ERIC Number: EJ1380634
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1360-080X
EISSN: EISSN-1469-9508
Strategic and Policy Responses to Intersectionality in Higher Education
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, v45 n1 p19-35 2023
This paper analyses the extent to which intersectionality is considered in university strategic approaches to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and how intersectionality is expressed within strategic plans. Intersectionality is a framework for understanding compounding experiences of those who identify with multiple diversity areas and how these factors interact to create an experience specific to this combination. Through a survey of publicly available diversity and inclusion action plans at Australian universities, this paper maps the extent of both intersectionality awareness and enactment. This paper shows that while there were mentions of intersectionality, these were often limited to aspirational statements and acknowledgements rather than meaningful enactment. This demonstrates a desire by universities to respond to intersectionality in education, but either a lack of action or understanding of how to act for positive impact. This paper provides considerations and recommendations for Australian universities to meaningfully include intersectionality in their strategies and action plans.
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Intersectionality, Universities, Guidelines, Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Educational Policy, Diversity, Inclusion, Policy Analysis, Access to Education, LGBTQ People, Students with Disabilities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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