"Leading a Diversity Culture Shift in Higher Education offers a practical guide to launching, implementing, and institutionalizing diversity cultural transformation. The authors draw on several of their surveys and interviews with leading officers to reveal prevailing methods and best practices for institutional change and success" --
Leading a Diversity Culture Shift in Higher Education is a must-read for any higher education administration practitioner or scholar. The book masterfully weaves illuminating anecdotes with the latest state of the art scholarship to provide a primer on the major diversity-related issues facing higher education leadership today. It provides a blueprint for thinking about positive institutional change.Robert M. Sellers, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Equity and Inclusion & Chief Diversity Officer, University of Michigan
Change, especially, cultural change is slow and hard in academia, but change we must. And in changing, we must embrace the demographic changes that are happening in our world and on our campuses. Leading a Diversity Cultural Shift in Higher Education with its rich case studies and analyses provides a roadmap for building a campus where everyone belongs.Robert S. Nelsen, President, California State University, Sacramento
It was a pleasure to have the opportunity to read Leading a Diversity Cultural Shift in Higher Education, by authors Edna Chun and Alvin Evans. Chun and Evans have provided a roadmap for institutions of higher education to transform the mindset of the academy to become more inclusive by inextricably linking the transgressions of our historical founding to the persistent challenges to achieving racial diversity and inclusion in modern day higher education. Let the robust dialogue now begin with a historical context in place!Dennis A. Mitchell, DDS, MPH, Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion, Columbia University
This research-based book by leading educators Edna Chun and Alvin Evans, arrived at a critical moment in history, both domestic and international. A moment when we are experiencing a diversity cultural shift in higher education around the globe. Given my years of experience in the field of higher education and collaborative work with industry and healthcare organizations, this book is a must-read for practitioners, senior university administrators and industry executives.Dr. Henry Odi, Deputy Vice President for Equity and Community and Associate Provost for Academic Diversity, Lehigh University.
