Anti-Racism for White People

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The term “anti-racism” has become part of the everyday lexicon in the media, organizations, schools, and higher education. Unfortunately, for many individuals and organizations, this has simply involved replacing the word diversity with the word anti-racism. What is really needed is for white individuals to more deeply understand their role and responsibility in first evaluating their identity, privilege, and power and then committing to creating anti-racist cultures, campus environments, and structures.

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Being Data Driven: Insights for SA Professionals

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Dr. Glenn DeGuzman talks story with 3 higher education professionals and their journey to becoming assessment experts in student affairs. Listen as they talk about the role assessment plays in their work, share advice, and their perspectives on becoming a data driven student affairs professional.

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Disability: Beyond the Basics

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Join Dr. Heather Shea as she discusses disability in higher education with Dr. Amanda Kraus, Dr. Lissa Ramirez-Stapleton, and Autumn Wilke.  This episode starts with a conversation about the difference between person-first versus identity-first language and then goes beyond the basics of language, compliance, and access and delves deeper into what our campus systems would look like if they were truly inclusive of disabled students.

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Legal Issues: From Foundations to Emerging Issues

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Join Dr. Keith Edwards as he discusses legal issues in higher education with Jessica Salazar, Dr. John Wesley Lowery. and Dr. Ryan C. Holmes. These guests discuss foundational concepts; navigating the complexities of law, institutional context and culture, and people; various ways to work effectively with the general counsel's office; and emerging legal issues on the horizon. Today's guests bring different perspectives as a scholar of higher education law, a practicing campus attorney, and a senior student affairs practitioner.

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It’s My First Conference…Now What?

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Today’s new episode, right in time for convention/conference season, is a conversation between student affairs educators and current graduate students at Michigan State University about what to expect at professional association conferences/contentions this spring. Second year in the Student Affairs Administration MA Program, Josh Mosteart, hosted the conversation with Brian Hercliff-Proffer, Kirby Gibson, Dr. Kris Renn, and Dr. Heather Shea.

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