What does it mean to serve Latinx students?

Dr. Anne-Marie Nunez, professor of higher education moderates a discussion at Ohio State’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion. She explains the importance of Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) and ask panelists Ann Gates (VP UTEP) and Deborah Santiago (CEO Excelencia in Education), about creating an environment that supports Latinx students.

Structural Racism

Dr. Tricia Rose, Chancellor's Professor of Africana Studies, Associate Dean of Special Initiatives and Director of the Center for the Study of Race + Ethnicity in America (CSREA) at Brown University shares her research about Structural Racism. Her work is relevant as she talks about how structural racism impacts our community members in more ways than what we think.

Implicit Bias

The A&M system currently provides training on implicit bias. What does implicit bias means from a student perspective? This video provides data and examples in relation to the implications of implicit bias and mentions how important it is to have “equity minded change agents to combat institutional racism and bring racial equity”.

Have we changed to more equity-minded practices since this video was created in order to avoid preventing our students to be successful in their aspirations?

White People Talking to White People about Racism

Professor John Pascarella, USC Race and Equity Center Chief Academic Officer convened a national eforum to address racism in 2020. He prompted us to think about how to move from White Fragility to Racial Solidarity.

Podcasts

The Enduring Gap: Texas Public Radio

Even though San Antonio is majority Latino, white adults are more than twice as likely to have a college degree. Just 17% of Latino adults in San Antonio have a bachelor's degree. San Antonio is 64% Latino. At the beginning of 2021, TPR asked thousands of local students about their college experience. Click here to listen.

Articles

Inclusive Excellence: What does it mean?

See why A&M-SA’s Office of Equity and Inclusive Excellence does not rely on diversity as defining equity and inclusion efforts. Instead, “Inclusive Excellence” was the concept embraced as a framework. The President’s Commission on Equity and Inclusive Excellence also went through a name change based on the same framework that can see diversity as more related to representation by numbers, while equity and inclusion is a more proactive approach based on action. So, what does Inclusive Excellence means? Here are a few articles about Inclusive Excellence:

1. Race on Campus: ‘Inclusive Excellence’ is Everywhere. What does it mean? Alma Clayton Pedersen assisted in the inception of the PCOE2 and is cited in this article where inclusive excellence is defined as “a framework for thinking about equity, diversity, belonging, and student success in higher education, and how colleges can tackle those challenges.” ( view PDF)
2. Universal Global Learning, Inclusive Excellence, and Higher Education’s Greater Purposes. By Doscher, S. & Landorf, H. (2018). The authors argue that inclusive excellence involves” (a) bringing diverse students to campus through equitable admissions practices; (b) ensuring that all students are equally unhindered in their path toward quality educational opportunities and graduation; (c) making diversity indispensable to the institution’s mission to transmit and produce new knowledge. ( view PDF)

Transgender Day of Visibility
Here are some Rainbow P.A.W.S. resources from our 2022 Transgender Day of Visibility.