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Leading From the Intersection

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If you look up the book definition of intersectionality, you can identify the sociological framework suggested by Kimberl Crenshaw in the 1980s that explains how complex power structures of individuals and groups combine, or intersect, in patterns of discrimination and privilege across multiple factors such as gender, race, and class.

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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Originally designed as an annual conference for CPI institutions, UNITE quickly evolved into the premier space for HBCUs to gather, collaborate, and push the boundaries of what's possible. DIVERSE : You've mentioned collaboration several times in this conversation. Innovation to us is collaboration. That's innovative in itself.

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Going Back to School Means Increasing Black/Minoritized Family Engagement Too

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I like the simple, straightforward definition of engagement set forth by the Connecticut State Department of Education : “Family engagement is a full, equal, and equitable partnership among families, educators, and community partners to promote children’s learning from birth through college and career.”

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Supporting Institutional Financial Health with Cross-Functional Collaboration

Civitas Learning

Silos persist, differing definitions of student success hinder collaboration, and institutions struggle to establish a consistent and centralized knowledge base. There are numerous collaboration models in higher education, and each institution must create a model that suits its identity and needs.

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Generating AI Alternatives – workshop reflections

Catherine Cronin

We created and facilitated an inclusive workshop space, inviting participants to personally reflect on these ideas and questions, and to create an artefact to express their ideas. 2024 ) We designed the workshop Generating AI alternatives: collaborating and creating intersections (Drumm et al., Drumm et al., identity development).

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Silent Sufferers: Combating Loneliness in College Students Requires Campus-wide Collaboration

Timely MD

Facilitating connection and creating in-person or virtual spaces, for all students, especially for LGBQ+ students, to establish relationships with others may be beneficial for the individual, their friends, and their peers at large. Colleges and universities can work to improve the protective factors to reduce loneliness for LGBQ+ students.

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Leading with Fairness

CAMPUSPEAK

One definition of the word “fair” is “conforming with the established rules.” That sounds good, but it is a more of an “external” definition, dealing with one’s actions. This is a more “internal definition” that gets at the motivation for one’s actions. Communicate, and Collaborate, About the Rules and Objectives of the Group.