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Resources: Books that Provide a Public Policy Degrees Can Lead to Lucrative 7 Social Lens for Education Reform 36 Jobs and Universities Are Starting to Notice By Romana Mrzljak By Alice Pettway

10 Modernizing Our Approach to Talent as the 40 Three Public Policy Grads Make a Difference First Wave of Generation Z Enters the Workforce in Underrepresented Communities By Anise Wiley-Little By Ginger O’Donnell

14 College Students Form Their Own 44 Teachers Pursue Public Policy Degrees Advocacy Groups to Shape Mental Health to Better Advocate for Their Students Education on Campus By Ginger O’Donnell By Ginger O’Donnell 48 Former Presidents Inspire Public Policy 22 Recruiters Tackle the Downturn in Graduates to Improve Lives International Student Enrollment By Dale Singer By Sheryl S. Jackson 50 Public Policy Professors Work Within the 30 A University by and for the People: Ranks to Include Race-Conscious Dialogue How One Online College Is Working to By Kelsey Landis Open Up Access to Higher Education By Alice Pettway

ON THE COVER: Young people protest outside City Hall in Baltimore, Md., on April 29, 2015. Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man, was killed on April 12, 2015 after police officers failed to properly secure him in the back of a van. A University of Baltimore public policy capstone project featured this photo in an effort to call for empathy in policing. (Photo by Michael Psaras)

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Lawsuit Against UNC Broadens the Debate Over Race-Conscious Admissions

A group called the Students for Fair suit as being part of a larger effort to lawsuit against UNC more closely Admissions (SFFA) filed a lawsuit eliminate race-conscious admissions resembles historic anti-affirmative in January against the University of policies at all colleges and universities. action litigation, accusing the North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Both sides have asked a federal judge university of favoring students of color claiming the university gives too to rule on the matter instead of over white students. much weight to race in the admissions allowing the case to go to trial. Lawyers told The New York Times process. UNC denies the allegations. The suit is similar to another that they’re not sure which case will Anti-affirmative action activist one SFFA filed against Harvard reach the Supreme Court first, but Edward Blum is the founder of University, which culminated in a they predict the high court will end SFFA, which includes applicants three-week trial last fall. Both cases up weighing them together as part of rejected from various universities. feature statistical analyses as key pieces a broader decision on race-conscious The plaintiffs claim considering race of evidence, in which economists admissions practices. disproportionately benefits Hispanic present opposing data about the extent These developments come as UNC and African American applicants, to which race makes a difference in reels from the latest confederate excluding qualified white and Asian admissions decisions at the schools. statue controversy and Folt’s recent American students. According to The New York Times, resignation. Student protesters toppled UNC filed its own court brief lawyers don’t expect federal Judge the statue known as “Silent Sam” in stating that race is considered among Allison Burroughs to issue a ruling in August, prompting the UNC Board of many factors in a broader context the Harvard case until June. Trustees to propose the construction of of how a prospective student could Unlike the Harvard case, which a $5.3 million building to house it. contribute to the university. Former focused on admissions policies — Ginger O’Donnell Chancellor Carol Folt has depicted the affecting Asian Americans, the

‘Degrees When Due’ Helps Students with Partial College Credit Cross the Finish Line

Approximately 35 million Americans students who were no longer enrolled have attended college without earning in college but whose records rendered a degree, according to the Institute for them eligible for an associate’s degree. Higher Education Policy (IHEP). Of As a result of the two programs, more that group, 4 million have completed than 500 colleges have awarded 20,000 at least two years of college education. associate’s degrees in the past decade. When students invest in higher A team of six IHEP researchers and education without completing their independent consultants continues the degree, it not only limits their future mission through Degrees When Due, professional opportunities, but it also providing online and live coaching poses problems for the United States to staff members at colleges and economy, as 65 percent of all jobs will universities across the U.S. to help require a degree or a credential by them implement degree reclamation 2020, IHEP reports. strategies. In addition, Degrees When To address these issues, IHEP Due assists with researching best launched an initiative called practices for re-engaging students and Degrees When Due, partnering disseminating information to higher with numerous college campuses Degrees When Due originated in education institutions. and state agencies across the U.S. a program called Project Win-Win. To partner with Degrees When to increase degree attainment for Founded in 2009, the program was a Due or for more information about students who have earned only some collaboration between 61 colleges in the degree reclamation process, visit college credit. Researchers call this nine states with the mission of locating degreeswhendue.com. process “degree reclamation.” and retroactively awarding degrees to — Ginger O’Donnell

