Leading Your Academic Department Toward Inclusion
Diversity, Faculty Development

Leading Your Academic Department Toward Inclusion: How to Ensure Faculty are LGBTQ+ Competent 

During my six years at the University of Connecticut, I had the opportunity to interact with many different faculty members across our campus community. This was particularly true during my final two years, when I coordinated our Rainbow Center’s Out to Lunch (OTL) Lecture Series. The OTL Lecture Series—our center’s...
Students protesting white supremacy on campus
Diversity, Mission and Philosophy

Creating Dialogue in the Interest of Social Justice on Campus 

In a polarized national climate, free speech and First Amendment protections have drawn increasing attention on college campuses. With the advent of open white nationalism, expressions of white supremacy, and the potential for hate speech, campuses have sought to protect student safety and guard against the harassment of minoritized students....
A diverse group of four female leaders in higher ed faces the camera
Diversity, Leadership

Petty Principles for Women in Higher Education: Realistic and Practical Advice for Success in Higher Education Leadership 

According to recent research, women in higher education continue to consistently be underrepresented at the administrative levels of dean, chief academic officers, provost, and president (Gallant, 2014). There are numerous motives identified by researchers for the persistence of the underrepresentation of women in the top ranks of leadership in higher...
Group of academic leaders discuss in library
Diversity, Mission and Philosophy

Developing Critical Cross-cultural Communicative Competence in Academic Leaders 

According to Chun and Evans (2018), continued white hegemonic practices in university and college administration and faculty have failed to develop a representative institutional culture and organizational structure that is responsive to the needs of diverse students and faculty. The purpose of this article is to discuss this issue, relate...
Diversity, Faculty Development

Teaching and Learning Centers as Catalysts for Faculty Diversity Development 

Consider the experience of Jordan, a fourth-year political science major, who was told by his professor that many African-American students do not pass her class (Brooms, 2017). This stereotyping can create a self-fulfilling prophecy, or what Claude Steele describes as a “stereotype threat,” which impacts students’ performance by challenging their...
Approaches to Building and Sustaining a Diverse Adjunct Workforce
Diversity, Human Resources

Approaches to Building and Sustaining a Diverse Adjunct Workforce 

With nontenure-track faculty now comprising 70 percent of the faculty workforce, academic leaders face daunting challenges in creating proactive workplace strategies that address this new reality. Even though more than a quarter of nontenure-track faculty are now in full-time nontenure-track appointments, the majority still teach part time. Despite the urgency...