Diversity and Inclusion’s Slow Climb

Students Aren’t Letting Higher Education or Legislators Off the Hook

By Alexandra Vollman, INSIGHT Into Diversity

Over the last six months, the public has watched as college students across the country have voiced their grievances, via sit-ins and protests, over higher education’s inattentiveness to their needs and concerns, particularly those of minority students. On the sidelines, spectators have been quick to assign blame, criticize, and even side with students — with little knowledge of the true origins of their unrest.

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• What Are Students Demanding? (American Council on Education)

Schlissel, Diggs thank U-M community for engagement on diversity

By Rick Fitzgerald, The University Record

President Mark Schlissel and Board of Regents Chair Shauna Ryder Diggs thanked the University of Michigan community Thursday for engaging in the many Diversity Summit events last week on the Ann Arbor campus.

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Click here for a comprehensive news archive of the U-M Diversity Summit.

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• Higher-ed leaders discuss how to promote diversity efforts (The University Record)
• U-M's Schlissel: No easy road to a diverse campus (Detroit Free Press)
• Schlissel reflects on diversity summit, Mizzou (The Michigan Daily)

Minter named vice provost for institutional equity and diversity

News at Princeton
Tuesday, Sept. 06, 2011

Michele Minter, who has more than 15 years of leadership in higher education administration and institutional advancement, with a significant amount of that time at Princeton, is returning to the University in her new role as vice provost for institutional equity and diversity. Her appointment is effective Sept. 12.
Reporting to Provost Christopher Eisgruber, Minter will manage the University's equal opportunity and affirmative action efforts, as well as oversee budgets and personnel associated with affirmative action compliance and equity, diversity initiatives, and disability services. She will oversee the University's compliance with Title IX, the federal equal opportunity act, and will coordinate compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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