Clyde Wilson Pickett, Michele Smith, James Felton II

Inclusive Directions (eBook, PDF)

The Role of the Chief Diversity Officer in Community College Leadership

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

As community colleges continue to be significant in the national landscape of higher education by providing access to education and job training to diverse constituents, conversations about the support for strategic diversity leadership are paramount. Now more than ever, senior leaders must be intentional in aligning strategy with outcomes and guidance in relation to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Leaders must be diligent in pursuing an inclusive excellence agenda and promoting a strategy to support positive outcomes that impact cross-college collaboration that advances education completion and support. This practitioner's guide will provide timely and relevant insight on the ultimate benefits of strategic diversity leadership to promote inclusive excellence at community colleges. This book offers tangible resources and discusses the role of the chief diversity officer. This book will significantly benefit those interested in learning more about diversity and inclusion at community colleges and will provide insight into strategic diversity leadership. The book provides an in-depth view of the roles and responsibilities of the chief diversity officer, diversity strategic planning, and examines the various roles of diversity leaders at community colleges.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216225898
• Artikelnr.: 74842139

Autorenporträt

Clyde Wilson Pickett is a noted scholar, educator, and nationally recognized trailblazer in diversity and inclusion leadership for institutions of higher education. Throughout his career, Clyde has lead diversity initiatives at several higher education institutions, presented hundreds of workshops and lectures on diversity and inclusion leadership, implemented diversity tactical plans to supplement strategic planning initiatives, taught several college courses, and transformed institutions via the transformative inclusion model.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Diversity within the Community College Context
Chapter 2: Evolution of the Chief Diversity Officer
Chapter 3: Structures and Models of Chief Diversity Officers in Higher
Education
Chapter 4: Chief Diversity Officer as Community Outreach and Engagement
College Officer
Chapter 5: Chief Diversity Officer as Community College Employee Officer
Chapter 6: Chief Diversity Officer as a the Compliance Officer
Chapter 7: The Chief Diversity Officer as a Change Agent
Chapter 8: Archetypes of the Various Chief Diversity Officer Structures and
Models
Conclusion
Afterword
Archie W. Ervin, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, The
Georgia Institute of Technology
Acknowledgments
Appendix A: Employee Resource Group Guidelines
Appendix B: Tactical Plan for Diversity & Inclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors