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ERIC Number: EJ1349518
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 29
Abstractor: As Provided
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EISSN: EISSN-2334-4822
Wicked[superscript 2]: The Increasing Wickedness of Educational Developers as DEI Cultural Influencers
Dietz, Lauri; Jenkins, China M.; Cruz, Laura; Handy, Amber; Kumar, Rita; Metzker, Julia; Norris, Ian
To Improve the Academy, v41 n1 p92-120 Spr 2022
The global pandemic that began in 2020 amplified the chasm between higher education's stated goals to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and the systemic realities that many students, instructors, and staff grapple with on a daily basis. We contend that attenuating the barriers to DEI outcomes means first acknowledging that DEI is a wicked problem, in that it is impossible to solve because of competing, conflicting, and complex sociocultural forces from within and outside our institutions. We also contend that educational developers (EDs) are particularly well situated within the higher education ecology to be key cultural influencers in how to mitigate DEI-related wicked problems by tapping into our deep commitment to lifelong learning as a means for honing and modeling an equity mindset.
Michigan Publishing. 839 Greene Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Tel: 734-764-3417; e-mail: mpublishing@umich.edu; Web site: https://www.toimprovetheacademy.org/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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