Articles & Resources – Journals – Organizations – Videos
- 4 Practices to Promote Equity in the Classroom, Northeastern University
- AACC Competencies for Community College Leaders – “Since 2011, community colleges have been on a mission to increase the completion rates of students earning certificates and associate degrees by 50% by 2020, while preserving access, enhancing quality, and eradicating attainment gaps associated with income, race, ethnicity, and gender. The third edition of the Competencies reflects the skills necessary to be a leader advancing a student success agenda or a member of a team actively engaged in implementing student success initiatives and activities.”
- Anti-Racism in Academia – University of Georgia – “A 5-part discussion series outlining an actionable approach to leading change from where you are. Participants engage in frank, small group facilitated discussions designed to better understand racism issues, examine their own biases, and think critically about effective ways to build a more inclusive culture in academia. This is a volunteer-led initiative open to all employees working within higher ed institutions.”
- Black Men’s Perceptions of Sense of Belonging with Faculty Members in Community Colleges, by Dr. Christopher B. Newman, Frank Harris II, and Dr. J. Luke Wood (2015)
- Building Diverse Campuses – Chronicle of Higher Education, Free Report, 2021 [PDF]
- Career and Technical Education as a Gateway to Equity – “CTE can be a gateway to achieving equity, but there are still gaps in opportunity that hinder pursuing this goal nationally and at the state level. Hence, OCCRL is conducting an exploratory case study of CTE programs that are making noticeable gains in supporting underrepresented and underserved students and what structures and practices they have implemented in order to strive for equity.”
- Continuing Education, State Library of North Carolina – A calendar of free online webinars on a variety of subjects, including inclusivity and equity.
- Disability Inclusion on Campus – Higher Education Today
- Equity in Online Education – ACCESS – Webinars, articles, infographics, and more.
- Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
- Guide to Inclusive Language – Adelphi University – “Words have the power to unite or divide us, to make your audience feel accepted or rejected. We’ve created this guide to provide all members of the Adelphi community with the current inclusive language terminology.”
- “Hispanic-Serving Community Colleges and STEM Degree Attainment in Florida. Hispanic-Serving Community Colleges STEM Pipelines” – “The Hispanic-Serving Community Colleges STEM Pipelines (HSCC-STEM) study is a research project that explores the transitions to and through Hispanic-serving two-year institutions for underrepresented minoritized STEM students.”
- Inclusive Curriculum Design and Assessment Practices, NYU – “[K]ey strategies to help you answer these questions so that you can design curriculum and implement assessments that center inclusive practices in the remote, hybrid, and face-to-face learning environment.”
- InclusiveVT – Committed “to creating a more just and inclusive world, starting at Virginia Tech,” InclusiveVT offers an array of resources and professional development opportunities.
- Minority Serving Community Colleges (MSCC) – “Of the 948 community colleges in the nation 306 are minority-serving community colleges (MSCCs). These MSCCs are the primary pathway into postsecondary education for historically underrepresented and underserved students, particularly underrepresented racial minority students.”
- Key Principles & Best Practices, National Institue for Civil Discourse, University of Arizona – Link to downloadable PDF available.
- Niche Academy, State Library of North Carolina – A repository of recorded webinars sponsored by the State Library of North Carolina. A free account must be created to access these resources. A Racial Equity section is available under Categories on the right side of the homepage.
- North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) Equity Action Plan (PDF download)
- Racelighting in the Normal Realities of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color: A Scholarly Brief, by Dr. J. Luke Wood and Frank Harris II (2021)
- American Association of Community Colleges
- American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) – Offers resources for supporting English Language Learners (ELLs), First-Generation College Students, Justice-Involved Youth, Opportunity Youth, Rural Populations, and Youth with (Dis)Abilities.
- Community College Journal
- Diversity (Open Access Journal)
- Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) – “The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) seeks to enhance excellence in STEM undergraduate education through development of a national faculty committed to implementing and advancing evidence-based teaching practices for diverse learners.”
- Facing History and Ourselves – Includes an array of educator resources to “support your students’ learning, whether you are teaching a complex moment in history or addressing today’s breaking news.”
- Higher Education Today
- Learning for Justice – “Learning for Justice seeks to uphold the mission of the Southern Poverty Law Center: to be a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements and advance the human rights of all people.”
- The National SEED Project – “Since 1987, SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) partners with communities, institutions, and schools to develop leaders who guide their peers in conversational communities to drive personal, institutional, and societal change toward social justice.”
- North Carolina Community College Leadership Program (NCCCLP) – “The NCCCLP develops community college leaders who connect, care and collaborate.”
- North Carolina Community College System
- Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL) – Based at the University of Illinois, OCCRL uses research and evaluation methods to improve policies, programs, and practices that enhance community college education and the transition to college for diverse learners at the state, national, and international levels.
- Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice – Queens University of Charlotte
A New Way Forward with G.U.I.D.E. 2021 – Recorded presentations from the Rowan-Cabarrus Community College’s Growth, Understanding, Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (G.U.I.D.E.) 2021 virtual conference.
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