For the past year, the discussion of DEI within UNC System institutions has been a major topic of conversation. Rumors of removal circulated all last year, until Wednesday when the Board of Governors ...
Many people, including some high-profile celebrities, have been arguing that the concept of equity is the same as equality of outcome. According to dictionary definitions and previous research, ...
Jamie Wallace and Elaine V. Howes are co-editors of the book Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Science Teaching: Teacher Research and Investigation from Today’s Classrooms: The terms “equity” and ...
The words equality and equity often get used interchangeably, but they have quite different meanings. Equality is an objective term — it means just what it implies and there is little room for debate.
Most DEI practitioners have seen and used this meme to help employees understand the meaning of equity. It was originally conceived by business professor Craig Froebel to differentiate between equal ...
This week, Women in Solar Europe (WiSEu) reflects on the need for tangible DEI practices and inclusive leaders who understand the meaning of equity and diversity to create inclusive environments that ...
I was sitting at my desk, minding my own business, when DEI walked into my life in an email from my bosses at a previous newspaper company. At first, the demands of diversity, equity and inclusion ...
I was recently asked to give the keynote address for a youth leadership conference. In the invitation, they informed me that the conference theme was inequality and that I had only 10 minutes to speak ...
Vice President Kamala Harris, now the Democratic nominee for president, has pushed an "equity" over "equality" message as part of the Biden administration's policies, something she also spoke about as ...
"Everyone should be treated the same." It's a phrase that surfaces often in New Zealand's public debate. Whether it's discussions about healthcare, education, local government or Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ...
About 170 years after the beginning of the women’s movement in 1848, gender equity has gradually gained momentum, with each generation inspiring women to assert their rightful place as equal to men.
Karen Baptiste, Ed.D., a senior consultant at McREL International, is a former special education teacher, instructional coach, and director who now works with K–12 schools across the United States to ...