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Engaging Inclusive Excellence: Creating a College With an Equity Mindset

Engaging Inclusive Excellence: Creating a College With an Equity Mindset

Elena Sandoval-Lucero, Tamara D. White, Derrick E. Haynes, Quill Phillips, Javon D. Brame, Kathryn A. Sturtevant James
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781522519331|ISBN10: 1522519335|EISBN13: 9781522519348
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1933-1.ch017
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Sandoval-Lucero, Elena, et al. "Engaging Inclusive Excellence: Creating a College With an Equity Mindset." Discrimination and Diversity: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 304-324. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1933-1.ch017

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Sandoval-Lucero, E., White, T. D., Haynes, D. E., Phillips, Q., Brame, J. D., & Sturtevant James, K. A. (2017). Engaging Inclusive Excellence: Creating a College With an Equity Mindset. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Discrimination and Diversity: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 304-324). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1933-1.ch017

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Sandoval-Lucero, Elena, et al. "Engaging Inclusive Excellence: Creating a College With an Equity Mindset." In Discrimination and Diversity: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 304-324. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1933-1.ch017

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Abstract

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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