Moving Forward Together: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Higher Education
A special issue of Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 861
Special Issue Editors
Interests: inequity in educational policies and practices; critical analysis of discourse and dominant narratives that reproduce racism
Interests: campus racial climate and hate crimes; university presidents’ responses to race and racism; challenges to anti-blackness and non-performative rhetoric
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recently, increasing efforts have been made to villainize strides to remedy past discriminations that excluded marginalized communities in education. Mounting government interventions have aimed at dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices, and the Supreme Court has even rejected the value of diversity in admissions and educational outcomes. Social and political debates on the continued need for DEI efforts in education have created further divides on what diversity entails and why equity continues to matter in educational settings. This Special Issue of Education Sciences will provide an interrogation of these issues, including specific recommendations and implications for practice and policy in education. Through this Special Issue, scholars will offer possibilities to move forward as a community of educators committed to a future that upholds equitable practices that support diverse perspectives.
We invite authors to submit manuscripts with one or more of the following objectives:
- Analyses rooted in legal concepts or critical theory that interrogate legislative or governmental attempts to ban DEI in various educational settings;
- Qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method studies that investigate the effects of efforts to limit DEI in educational settings on the job functions of administrators, staff and educators, and their influence on student outcomes;
- The development of conceptual frameworks built on empirical evidence of the role of diversity in educational practices and/or policies;
- Examination of the ambiguities surrounding the definitions and functions of diversity, equity and inclusion that limit advancements in educational transformation;
- Comparative and discourse analyses of the concepts of equity and equality, with an emphasis on historical educational policies that have limited the ability to remedy past discrimination and oppression;
- Curricular approaches, including pedagogies, technologies and teaching methods, that consider the effects of DEI on students of various social identities.
The suggested word count range for submissions is 7,000-10,000 words. We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Veronica Jones
Dr. Kaleb Briscoe
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- diversity
- equity
- educational policy
- inclusion
- social justice
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