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Equity

Achieving the Dream™ - Offers resources which offer guidance and tools to help improve the success rates of students with an emphasis on low income students and students of color. http://achievingthedream.org/resources

American Association of Colleges & Universities – Features publications, research, programs, and initiatives with an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusiveness. https://www.aacu.org/

Center for Urban Education (CUE – USC) – Offers tools to facilitate institutional practices and to implement strategies. https://cue.usc.edu/

Diverse Issues in Higher Education – Provides information contributing to the success of individual success. http://diverseeducation.com/

Indian River State College Equity – Provides overview of equity and related topics. https://www.irsc.edu/aboutirsc/aboutirsc.aspx?id=4294973609

Inside Higher Education – Article called a Michelangelo of Teachers well worth reading. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2017/09/22/teaching-lessons-master-teacher-essay

Lumina Foundation – Focuses on success in higher education and closing achievement gaps. https://www.luminafoundation.org/

NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education – Offers resources, communities, and support on diversity and equity. https://www.naspa.org/focus-areas/equity-and-diversity

National College Access Network – Offers strategies, tool kits, publications, and more to advance equity and promote success. http://www.collegeaccess.org

Campus Safety

Indian River State College Safety and Security – Offers safety tips, videos, guides, campus information, and more. https://www.irsc.edu/campussafety/campussafety.aspx?id=744

National Criminal Justice Reference Service – Features campus safety awareness publications. https://www.ncjrs.gov/campussafetyawareness/

U.S. Department of Education – Provides resources, regulations, data, and more as it relates to campus safety. https://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/campus.html

U.S. Department of Justice – Offers prevention resources among other content. https://www.justice.gov/ovw/protecting-students-sexual-assault#resources

Forthcoming Topics

Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities – Includes program development resources beneficial to creating an optimum college experience for students with unique abilities. http://fcsua.org/I_Program.php

Ferrell, L. (2017). Facilitating an intergenerational classroom. Greater Faculties, 1(4). Retrieved from https://uknowledge.uky.edu/greaterfaculties/vol1/iss1/4/

Selected References from Tia Brown McNair, Ed.D's presentation

On Solid Ground
In On Solid Ground AAC&U shares the results from the first two years of data collection for the VALUE (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education) initiative, a nationwide project that examines direct evidence of student learning.
Creating Inclusive Classrooms: Perspectives from Faculty Development
This issue explores the role of faculty development in creating educational spaces that welcome students of all identities and encourage dialogue across perspectives. Also included are articles on intersectionality and liberal education, racial divides in the contemporary United States, student engagement in the 2016 election, cocurricular arts programming, and the public narrative about teaching and learning.
Another Inconvenient Truth: Capturing Campus Climate and Its Consequences
Just as Al Gore's 2006 film An Inconvenient Truth brought attention to a global climate crisis, research is heightening awareness of another pressing climate issue: that of climates on our college campuses. Studies continue to indicate that campus climates affect a variety of college outcomes, especially diversity outcomes (Dey 1991; Hurtado et al. 2003; Mayhew, Grunwald, and Dey 2005). Diversity outcomes--including contributing to larger communities and taking seriously the perspectives of others--are goals shared by educational efforts focused on personal and social responsibility. AAC&U's Templeton-funded initiative, Core Commitments, takes the challenge to educate for responsible ethical behavior head on. Researchers at the University of Michigan are assisting participating institutions in examining some of the inconvenient truths revealed when campuses investigate how their climates can impede or facilitate student learning and behavior.
Committing to Equity and Inclusive Excellence: A Campus Guide for Self-Study and Planning
Committing to Equity and Inclusive Excellence: A Campus Guide for Self-Study and Planning provides a framework for needed dialogue, assessment, and action to address inequities in higher education institutions. Focusing on issues of access and success, it can be used as a tool for bringing together campus leaders and practitioners—across divisions and departments—to engage in internal assessment and chart a path forward to improve all students’ success and achievement of key learning outcomes. The Guide is designed with a particular focus on the success of students who come from groups traditionally underserved in higher education.