“Diversity Issues in Higher Education” Conference Tackles Critical Issues for Social Change

"We need a collective understand of diversity to create actions that positively change our environment," said Sophie Howlett, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Learning Support and Director of Accreditation and Assessment at Kean University, during the opening remarks at the Diversity Issues in Higher Education conference on November 14.

Titled "The Changing Face of Diversity: Poverty, Education, Immigration, and Race," this 14th annual event drew an audience of more than 150 students, faculty, administrators, and corporate leaders who explored diversity challenges across public and private sectors.

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UCLA Approves Diversity Course Requirement

The University of California at Los Angeles Academic Senate has voted, 85-to-18, to approve a plan to require all undergraduates in the primary undergraduate college at UCLA to complete at least one course in a diversity topic. The idea of a diversity requirement has been debated for years at UCLA, and has been previously voted down.

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RiseSmart® Named One of San Francisco Bay Area’s 101 Best &

RiseSmart, the leading provider of career transition services, was recently named one of San Francisco Bay Area’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®. The award, given by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR), identifies organizations that demonstrate a commitment to excellence in human resources practices and employee enrichment. This accolade reflects RiseSmart’s dedication to creating the best possible work environment for its employees.

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This is one of many accolades RiseSmart has garnered because of its exemplary workplace. The company was recently named a Great Rated! Company by Great Place to Work and earned a spot on the Bay Area News Group’s Top 100 Workplaces in the Bay Area list. Additionally, RiseSmart won the 2014 Leadership 500 Award, was named a Champion of Diversity by the American Association for Affirmative Action and is a three-time winner of the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times’ Best Places to Work award.

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Research Universities Will Conduct Sex Assault Survey

The association representing the nation’s leading research universities said Friday that it planned to develop and administer a sexual assault climate survey for its members, in part to fend off efforts in Congress to mandate such surveys. The Association of American Universities said that it had hired a research firm to design a survey that its 60 U.S. member institutions may choose to have conducted on their campuses next April. The group plans to then publicly report the “cumulative results” from those surveys.

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Sam Maiden to be New Director of Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Southeast Region

OFCCP Director Pat Shiu has appointed Sam Maiden the new director of OFCCP’s Southeast Regional Office.  He will take the reins on December 14 and will oversee a region including four district offices and seven area offices in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina.

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