In The Margins

In this episode, your host Ralph Newell welcomes Paula O'Loughlin, provost and dean of faculty at Coe College, to share her journey in higher education and the current and future initiatives Coe College is undertaking for diverse organizational impact and transformation.   Believing in the importance of students being able to write their own stories and the responsibility of institutions to help make that possible, tune in as Paula explains her mission to foster a feeling of comfort, confidence, and home for all students and faculty in higher education. From connecting to Coe College’s historical narrative of inclusivity to the importance of recruiting, hiring, and retaining diverse faculty and staff, listen in as O'Loughlin continues the legacy of Coe College as the institution that makes it possible, so you can make it happen.    KEY POINTS: - DOIT and its 4 pillars of transformation - What drives Paula O'Loughlin? - Why focus specifically on institutional leadership and commitment? - The economic benefits for diversity in higher education - Building on DOIT and future initiatives at Coe College -  How to shift the culture of higher education -  Addressing the pipeline problem and retention of BIPOC faculty    QUOTABLES: “How do we make it possible for every student to be able to write their own stories? And one of the ways that we have to do that is by thinking about what's the experience the students like, and all students need to feel at home. And that’s what drives me.” “As part of our historical narrative, Coe has always been that kind of place that is accessible, and this is pushing Coe to be more accessible and open to more populations than it has historically been.”   OTHER RESOURCES: DOIT program: response.diverseeducation.com/DOIT2020   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Visit the Diverse: Issues In Higher Education website: diverseeducation.com Or follow us on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/diverseissues Instagram: instagram.com/diverseissuesinhighereducation Facebook: facebook.com/DiverseJobs?_rdc=1&_rdr Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/diverse-issues-in-higher-education Transcription services are available upon request.        In The Margins is produced by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

In this episode, your host David Pluviose sits down with Mamie Voight, president of the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), and Dr. Stella Flores, Associate Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy and Director of Research and Strategy at The University of Texas at Austin. Tune in as they discuss their mission to promote college access, affordability, and success for all students, with a particular emphasis on students who've traditionally been underserved and marginalized by our higher education system. Leaning on nonpartisan data and thinking about equity as not only a social tool but an economic development tool, listen in as they share their principles to equitable policymaking to promote the full power of what higher education can achieve.   KEY POINTS: -  Who are Mamie Voight and Dr. Stella Flores? -  The genesis of the IHEP equity framework for higher education - What makes IHEP different in the fight for equity? - Can equitable policies be insulated from the consistent change in politics? - How the pandemic further exposed health, economic, and educational inequities - Why diversity, equity, and inclusion need to play a role in policymaking   QUOTABLES: “Higher education is central to America's promise, and higher ed can really build us towards a more just and equitable society. But that's only true if pathways through higher education really are open to and supportive of everyone, regardless of race and background and circumstance.”  “One of the greatest forms of patriotism is to invest in the future of our residents by ensuring multi-generational success. And this is what these equity principles can increase the odds of doing.”   OTHER RESOURCES: Learn more about the Institute for Higher Education Policy at: www.ihep.org   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Visit the Diverse: Issues In Higher Education website: diverseeducation.com Or follow us on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/diverseissues Instagram: instagram.com/diverseissuesinhighereducation Facebook: facebook.com/DiverseJobs?_rdc=1&_rdr Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/diverse-issues-in-higher-education Transcription services are available upon request. Please drop us a line here. In The Margins is produced by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

In this episode of In The Margins, the new president of Alabama A&M University, Dr. Daniel Wims, sits down with your host David Pluviose to discuss what drives his approach to higher education as well as his model for the future of Alabama A&M. Tune in as he shares his vision to enhance STEM programs and provide students a first-class experience while building a faculty committed to the cause, mission, and historical trajectory of the institution. Providing the sustainable leadership necessary to all HBCUs, listen in as Dr. Daniel Wims invests in making Alabama A&M a global brand.    KEY POINTS: - Dr. Daniel Wims journey to higher education  -  The mentorship that paved the way for Dr. Daniel Wims strategic master plan  - How diversity drives the vision for Alabama A&M University  - Why stable leadership is essential to HBCUs - Bringing stakeholders together behind the institution’s mission   - COVID-19s impact on Alabama A&M   - Dr. Daniel Wims message to prospective students and their parents   QUOTABLES: “What I've done is to give students not aspirational talk but guarantees. This is your pathway. Follow this path. Guaranteed outcomes.” “It's our job to help produce and provide minority credential. Graduates that can fill those roles and support the growth and opportunities of the city.”   OTHER RESOURCES: Alabama A&M University: www.aamu.edu   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Visit the Diverse: Issues In Higher Education website: diverseeducation.com Or follow us on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/diverseissues Instagram: instagram.com/diverseissuesinhighereducation Facebook: facebook.com/DiverseJobs?_rdc=1&_rdr Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/diverse-issues-in-higher-education In The Margins is produced by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

