As part of Augustana's ongoing effort to provide resources to the entire community, inclusive of staff, faculty and students, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has created the Diversity Toolkit, a multimedia collection of resources about diversity, inclusion and belonging.
This list of books, articles, videos, and websites helps higher education professionals remain current on innovative strategies, and ways of knowing, to enhance equity and high performance within the educational and work environments of Augustana.
As one of the largest student-governed organizations based in the United States, the mission of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is to increase the number of culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community.
The US biomedical research workforce does not currently mirror the nation’s population demographically, and this imbalance is limiting the promise of our biomedical enterprise for building knowledge and improving the nation’s health.
National Institutes of Health Addresses the Science of Diversity
The National Conference for Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) is the leading and most comprehensive national forum on issues of race and ethnicity in American higher education.
The Equity and Diversity focus area of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) emphasizes social justice and the continued diversification in today’s higher education environment.
Decades of research by organizational scientists, psychologists, sociologists, economists, and demographers show that socially diverse groups are more innovative than homogeneous groups.
How Diversity Makes Us Smarter
Many millennials have a contradictory view on key issues: They're always connected but distrustful. They're selfish yet accepting of minorities. They're "independents" who mostly vote Democratic and love Obama while hating Obamacare.
Study: Millennials Deeply Confused About Their Politics, Finances, and Culture
In this book, Rubin Patterson initiates a conversation explaining why and how the gap between two disciplines — environment in Africana studies — can and should be bridged.
Most people instinctively avoid conflict, but as Margaret Heffernan shows us, good disagreement is central to progress. She illustrates (sometimes counterintuitively) how the best partners are not echo chambers — and how great research teams, relationships, and businesses allow people to deeply disagree.
Margaret Heffernan: Dare to Disagree
Privilege works systematically to over-empower certain groups. So what are the daily effects of white privilege? And what will white people do with such knowledge?
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (article only)
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (article with facilitator info)
The December Dilemma is that time of year where multiple holidays collide and people with good intentions can find themselves in the middle of potentially toxic misunderstandings. This phenomenon occurs in workplaces across America, and can also have impact on global workplaces. Below are some tips that can help create an inclusive workplace during this holiday season.
Professional sports have grappled with this for decades: How, if at all, should transgender athletes be allowed to compete?
Changing Sex, and Changing Teams
Women may be less likely to self-promote — highlight accomplishments, skills and strengths, and take credit for achievements — and this lessens their success in recruitment and promotion.
Gap or Trap? Confidence Backlash is the Real Problem for Women
“Cultural fit” has shifted from a systematic analysis of who will thrive in a given workplace to snap judgments by managers about who they’d rather hang out with. In the process, it has become a catchall used to justify hiring people who are similar to decision-makers and rejecting people who are not.
Guess Who Doesn't Fit in at Work
To gain a better understanding of the role that diversity and inclusion play in companies around the globe, Forbes Insights conducted a comprehensive survey of more than 300 senior executives. Among their findings is that diversity is a key driver of innovation and is a critical component of being successful on a global scale.
DiversityInc Best Practices is a subscription website for corporations, nonprofits, schools, and government/military organizations that provides practical solutions to diversity-management questions and helps readers gain support for and evolve their workplace diversity initiatives.
