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How Institutional Change, Including Cultural Change, Unfolded at Two Liberal Arts Colleges through Enacted DEI Initiatives
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Michele Antoinette Wright – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Higher education diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives have become an imperative for institutional change in an ever-changing pluralistic society. The impact of diversity on college campuses has come a long way since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Chang, 2005), but there is still needed work. Higher education institutions continue to…
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Diversity, Equal Education, Inclusion
Examining the Sexual Assault Grievance Process through the Lens of Title IX Personnel on College Campuses
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Kate Law – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Institutions of higher education (IHEs) have been federally mandated to prevent and respond to reports of sexual violence on campus via Title IX for over 30 years as the trauma that results from campus sexual assault is considered prohibitive to accessing education. Yet, students may not be the only parties harmed when sexual violence is…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Victims of Crime, Violence, School Safety
Enforcing Disciplinary Leniency: How the Office for Civil Rights Dictated School Discipline Policy and How It Could Again
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Richey, Kimberly M. – American Enterprise Institute, 2021
In July 2021, the US Senate's Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held confirmation hearings for Catherine E. Lhamon, President Joe Biden's nominee for assistant secretary for civil rights at the US Department of Education (ED). Lhamon served in the same role during the Obama administration from 2013 to 2017. During her hearing,…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Discipline Policy, Public Agencies, Public Officials
Challenges in Implementing Physical Security Measures in K-12 Schools. Research Report. RR-A1077-2
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Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Phillips, Andrea; Moore, Pauline; Jackson, Brian A.; Augustine, Catherine H. – RAND Corporation, 2021
A core responsibility of the local education agencies (LEAs) that operate kindergarten-through-12th grade (K-12) schools across the United States is creating safe and secure environments that support effective teaching and learning. To help them meet this obligation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) Cybersecurity and…
Descriptors: School Districts, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, School Safety
Campus Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and the Problem of the BDS Movement. Perspectives on Higher Education
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American Council of Trustees and Alumni, 2017
Polarizing political beliefs are nothing new on campus, but the tactics employed by supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement create new cause for concern, from the politicization of curricula and academic associations to efforts to silence Israeli speakers to overtly anti-Semitic behavior on campus. In a new essay, the…
Descriptors: College Students, Freedom of Speech, Academic Freedom, Activism
Excellence for All: Creating Environments for Success for Males of Color in the Great City Schools
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Palacios, Moses; Ison, Ashley; Hart, Ray; Lyons, Renata; Casserly, Michael – Council of the Great City Schools, 2017
This report seeks to contribute to the ongoing dialogue of raising our expectations for males of color and provide a resource for school districts seeking to build or recalibrate their initiatives to improve the academic outcomes of young men and boys of color. Throughout this report there are exemplars of current initiatives across the nation's…
Descriptors: Success, Educational Quality, Males, Educational Environment