Dr. Vijay Pendakur is a nationally recognized leader in student affairs administration. He is the editor of the recent book “Closing the Opportunity Gap: Identity-Conscious Strategies for Retention and Student Success,” as well as numerous chapters on racial identity development, critical leadership pedagogy, and campus equity strategy. He serves on the institute teaching faculty of the Race Equity Center at the University of Southern California and as a faculty member for the “High Impact Practices Institute” through the American Association of Colleges and Universities. He currently serves on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Working Group on Diversity, which advises the Director of the NIH on inclusion and equity strategy in the field of biomedical research. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in history and East Asian studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison; a Master’s degree in U.S. history from the University of California, San Diego; and a Doctorate in education from DePaul University.
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Racial Equity in Higher Education
Turning Student Activism Into Real Change
Wednesday, July 08, 2020, 1pm EDT
Event Overview
Over the past several weeks, protest movements have erupted across the country in response to police brutality, enduring systemic racism, and glaring inequality. While most college campuses are currently empty because of the pandemic, they are not exempt from these greater societal issues. Once classes resume, campuses nationwide are likely to become hotbeds for student activism.
The confluence of campus closures with social upheaval provides an opportunity for a reset within higher education. University officials can and should work with student activists now so that when in-person classes begin again, we will not settle for returning to “normal” and instead strive for “better.” In order to turn our current moment of turmoil into lasting change that addresses the fundamental equity challenges facing higher education today, university officials need to listen to students’ frustrations and their demands for change.
The confluence of campus closures with social upheaval provides an opportunity for a reset within higher education. University officials can and should work with student activists now so that when in-person classes begin again, we will not settle for returning to “normal” and instead strive for “better.” In order to turn our current moment of turmoil into lasting change that addresses the fundamental equity challenges facing higher education today, university officials need to listen to students’ frustrations and their demands for change.
What You'll Learn
- Connections and similarities between the national protests and the challenges within higher education
- How issues of structural racism and racial equity manifest on college campuses
- What it means to redesign higher education for racial equity
- How campuses can more successfully engage their student activists
Speaker
Dr. Vijay Pendakur
Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students
Cornell University
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