Webinar: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Higher Education

Join us for a discussion of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues in higher education. We’ll discuss the difference between a DEI statement and a loyalty oath, collective vs. individual academic freedom, why DEI is important for liberal education, and strategies and tactics you can use in your chapter.

Rana Jaleel is associate professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at the University of California, Davis, and a member of the AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure. Her work examines how concepts like reproductive labor, sex/gender, race, property, and sexuality are sustained or transformed through the recognition, narration, and redress of harm.

Carolyn Kube is statewide vice president for professionals at United University Professions (UUP), which represents both faculty and professional staff who are engaged in DEI work inside and outside of the classroom. UUP is at work on a variety of strategies and tactics at different places across their statewide membership, from "privilege 101" introductory type work to forming ongoing, transformative DEI cohorts that bring new activists into UUP.

Lynn Pasquerella is the president of the American Association of Colleges and Universities and a former president of Mount Holyoke College. Her most recent book, What We Value: Public Health, Social Justice, and Educating for Democracy, examines the role of higher education in addressing some of the most pressing contemporary issues at the intersection of ethics, law, and public policy.

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