Feedback sought on set of 65 recommendations developed by Roadmap 2020 Task Force By Hub staff report / Published May 28, 2021
Johns Hopkins University unveiled a set of draft recommendations Monday that will lay the foundation for the next iteration of the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion, which since 2016 has served as the university s guiding document and accountability framework for advancing equity and inclusion.
The 65 recommendations cover a range of topics faculty diversity and staff advancement, community and alumni engagement, student support and success, training and development, and institutional accountability. They were developed by the 43-member Roadmap 2020 Task Force and seven working groups made up of 162 students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners.
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PODGORICA Montenegro says it needs help from the European Union to pay off a whopping $1 billion Chinese loan for a controversial road project that has left the Balkan country in a dire financial situation.
But EU spokeswoman Ana Pisonero told RFE/RL that the bloc does not repay loans from third parties, though she added that Brussels did have concerns over the socioeconomic and financial effects some of China s investments can have, as well as the risks of economic imbalances and debt dependency.
She did say, however, that the EU was willing to offer support through its $10 billion Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans. The Economic and Investment plan will help leverage funding from other public and private investors, including from the European Investment Bank at very favorable conditions, Pisonero said.
After declaring victories over extreme poverty and the coronavirus, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has laid out a new path for China’s economic rise at home and abroad that could force Beijing to adapt to new difficulties caused by the pandemic.
The future direction came as the Chinese Communist Party’s legislature, the National People’s Congress, convened in Beijing on March 5 for a more-than-week-long gathering to unveil a new economic blueprint known as the country’s 14th five-year plan and chart a broad course for China to claim its place as a modern nation and true global power.
The annual summit of Chinese lawmakers laid out broad guidelines that would shape the country’s growth model over the next 15 years.
EU and China to sign landmark investment deal
Communist Party marks its centenary
Anniversaries are a major element in the Chinese political calendar, and the ruling Communist Party will mark its 100th anniversary in 2021. Throughout the year Beijing will be awash with red flags.
Chinese anniversaries highlight how the political and the economic worlds are inextricably linked. To mark the anniversary, Party Chairman Xi Jinping, who is also president and head of the military, will seek more state control of the economy.
University of Oxford China Centre associate George Magnus told DW that he expects 2021 will see China embracing pandemic recovery, ensuring macroeconomic stability and happiness as a backdrop for the Chinese Communist Party s centenary.