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Student Worker Organizing Efforts See Drastic Uptick

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Nationally, the rate sits at 10.1%, a decline from 2021. This rise in student worker unionization in general comes from the ranks of teaching and research assistants in the humanities and STEM fields, undergrad resident advisers, dining hall workers, and library staff, according to the report. respectively.

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Building Support for a Major

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The hate exhibited against Asians during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Atlanta shootings of 2021 also added fuel to the fire, flaring Asian American issues into national ones. Immigration Studies.

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Visual Journaling

The Scholarly Teacher

At the core of student-centered learning is the critical role of student voice in the dynamic of teaching for understanding (not just knowledge acquisition), as well as for personal transformation and embracing social justice principles to constructively change and improve our world. American Library Association. 2011/2022).

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Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance – Fall 2022 Updates

Goucher DEI

In October 2021, Goucher College partnered with the USC Race and Equity Center to administer the National Assessment of Collegiate Campus Climates (NACCC) Student Survey. The NACCC is an assessment of campus racial climates.

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Equity and Inclusive Excellence Update

Goucher DEI

Kirsten has been a member of the Goucher community since 2021 and prioritizes relationships and holistic well-being in all interactions with her students. Maeba is excited to use this shift as an opportunity to build and expand social justice dialogue work at Goucher. In addition to her previous work, Rev.

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AAC&U Suggests Ways to Align Open Educational Resources and DEI Goals

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A lot of OER initiatives reside within library systems, whereas you might have a vice president for DEI out of the provost’s office or president’s office.” We can’t have the library doing all this OER work when those in DEI don’t know about these initiatives,” she said. “It

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Scholars: Racial Backlash Robs White Students of U.S. History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the free speech organization PEN America, since January 2021, 229 bills have been proposed that would affect issues of race in American schools, such as restrictions on teaching critical race theory, the concept that racism is not only based on individual biases but embedded in the country’s legal structures. Fifteen have passed.