Higher Education Topics (DEI Lens)

General

• Access and enrollment
• Student demographics
• Student success disparities
• Campus climate and culture
• Hate speech/free speech
• Community partners

Student Services

• Financial Aid
• Advising (also Guided Pathways)
• Enrollment / Registration
• TRiO
• Multicultural Student Services
• Sexual & Domestic Violence Prevention
• Athletics

Underserved Student Populations

• First generation
• Students of color (disaggregate)
• LGBTQ+
• Undocumented
• Immigrant / Refugee
• Students with disabilities
• Religious Minorities (disaggregate)
• Formerly Incarcerated
• Students in prisons
• Veterans

Instruction / Academic Affairs

• Community colleges vs. universities
• Degrees and certificates
• Transfer
• Career & Technical Education
• Adult Basic Education (ABE)
• English Language Learners (ELL)
• Highschool completion / GED
• International Programs
• Study Abroad
• Diversity in the curriculum
• Inclusive Pedagogy
• Library Holdings
• Women in STEM
• Women in Trades

Student Leadership

• Student clubs and organizations
• Student government
• Student workers

Funding

• Financial Aid
• Scholarships
• Workforce Education
• Budgets

Legal Protections & Compliance

• Title IX
• EEO, Title VI
• ADA
• Affirmative Action

Staff, Faculty, Administration

• Employee demographics
• Hiring processes
• Professional Development
• Employee Resource Groups
• Governance and organizational structure
• Unions
• Institutional policies and practices
• Chief Diversity & Equity Officers

Research

• Formulating institutional data needs
• Data collecting and reporting
• Data interpretation and utilization
• Community research
• Undergraduate research
• Graduate research agendas
• Research funding

Define diversity, equity, inclusion  |  Why is diversity important?  |  Equity vs. equality  |  Identity(ies)  |  Race  |  Ethnicity (disaggregate)  |  Class  |    Gender  |  Sexuality  |  Religion  |  Nationality & immig status  |  Disability  |  Veterans status  |  Intersectionality  |  Positionality  |  Disaggregation  |  Dominant culture (hegemony)  |  Power and oppression  |  Isms (individual, structural, institutional, cultural forms)  |  Classism/Poverty  |  Racism  |  Antisemitism  |  Islamophobia  |  Xenophobia  |  Ethnocentrism  |  Sexism/Patriarchy  |  Heteronormativity/ Homophobia/  |  Transphobia  |  Ableism  |  Privilege & Marginality (agent and target)  |  Fragility (white, male)  |  White supremacy  |  Implicit Bias/Cognitive Errors  |  Microaggressions  |  Discrimination  |  Social Justice Frameworks  |  Cultural competence  |  Representation  |  Advocacy/Allyship  |  Centering   |  racial equity/leading with race  |  Antiracism/dismantling racism  |  Decolonization  |  Sovereignty  |  Counter Knowledges  |  Economic & Labor   Studies  |  Marxisms  |  Ethnic Studies (disaggregate)  |  Critical Race Theory  |  Postcolonial Studies  |  Women’s & Gender Studies  |  Feminisms  |  Transgender theory  |  Sexuality/Queer Studies  |  Disability Studies  |