Inspiring history, civil rights leader Al Sharpton joins this episode of In The Margins with host Dr. Jamal Watson, to spotlight the lesser-known rabble rousers who have fought for racial justice in the US, the topic of his new book Righteous Troublemakers: Untold Stories of the Social Justice Movement in America. Listen in as he highlights the women and members of the LGBTQ community on the frontlines of protest marches, reflects on those thrust into activism, and gives testament to those whose commitment to the cause has flown under the radar. Ultimately recognizing that without these ordinary people doing extraordinary things, there never would have been a civil rights movement.    KEY POINTS - What inspired Reverend Al Sharpton’s new book and why now? - Who are the foot soldiers of civil rights history? - Born into it or thrust upon them, all rising to the occasion   - The intersectionality of civil, LGBTQ, and women’s rights - Reverend Al Sharpton’s advice for current and future activists   QUOTABLES: “You cannot fight for justice for us without fighting for justice for everyone.” “You can be a good troublemaker, but the righteous troublemakers are the ones that do it and know they're not going to get anything, including note. They do it just for the righteousness of the call.”   OTHER RESOURCES: Get your copy of “Righteous Troublemakers: Untold Stories of the Social Justice Movement in America” at AlSharptonbooks.com   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Visit the Diverse: Issues In Higher Education website: diverseeducation.com Or follow us on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/diverseissues Instagram: instagram.com/diverseissuesinhighereducation Facebook: facebook.com/DiverseJobs?_rdc=1&_rdr Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/diverse-issues-in-higher-education In The Margins is produced by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

Your host, Dr. Jamal Watson, sits down with the former U.S. Secretary of Education and president of the non-profit Education Trust, Dr. John B. King Jr. Widely commended for his lifelong dedication to education, Dr. King now wants to bring his fresh perspective as an educator to the governor’s seat of Maryland. Believing that education and public institutions truly can save lives, he shares his blueprint for closing the opportunity and achievement gaps from preschool through college.   KEY POINTS: - What drove Dr. John B. King Jr. to education and now running for governor? - Plans for tackling the challenges and inequities facing Maryland right now - Education reforms made while in office under the Obama administration  - Assessing education and mental health needs during the pandemic - Why Dr. John B. King Jr. plans to prioritize investment in HBCUs - How to ensure every person and student has access to the ballot box   QUOTABLES: “Whether it's K-12 educators or higher-ed faculty and staff, you see how all the other systems impact students and their families. Whether or not they have safe and affordable housing, whether or not they are food insecure, whether or not they have health care — all of those issues you end up interacting with as an educator.” “That's one of the frustrations of this moment in our politics. We have the resources. The question is: Do we have the political will?”   OTHER RESOURCES: Learn more about John B. King Jr. and his run for Governor at: johnkingforgovernor.com John B. King Jr., J.D., Ed.D. - The Education Trust: edtrust.org/team/john-b-king-jr/   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Visit the Diverse: Issues In Higher Education website: diverseeducation.com Or follow us on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/diverseissues Instagram: instagram.com/diverseissuesinhighereducation Facebook: facebook.com/DiverseJobs?_rdc=1&_rdr Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/diverse-issues-in-higher-education In The Margins is produced by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

