operations Coordinator at College of Western Idaho

Colonial American Colleges Modeled on Oxford and Cambridge, Influencing Revolutionary Thought

Colonial American Colleges Modeled on Oxford and Cambridge, Influencing Revolutionary Thought

The colonial colleges established in British America, including Harvard, William and Mary, Yale, Princeton, Columbia (King's College), and the University of Pennsylvania (College of Philadelphia), were predominantly modeled on the ancient English universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Founders, often Oxbridge graduates, transplanted English academic traditions such as the residential college system, tutorial instruction, classical curriculum, and a clerical mission to the New World. These institutions aimed to train clergy, lawyers, and a governing class, initially to prevent reliance on England for intellectual leadership. Harvard, founded in 1636, explicitly replicated Emmanuel College, Cambridge, focusing on a 'learned and godly ministry.' The College of William and Mary (1693) followed Oxford models, while Yale (1701) closely mirrored Cambridge. Even institutions like Princeton (1746) and Columbia (1754) adopted significant aspects of the English system, though some, like Franklin's College of Philadelp...

Wisconsin Family Council Influences Anti-Abortion and Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies in Schools

Wisconsin Family Council Influences Anti-Abortion and Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies in Schools

The Wisconsin Family Council (WFC), formerly known as the Family Research Institute, has been actively influencing policies against same-sex marriage and abortion in Wisconsin, particularly within public schools. The organization advocates for Christian pedagogy and opposes what it terms a 'dangerous and aggressive unbiblical liberal agenda' in educational settings. A current board member, Julaine Appling, defines 'radical curriculum' as content based on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Critical Race Theory (CRT), which she claims is pervasive in textbooks and instructional materials. Watertown, a city with a history of conservative voting patterns, including support for President Trump in past elections and a 2006 referendum restricting gay marriage, has seen cultural shifts around 2020, coinciding with debates on COVID-19 regulations. This environment has provided fertile ground for organizations like the WFC to push their agenda, impacting school board decisions and curriculum content.