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William B. Harvey University of Virginia July 29, 2006 It's Not Your Grandfather's University: The Impact of Technology and Diversity in the Contemporary Academy
William B. HarveyUniversity of Virginia
July 29, 2006
It's Not Your Grandfather's University: The Impact of Technology and Diversity
in the Contemporary Academy
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
May you live in interesting times.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
Current period has seen incredible change.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
Over 50 years since Brown vs. Board of Education.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
Brown vs. Board also affected higher education.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
Approximately 1-2% of African American students
enrolled in predominantly white institutions at
the start of the Civil Rights movement.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
PWI’s were overwhelmingly white and largely male.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
Institutions were also technology light.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
Diversity became an asset, rather than a liability.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
Forward looking institutions embraced diversity and
recognized thecritical value of technology.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
Universities invested in implementing technology across
the institution-diversity investments were
much more limited.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
Enrollments of students of color have increased substantially.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
A majority of those students are in 2 year, not 4-year institutions.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
The representation of faculty of color has increased only modestly.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
Institutions of higher education have been historically
resistant to change.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
Technology changes are embraced as improvements to the learning
environment.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
Diversity changes encounter passive resistance, and are often
interpreted as lessening the academic quality of the institution.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
The stated interest in diversity is not reflected in institutional
actions or investments.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
Diversity at the student level is not enough - faculty,
administration and curriculum must also be diverse.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
Demographic changes and global competitiveness are
compelling reasons to achieve greater diversity.
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
With technological change happening all around us,
and at an ever-accelerating pace,
Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity
July 29, 2006
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?