Director of the Office for Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL) at the University of Illinois, Eboni Zamani-Gallaher joins your host Ralph Newell for a discussion exploring how higher education can foster equitable experiences and outcomes for students coming from marginalized communities. Tune in as Eboni speaks to the necessity of race-centered equity initiatives that ask how we can advance, situate, and center race consciousness to enhance results for diverse youth and adults who want to go to, through, and out of post-secondary education.   KEY POINTS: - Eboni Zamani Gallaher’s journey to equity work - What is the mission of the OOCRL? - Focusing on race conscious rather than race avoidant solutions   - Understanding the intersectionality of race, equity, and diversity issues  - White fragility and critical race theory - What does it look like in action to be equity-minded?   QUOTABLES: “Community colleges have long been at the margins of the larger discourse, seeking to do the most with the least for those in society that are often most marginalized.” “Equity in many regards as a term has mirrored diversity to me in many ways. I feel as if both have commonly been whittled down to nothingness in some regard, where it's about everything and all things.” “You don't remedy racial inequities with raceless solutions.”   OTHER RESOURCES: Learn more about  Eboni Zamani-Gallaher and her work at: education.illinois.edu/faculty/eboni-zamanigallaher   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Visit the Diverse: Issues In Higher Education website: diverseeducation.com Or follow us on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/diverseissues Instagram: instagram.com/diverseissuesinhighereducation Facebook: facebook.com/DiverseJobs?_rdc=1&_rdr Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/diverse-issues-in-higher-education In The Margins is produced by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

In this episode, we replay part two of the Diverse Talk Live! webcast, "Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Minority College Students." In case you missed it, tune in as the panel of experts return to look at campus climate policies after the surge of Omicron and how they relate to the mental health and health-seeking behaviors in minoritized students. Listen in as they propose supplemental resources for faculty who are on the front line and discuss what we can do at the campus and institutional level to better support student mental health and connect students to services who are disproportionately under-utilizing formal treatment avenues. Panelists include: Nahed Barakat, Psy.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Interim Training Director/Coordinator of Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives, University of Denver, Health & Counseling Center Nathaan Demers, Psy.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist, VP of Clinical Programs & Strategic Partnerships, YOU at College Amy Gatto, Senior Manager of Higher Ed & Evaluation, Active Minds Sasha Zhou, PhD., Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, Wayne State University   KEY POINTS: - What is the Healthy Minds Network? - The unique challenges of minoritized students in higher education - How to empower and encourage minoritized students to seek help - The impact of Omicron on student, faculty, and administrator health - Shifting departmental culture around mental health  - Racial trauma versus post-traumatic stress disorder - Expanding the pipeline of diverse clinicians and clear resource availability - Why there is no one-size-fits-all solution   QUOTABLES: “The common thread there is a lot of times students who are minoritized do not feel like a lot of interventions on campus are specifically made for them.” “We are hurting people, helping hurting people.” “Shifting this culture from being overwhelmed with work to talking about work-life balance and trying to bring in mental health into departmental culture is important. [We should be] finding ways to humanize mental health challenges.”   OTHER RESOURCES: Watch this webcast at: youtube.com/watch?v=dTeyX2fuzNQ   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Visit the Diverse: Issues In Higher Education website: diverseeducation.com Or follow us on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/diverseissues Instagram: instagram.com/diverseissuesinhighereducation Facebook: facebook.com/DiverseJobs?_rdc=1&_rdr Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/diverse-issues-in-higher-education In The Margins is produced by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

In this episode, Dr. Jamal Watson sits down with Dr. Kevin James, president of Morris Brown College, to discuss the school’s remarkable transformation and its path toward accreditation again.   Tune in as Dr. James shares his “#hardreset” plan, advancing the brand and reputation of Morris Brown College through social media. Involved in all aspects of his school, from fundraising to facilities, listen in to the extraordinary turn-around Morris Brown College has made in just three short years thanks to alumni, volunteer faculty, and Dr. James at the helm.   KEY POINTS: - Dr. Kevin James’ journey to Morris Brown College - The challenges facing Dr. James after being appointed president - Why is Morris Brown College building a Hilton hotel? - Restoring reputation through social media - #hardreset - Plans for strategic growth in enrollment  - The path to accreditation and federal financial aid - What makes Morris Brown alumni so special   QUOTABLES: “We didn't have resources. We lost our land. Morris Brown has been through so much in these last 20 years.” “I use social media to say - don't listen to what I'm saying I want to do. But look at what we did today.”   OTHER RESOURCES: Help spread the word and learn more about Morris Brown College at: morrisbrown.edu/   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Visit the Diverse: Issues In Higher Education website: diverseeducation.com Or follow us on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/diverseissues Instagram: instagram.com/diverseissuesinhighereducation Facebook: facebook.com/DiverseJobs?_rdc=1&_rdr Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/diverse-issues-in-higher-education In The Margins is produced by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

