Contexts for Diversity and Gender Identities in Higher Education : International Perspectives on Equity and Inclusion
ISBN: 9781787560581
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Emerald Publishing Limited
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Subjects: Education;

This volume provides educators with an understanding of challenges associated with equity and inclusion at higher education institutions globally and with evidence-based strategies for addressing the challenges associated with implementing equity and inclusion. Higher education institutions continue to address an increasingly complex set of issues regarding equity, diversity and inclusion; many face increasing pressure to find innovative solutions for eliminating access and participation barriers and mitigating practices that impede access, persistence, retention, and graduation rates in higher education. Using comparative international perspectives, this volume looks at how different nations and cultures experience power, privilege, identity, and inclusion with respect to participation in tertiary education, with a specific focus on gender identities.

Jaimie Hoffman is a higher education leader with expertise and experience instudent affairs, technology, and university teaching. She is the Director ofStudent Affairs at Noodle Partners, and an Associate Lecturer at the Universityof Wisconsin at La Crosse, USA. Patrick Blessinger is the Founder, Executive Director, and Chief Research Scientistof the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL) anadjunct Associate Professor in the School of Education at St. John's University,USA, and an inclusive policy expert with UNESCO's Inclusive Policy Lab. Mandla Makhanya is the Principal and Vice Chancellor ofthe University of South Africa (UNISA) and President of the International Higher Education Teaching andLearning Association (HETL).

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