William B' Harvey

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It's Not Your Grandfather's University The
Impact of Technology and Diversity in the
Contemporary Academy
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May you live in interesting times.
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Current period has seen incredible change.
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Over 50 years since Brown vs. Board of
Education.
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Brown vs. Board also affected higher education.
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Approximately 1-2 of African American
students enrolled in predominantly white
institutions at the start of the Civil Rights
movement.
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PWIs were overwhelmingly white and largely male.
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Institutions were also technology light.
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Diversity became an asset, rather than a
liability.
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Forward looking institutions embraced diversity
and recognized thecritical value of technology.
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Universities invested in implementing technology
across the institution-diversity investments
were much more limited.
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Enrollments of students of color have increased
substantially.
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A majority of those students are in 2 year, not
4-year institutions.
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The representation of faculty of color has
increased only modestly.
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Institutions of higher education have been
historically resistant to change.
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Technology changes are embraced as improvements
to the learningenvironment.
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Diversity changes encounter passive resistance,
and are ofteninterpreted as lessening the
academic quality of the institution.
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The stated interest in diversity is not reflected
in institutionalactions or investments.
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Diversity at the student level is not enough -
faculty,administration and curriculum must also
be diverse.
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Demographic changes and global competitiveness
are compelling reasons to achieve greater
diversity.
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With technological change happening all around
us, and at an ever-accelerating pace,
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How do we infuse the critical importance of
diversity at all levels into the hands and heads
of those who represent the majority
populationsin our institutions of higher
learning?