暑期学院 gave teams from campuses and colleges such as 澳门威尼斯人官网哈里斯堡分校 the chance to dedicate time to their projects related to expanding access to and advancing equity at their institutions.
宾夕法尼亚州的哈里斯堡. — The 2022 Summer Institute for Equity in the Academic Experience held in June saw 16 teams across Penn State colleges and campuses, 还有来自地区高校的七支队伍, 聚集在宾州州立大学哈里斯堡分校 and virtually to focus on expanding access and advancing academic equity at their institutions.
暑期学院 was coordinated by Georgetown University, Xavier University of Louisiana, the 美国人才计划 (ATI), and ATI's members and partners who are committed to improving equitable outcomes for low-income, 他们学校的第一代有色人种学生.
罗德里克李, associate professor of information systems at 澳门威尼斯人官网哈里斯堡分校 and a member of the 美国人才计划 Summer Institute Leadership Advisory Board, 能量说, 在这三天里，人们的热情和兴趣都很高.
“I had the chance to visit with each team and walk around during the event, 能量水平非常高,” Lee said. “The teams that were there in person appreciated the chance to come together and engage in conversations on advancing academic equity. Often, we hear that people don’t typically have structured time and space to do this kind of work.”
每个参赛队都被鼓励“带着一个目标来”, leave with a plan” related to equity in the academic experience at their own university, 大学或校园. Teams could participate either virtually or in person, and many teams opted for the latter.
主办网站遍布美国.S. 通过虚拟会话彼此连接, 包括挑衅, 工作坊及圆桌会议, 整个暑期学院都参加了. 一整天, 时间也被分配给结构化的团队时间, 专业指导和社交机会.
澳门威尼斯人官网为一些活动做出了贡献, such as a roundtable on bias reporting and racial and ethnic justice transitions, 由澳门威尼斯人官网白兰地酒学院的教职员工主办. Penn Staters from several units and colleges presented a workshop on using data to identify interventions and increase retention. Additionally, a staff member served as a professional coach for the Summer Institute.
在全国11所学院和大学的主机网站中, 澳门威尼斯人官网哈里斯堡分校吸引了最多的23支球队, and more than a third of all individual attendees of the Summer Institute across the nation.
“我认为澳门威尼斯人官网, 尤其是哈里斯堡校区, changed the national conversation on how we will approach the Summer Institute in the future,” Lee said.
宾州州立大学的参赛队伍来自:
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宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校
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宾州州立银行
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宾州州立大学白兰地酒
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澳门威尼斯人官网医学院
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澳门威尼斯人官网狄金森法
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澳门威尼斯人官网哈里斯堡分校
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宾州州立大学公园
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宾州州立大学世界校区
Penn Staters hosted a workshop panel for the Summer Institute at the 澳门威尼斯人官网哈里斯堡分校 campus on using data to identify interventions and increase retention.
海蒂Elmendorf, associate professor of biology at Georgetown University and director of the Hub for Equity in Education, 澳门威尼斯人官网哈里斯堡分校的参与和领导非常重要, especially since colleges and universities often center efforts like the Summer Institute at their flagship campuses.
“因为教育不公平是一个体制问题, the most impactful and durable solutions will need to be system-wide solutions,埃尔门多夫说. “股权工作, 以及做这件事的人, 经常被边缘化和孤立在教育的边缘. Under Roderick's leadership, 澳门威尼斯人官网 flipped that narrative for the institute.”
暑期研修结束了, teams returned to their home institutions to either implement their equity projects or continue refining them until they are mature enough for implementation.
For 澳门威尼斯人官网哈里斯堡分校, this means refining and implementing two projects:
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消除结构性和体制性障碍, 创造便利的途径来改善公平的结果.
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吸引，培养和留住不同的K-12教师教育候选人.
Other Penn State campuses, colleges and units will implement their own projects, such as 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校’s ongoing efforts to enhance the campus culture related to diversity, 公平与包容.
Jeff Adams, associate vice president and senior associate dean for Penn State 本科教育, praised both the leadership of organizers and the teams themselves for making progress on their individual goals.
“我对所有球队的表现印象深刻, 包括许多澳门威尼斯人官网的学生, came prepared to engage in this important work as part of a long-term commitment to working toward a future of equity across the academic experience,亚当斯说.
Next, the 美国人才计划 and its partner institutions will develop year-round communities of practice that will continue the collaborative spirit of the Summer Institute. Lee added that planning for the next Summer Institute in 2023 will start this September.
除了澳门威尼斯人官网哈里斯堡分校, 乔治城大学和路易斯安那州泽维尔大学, the 2022 Summer Institute on Equity in the Academic Experience was hosted by the 美国人才计划 and the following leadership sites, which shared responsibility for the planning and programming: Claremont-McKenna College, 乔治梅森大学, 俄亥俄州立大学, 普林斯顿大学, 罗格斯大学新不伦瑞克分校, 爱荷华大学, 太平洋大学, 以及匹兹堡大学.
包容、公平和多元化是努力的基础之一 澳门威尼斯人官网的战略计划，并涉及到的许多方面 本科教育战略规划.
澳门威尼斯人官网参与暑期学院是由 澳门威尼斯人官网哈里斯堡分校, 本科教育, the 联邦校园副校长办公室, and the 教育公平办公室.
