Engaging Inclusive Excellence: Creating a College With an Equity Mindset

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Author(s): Elena Sandoval-Lucero (Community College of Aurora, USA), Tamara D. White (Community College of Aurora, USA), Derrick E. Haynes (Community College of Aurora, USA), Quill Phillips (Community College of Aurora, USA), Javon D. Brame (Community College of Denver, USA)and Kathryn A. Sturtevant James (Community College of Aurora, USA)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 21
Source title: Discrimination and Diversity: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1933-1.ch017

Keywords: Gender & Diversity / Information Science Reference / Medicine & Healthcare / Sociology

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It is the role of community college leaders to guide their campuses in assessing outcomes for students. Additionally, the diversity of our students requires institutions to significantly improve their effectiveness in educating students who have been underrepresented in higher education. Community colleges must more systematically examine their practice in terms of how students experience the campus and how we can intervene to improve student outcomes. Campus initiatives promoting cultural competence, equity, and social justice cannot be delivered to students in isolation. Faculty and staff diversity must increase, and employees must engage in self-reflection to examine their own assumptions and have courageous conversations about race and ethnicity in higher education. The impetus for these initiatives must come from leadership and be articulated at all levels of the organization. This chapter describes the process used to raise cultural awareness, increase cultural competence, and create an equity mindset at a community college.

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