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DEI Under Attack: A Conversation with Paulette Granberry Russell

NonProfit Quarterly

A report by the Associated Press found that Republican lawmakers in a dozen states have advanced at least 30 bills similarly targeting DEI measures at colleges and universities. Amid these legislative maneuvers, some leaders in higher education and DEI are speaking out with increasing alarm, and with calls to action.

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Closing Care Gaps: Physician Shortages, Medical Deserts, and Health Disparities

NonProfit Quarterly

Aside from the areas of medicine that will shape the extent of care delivered in the not-so-distant future, important asymmetries in the race and gender of physicians will continue to impact patient care. President and Fellows Harvard College and SFFA v.

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Music: A Prescription for Health and Social Connection

NonProfit Quarterly

Researchers and mental-health practitioners from Northwestern University, the Mayo Clinic, and the Institute of Therapy through the Arts have joined forces to examine how music-based therapy can improve social engagement among patients with dementia. Who is impacted by dementia? In the US, one in 10 older Americans have dementia.

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Title IX at 50: Sports Drive and Inspire Women Leaders to C-Suites

Fundraising Leadership

The recent Title IX conference at Northwestern University features L to R: Christine Brennan; Kristina Minor, Kate Drohan, Janna Blais, Kelly Amonte Hiller. With Title IX as the norm, Brennan says, “We will feel more comfortable voting for women for Senate. The good news, she says, is, “We’re saying things out loud that we used to whisper.”

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Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

The same report—which investigated disparities among several racial and ethnic groups, men, and women—revealed that false matches for mugshots were highest for Black women. Ruha Benjamin, Race After Technology (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2019), 32. 11 (2022):12351–58.

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How to Address the Maternal Mortality Crisis: A Conversation with Dorothy Cilenti

NonProfit Quarterly

The book was published by the de Beaumont Foundation in partnership with the Maternal Health Learning & Innovation Center and Oxford University Press. We met and got the support of the de Beaumont Foundation and Oxford University Press. NPQ spoke with Cilenti to gain more insight into the book and its findings.

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Navigating the Pay Maze: MNA’s Experience with Compensation Equity

MNA Association

Similar gaps exist based on differences in race and ethnicity. Continuing education? Raised in rural Montana, Adam received his bachelor’s degree from Carroll College and his master’s in business administration from the University of Montana. Do we value performance? Do we value tenure or experience?