In our commitment to expand the recognition and appreciation of diversity, you will find articles and presentations below that can assist you in your understanding of diversity on our campus, in our community, and around the world. Check back often for updates to these resources.
Definitions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
As the CUPA-HR board of directors began its work on the position statement and action plan in 2010, the first step was to clearly define diversity, equity,and inclusion. The board agreed to use the definitions laid out by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U):
- Diversity: Individual differences (e.g., personality, learning styles, and life experiences) and group/social differences (e.g., race/ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, country of origin, and ability as well as cultural, political, religious, or other affiliations) that can be engaged in the service of learning.
- Inclusion: The active, intentional, and ongoing engagement with diversity - in people, in the curriculum, in the co-curriculum, and in communities (intellectual, social, cultural, geographical) with which individuals might connect - in ways that increase one's awareness, content knowledge, cognitive sophistication, and empathic understanding of the complex ways individuals interact within [and change] systems and institutions.
- Equity: The creation of opportunities for historically underrepresented populations to have equal access to and participate in educational programs that are capable of closing the achievement gaps in student success and completion.
http://www.cupahr.org/aboutus/diversity.asp
Past Presentations
- Can we build on our campuses the just communities we want to see in the world?, 2009 Equity Conference
- Diversity & Empowerment Sessions
- Recruiting & Hiring a World Class & Diverse Staff, by Chris S. Anderson
- Hire a Diverse Staff, by Chris S. Anderson
- Precollege Outreach, by Chris S. Anderson
Articles
- Cities in Crisis, by Christopher B. Swanson, Ph.D.
Analytic Report on High School Graduation - Understanding Interventions
The 2nd Annual Conference on Understanding Interventions thus continues the embrace of investigative approaches in studying interventions that broaden participation in research careers in the sciences by URMs. The focus now shifts to the development and recognition of a multidisciplinary community of scholars. The conference will reach out to scholars in the behavioral, social and economic sciences who will not only present their research in poster sessions and mini-symposia, but will also participate in discussions related to activities beyond the annual conference on Interventions. Such discussions will address issues of funding for Interventions research, organizations that represent networks of relevant expertise and opportunities for collaboration, and the identification and development of outlets for disseminating interventions research around which the community can coalesce. - Michigan Women: A Publication of the Michigan Women's Comission - Winter 2009
- Multi-Cultural Skills as a Criterion