Sydney Freeman, Jr., writing in Academe Blog: “After fifteen years in the academy, I recently stepped away from a tenured full professor position at a Research 1 university after receiving outside racist harassment. After announcing my departure publicly, I received tons of private messages, emails, and calls from faculty of color who had also made similar decisions. With the rise of anti-Black and anti-DEI sentiments pervading the academy, it is forcing me to consider the question: What context, policies, practices, and systems facilitate faculty of color to leave such coveted positions?” Read his commentary here.

(The commentary includes steps higher ed can take to reverse the trend.)

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