Planning for diversity: The inclusion of diversity goals in postsecondary statewide strategic plan

Abstract


 
 
 Contextualizing the recent Fisher v. University of Texas ruling and how state institutions address diversity and affirmative action, the authors sought to determine how explicit institutions are being with regards to diversity strategic planning. The findings from a qualitative policy analysis determined that while 70% of State Higher Education Executive Offices explicitly mentioned diversity in their strategic plan, most did not reference the difference that differences make, or the equity of diversity on campus.
 
 

No Choice but to Succeed: Persistence and Graduation Determinants of First-Generation STEM Students

“…The study of FGS persistence and graduation outcomes is important from a diversity, equity, and social justice perspective. Because FGS disproportionally have intersecting, underrepresented identities compared to CGS (Nguyen & Nguyen, 2018), an understanding of the FGS population is essential in closing campus, state, and national completion gaps (Berry et al, 2018).…”