6 March 2019 Resources

Books that Provide a Social Lens for Education Reform

By Romana Mrzljak

This is Not a Test: A New The New Education: The Testing Charade: Narrative on Race, Class, and How to Revolutionize Pretending to Make Schools Education by José Luis Vilson the University to Prepare Better by Daniel Koretz Students for a World in Flux by Cathy N. Davidson Vilson’s book unfolds like a memoir, Koretz takes a stand on one of each chapter detailing his journey today’s most problematic educational from an Afro-Latino student to math Davidson’s book is an inspiring issues — testing. Koretz, a professor teacher to educational leader. The manifesto for learning that emphasizes at the Harvard Graduate School of series of autobiographical essays and individual skill and creativity in an Education, argues that test-based stories from the classroom examines era of constant change. Davidson accountability, which uses test scores to how a flawed system of obsessive introduces readers to innovative hold teachers accountable for students’ standardized testing, inequality, students and educators at private success, hinders genuine learning. and the power of politics failed schools, community colleges, and His powerful proclamation examines an increasingly diverse classroom Ivy League universities, reimagining the inevitable shortcomings of high- population. Vilson argues for inclusive classrooms for a fluctuating future. stakes testing, including cheating, educational policy that values the Based on historical and ongoing crises falsely inflated test-scores, and corrupt voices of students, educators, and facing teachers and administrators, educational policy. Koretz uses real- parents of color. This is Not a Test is an Davidson argues for more creativity, word examples and decades of research accessible page-turner for any parent collaboration, and adaptability rather to map a blueprint for disrupting our or educator passionate about shaking up than expertise in higher education. reliance on test-based accountability the status quo in educational policy. ● She emphasizes teaching students “soft and changing the course of the current skills” such as communication that educational system.● allow them to thrive in an uncertain educational landscape.●

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ARIZONA provost at Towson University. She was most recently chief of staff and Lisa Rhine, PhD, as been named previously served as provost and vice president of academic affairs president of Yavapai College. vice president of academic affairs at at Union College in Kentucky. She previously served as provost Buffalo State College in New York. and chief operating officer of the OHIO Chesapeake campus at Tidewater Andrew Wu, EdD, Ivonne García, Community College in Virginia. has been appointed PhD, has been associate dean named the first ILLINOIS of students and chief diversity, Terrell Carter, DMin, director of athletics equity, and was appointed vice at Goucher College inclusion officer at president and chief in Baltimore. He College of Wooster. diversity officer for was most recently the college’s She currently serves as Kenyon Greenville University. interim director of athletics and College's William P. Rice Associate He was most recently associate dean of students for Professor of English and Literature the director of student development. and as director of the Latinx contextualized learning and assistant Studies Concentration. professor of practical theology at MICHIGAN Central Baptist Theological Seminary Satish Upda, PhD, PENNSYLVANIA in Shawnee, Kan. has been named Terrence Mitchell, interim president PhD, was named INDIANA of Michigan State chief diversity Sean Huddleston, University in and inclusion PhD, has been East Lansing. He officer at Edinboro named president of previously served University in Erie. Martin University as the university’s executive vice He previously in Indianapolis. He president for administrative services. served as chief diversity officer at previously served as the State University of New York vice president and NEW YORK (SUNY) at Oneonta. chief equity and inclusion officer at Sarah Mangelsdorf, the University of Indianapolis. PhD, has been Wendy Raymond, appointed president PhD, has been Mohammed Khayum, PhD, has of the University of appointed been appointed provost of the Rochester. She was president of University of Southern Indiana in most recently provost Haverford College. Evansville. He previously served as and vice chancellor She was most interim provost. for academic affairs at the recently vice University of Wisconsin-Madison. president for academic affairs and Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Richard dean of faculty at Davidson College B. Myers has been appointed NORTH CAROLINA in North Carolina. president of Kansas State University Karrie Gibson Dixon, in Manhattan. He was most recently EdD, has been SOUTH CAROLINA interim president for the university named chancellor Andrew T. Hsu, and is a former chairman of the of Elizabeth City PhD, has been Joint Chiefs of Staff. State University in named president North Carolina. She of the College MARYLAND previously served as of Charleston. Melanie Perreault, the university’s interim chancellor. He previously PhD, has been served as provost named executive Amanda K. Lee, PhD, has been and executive vice president for vice president of appointed president of Bladen academic affairs at the University academic affairs and Community College in Dublin. She of Toledo in Ohio.

