Institutional Diversity Defined

Institutional Diversity: Organizational change and systemic approaches by which higher education, governments, companies, and non-profits develop, execute, and assess best practices in order to embed and infuse equity, diversity and inclusion into the fabric and culture of the workplace.

Read Featured Institutional Diversity Posts

• Comms In Question: How Internal Communications Can Drive External Results
• Reflections of a Chief Diversity Officer: Leveraging EDI to Drive Culture Change in Organizations
• The Evolution of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Roles: Highlighting My Bright Future Podcast Episode (37)
• In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Denise O’Neil Green Consulting is Now Open for Business!
• Race Conscious Affirmative Action: Time Is Up
• Bronzeville: The “Black Metropolis” and Harlem of Chicago
• Higher Education for the Public Good, Cultivating a Racially Diverse Democracy
• New Game+: Relearning Life With A Disability (Revisited)
• Promoting Disability As Diversity and Accessibility as an Institutional Priority
• Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Into the DNA of Public Universities
• Historically Underserved Students: What We Know, What We Still Need to Know
• Using Qualitative Methods to Assess Academic Success and Retention Programs for Underrepresented Minority Students
• Leveraging New Media as Social Capital for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Officers
• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Five Ways Leaders Can Work Towards Truth and Reconciliation
• Presidents, CEOs and Executives: Avoid the Performative Trap and Be Truly Inclusive Leaders
• Denise O’Neil Green Named Among the 100 Inspirational D&I Leaders for 2021
• Ditching “Diversity”: Why It’s Time to Replace Diversity with Belonging in Equity and Inclusion Work
• A New Normal: Resetting the EDI Space in 2021 and Beyond
• 5 Tips for the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) During Challenging Times
• Why Chief Diversity Officers (CDO) Need to Step Their Game Up
• Chief Diversity Officers and Dr. Martin Luther King Day: Giving Voice to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
• Cultural Diversity Is Good for Business – Continuing the Conversation (Part II): Strategies for Success
• What Is a Chief Diversity Officer (CDO)?

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