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Diversity Leadership In Higher Education, Lisa Portugal
Diversity Leadership In Higher Education, Lisa Portugal
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
This paper will focus on issues relating to diversity leadership in higher education, the assessment of diversity leadership issues, and suggestions for successful diversity leadership initiatives. Higher education is in the process of creating more opportunities for a diverse faculty body and issues such as mentoring, building recruiting networks, and creating sponsorship programs are at the forefront of current discussions. Moreover, developing institutional strategic plans and initiatives are essential in the development of diversity leadership agendas. Additionally, issues relating to the distribution of power and participatory management are of particular interest to many institutions of higher education.
University Diversity Committee: Where Diversity And Dedication Meet, Mary Texeira
University Diversity Committee: Where Diversity And Dedication Meet, Mary Texeira
Journal of Critical Issues in Educational Practice
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Piecing Together The Diversity Puzzle, Rochelle Ripple, Jose' Villavicencio
Piecing Together The Diversity Puzzle, Rochelle Ripple, Jose' Villavicencio
Perspectives In Learning
Current literature focuses on the importance of listening to students’ voices and the insights they have on their experiences. According to Dewey (1916/1944), having interactions with other groups helps in the process of democratic growth because one is better able to understand other perspectives. Freire (1985) added another layer of richness to Dewey’s ideas about reflection and experience. He believed that people exist “in and with the world.” Fraser (1994) describes the need for different voices and different views in educating children in a public sphere of critical inquiry and multiple voices (different genders and people of all colors). In …