Module 1: Equity Disparities in Higher Education
Key Content
Readings
Equity 2030
Equity 2030 is a Minnesota State initiative dedicated to closing the educational equity gaps across race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status at every Minnesota State college and university. It is a search for education strategies and policy review to improve outcomes for underperforming students from all backgrounds. The focus is on
- race and ethnicity
- socioeconomic status (family income)
- first-generation students
- other areas constituting our growing diverse population in Minnesota where progress is needed
Tema Okun, White Supremacy Culture Characteristics
This list of white supremacy culture characteristics offers some context for thinking about these characteristics in our own lives and relationships. Keep these elements in mind as you explore both your own and higher education’s foundational assumptions and mindsets.
Media and Other Resources
Zaretta Hammond, Culturally Responsive Teaching 101
Ron Ferguson, Making Connections
Created for Equity 101 (a course offered by Minnesota State’s Network for Educational Development), Making Connections establishes key terminology used in DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) work, identifies individual and institutional threats to equity, and helps us consider ways to apply the characteristics of an equity-minded perspective when connecting to others’ lived experiences that are different from our own.
View slides for the Making Connections Presentation