In this episode, your host David Pluviose sits down with Dr. Sandra L. Kurtinitis, president of the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC). Tune in as they discuss CCBC’s unique approach to operating and succeeding in spite of COVID-19. From employing measures to stay open and support students throughout the entire pandemic to connecting with community partners to aid at-risk students, Dr. Sandra L. Kurtinitis outlines the many initiatives she and her colleagues are employing as part of their extensive equity agenda.     Listen in to the risk that paid off and how Dr. Sandra L. Kurtinitis's work in the community college sector went from job to passion to career to life’s mission.   KEY POINTS: - COVID-19’s effect on community colleges and CCBC in particular  - What is the “tuition-free” initiative? - Keys to staying open during a pandemic - The heart, spirit, and dedication of community college staff - How to combat COVID-19 malaise and incentivize enrollment  - Community partners and student outreach  - Considering the future of the workforce and online learning    QUOTABLES: “We live our mission, and we love our mission.” “If you walked on our campuses, you would see low-income and minority students. And to me, that is probably the greatest commitment that we made to our equity agenda because we were here for the people who would have been shut out of any opportunity of studying during that year.”   OTHER RESOURCES: From the desk of CCBC President Sandra L. Kurtinitis: http://blog.ccbcmd.edu/kurtinitis   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Visit the Diverse: Issues In Higher Education website: diverseeducation.com Or follow us on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/diverseissues Instagram: instagram.com/diverseissuesinhighereducation Facebook: facebook.com/DiverseJobs?_rdc=1&_rdr Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/diverse-issues-in-higher-education In The Margins is produced by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)

In this episode we replay the December 7th Diverse Talk Live! webcast, "Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Minority College Students." In case you missed it, listen in as a panel of experts evaluate and advise on how higher ed institutions can best address the mental health needs of minority students — particularly as they grapple with a myriad of challenges including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and a nationwide flashpoint on systemic racism, punctuated by the recent guilty verdicts of the individuals charged with the murder of Ahmaud Arbery.   Panelists include: Nahed Barakat, Psy.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Interim Training Director/Coordinator of Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives, University of Denver, Health & Counseling Center Nathaan Demers, Psy.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist, VP of Clinical Programs & Strategic Partnerships Amy Gatto, Senior Manager of Higher Ed & Evaluation, Active Minds   KEY POINTS: - Where does the responsibility start and end for higher ed institutions when it comes to the mental health needs of students? - How investing in student mental health increases retention and persistence - What range of support should institutions aim to provide? - The unique challenges facing students today - How is mental illness manifested differently in minority students? - Ensuring appropriate responses to mental health crises - How to overcome cultural stigmas and barriers around mental health care   QUOTABLES: “We're talking and teaching people how to think, how to interact, how to support others, how to be global citizens, and maintaining mental health and well-being is essential in that mission." “We need to elevate well-being and mental health to being a topic that's just as important as your grades and getting a diploma.”   OTHER RESOURCES: Watch this as a webcast at: diverseeducation.com/webinar­s/webinar/15282037/meeting-the-mental-he­alth-needs-of-minority-college-students?utm_campaign=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua Panel Proposes Ways to Meet the Mental Health Needs of Minority Students: diverseeducation.com/student­s/article/15286117/panel-proposes-ways-t­o-meet-the-mental-health-needs-of-minori­ty-students?utm_campaign=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Visit the Diverse: Issues In Higher Education website: diverseeducation.com Or follow us on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/diverseissues Instagram: instagram.com/diverseissuesinhighereducation Facebook: facebook.com/DiverseJobs?_rdc=1&_rdr Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/diverse-issues-in-higher-education In The Margins is produced by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com)