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This memo was designed to be the starting point of our Equity Action Project where we "did" social justice by applying student development theory and our newly learned strategies for pursuing equity.
Administration of Multiculturalism and Diversity in Higher Education; Fall 2014
This memo was designed to be the starting point of our Equity Action Project where we "did" social justice by applying student development theory and our newly learned strategies for pursuing equity.
Administration of Multiculturalism and Diversity in Higher Education; Fall 2014
This memo was designed to be the starting point of our Equity Action Project where we "did" social justice by applying student development theory and our newly learned strategies for pursuing equity.
Administration of Multiculturalism and Diversity in Higher Education; Fall 2014
Notre Dame College is an institution currently undergoing many changes and
hoping to implement many more changes in the future as well. Some of these changes include restructuring existing departments and the possibly adding additional offices. This embracement of change has highlighted a problem at Notre Dame College. The problem is the lack of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion office or personnel. There is no person(s) dedicated to these topics at Notre Dame College and topics that may fall under this umbrella are being completed by random persons at various levels throughout the college with varying efforts and results. Although it is a good sign that there are efforts throughout campus the miscommunication issues between unlike departments present at Notre Dame College prevents consistency. Furthermore, without appropriate personnel who understand the concept of equity thoroughly the institution has no current understanding of what inequities its students may be facing. The possibility of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion office being created is an opportunity to influence the development and purpose of this office to be equity minded and examine the institutions practices to discover the unequal educational outcomes for minority group students rather than to fall victim to simply being an area to simply celebrate the representations of
differences in the student body (Bensimon, 2005, p. 103). This
opportunity is hard to ignore. As a current graduate student taking a multiculturalism class I think I am in a good position to utilize my newly garnered knowledge based on current literature to assist in developing a modern Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion office. I have been tremendously affected by this course and believe that its materials can be applied to Notre Dame College to assist them in developing an awareness that racial and ethnic patterns of inequalities exist at the institution (Bensimon, 2005, p. 105). What I propose is in the creation of Notre Dame Colleges future Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion office infused in the spirit of current literature to fashion an equity-focused office that can be utilized to examine the institution and its practices that produce unequal outcomes and work to change the institution from within. This will take many forms including creating a Directors job description that adequately demonstrates the positions, offices and institutions dedication to equity as an outcome. Furthermore, developing a mission of the office is fairly important as well as providing several baselines of data regarding educational outcomes for students at the institution which do not currently exist. Through communication with the actors involved with the creation of this office, I will be able to identify the institutions needs and strive to combine those needs with the wider need for equity at the institution.
References Bensimon, E.M. (2005). Closing the achievement gap in higher education: An organizational learning perspective. New Directions for Higher Education, No. 131 (99-111). Wilmington, DE: Wiley Publications