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10 March 2019 At the beginning of 2019, the United differences, it is important to note the Because their life influences will States unemployment rate was at an overlap in their definitions due to the lack look different, the evolution of all-time low, according to the Wall of consensus regarding when each begins Generation Z will continue as more Street Journal. In addition, the Society and ends. The Pew Research Center and members enter the workplace. for Human Resource Management says others have standardized the definitions, Changes in Transitioning employers are facing the largest talent but they continue to evolve, and people shortages since 2007. With the need to on the cusp between two generations may One example of a notable change, if bring in talent, regardless of generation, identify more with one or the other. I use it continues, is the “gap year” between are organizations prepared for the new the following guideline, a combination high school and college. Previously workforce and their requirements? of information from the Pew Research reserved for the wealthy, it now is Many organizations have not Center and other sources: emerging for the deserving supported created the flexible talent strategies through scholarships and financial aid. needed to meet the needs of employees • Born between 1928 and 1945: According to 20 Colleges that Encourage from Generation Z, baby boomers, The Silent Generation a Gap Year by Julian Goetz, we find and the generations in between. Our • Born between 1946 and 1955: more young people from Generation Z talent strategies must evolve to allow Leading Edge Baby Boomers taking a year off to volunteer or pursue employees to achieve maximum • Born between 1956 and 1964: Late new experiences. Students see different productivity for our businesses. Baby Boomers (Generation Jones) universities encouraging this practice, Some employees need remote work • Born between 1960 and 1979: with some offering scholarships. opportunities, while others need a Generation X According to the GAP Year physical desk and daily interaction in • Born between 1980 and 1994: Association, those who do so often have an office. Strategies for developing Generation Y or Millennial higher GPAs and move through their our employees also must evolve to • Born between 1995 and 2010: programs faster, finishing school sooner accommodate different generations. Generation Z or iGen or than those starting college right out of When considering generational Post-Millennial high school. We should be evaluating

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Rigorous Analysis, Inspired Action www.sanford.duke.edu Duke insightintodiversity.com 11 now how these new experiences will workplace. PricewaterhouseCoopers’ employee involvement in driving the affect Generation Z’s thinking and 2018 report, Workforce of the Future, agenda at an earlier stage in their careers. their influence on our organizations. The Competing Forces Shaping 2030, Previously, leadership would not have indicates there are even more profound thought that these employees would Impact of Artificial Intelligence changes beyond soft skills facing new have enough experience to be selected on the Future of Talent entrants to the workforce. for a team with such influence. The As our digital economy continues to team spends three months together Modernizing Talent Development grow, artificial intelligence will begin working on a real-life business issue, to replace simple tasks at work and Members of Generation Z value presenting to senior leaders and others, thus the expectations for entry-level interacting with leaders and other allowing the exposure and impact on employees will change. employees across the organization in a the company that Generation Z yearns With more personalized artificial way that influences decision-making. for at an early point in their careers. intelligence driving automated decision- Human resources professionals building More organizations will be making, employees will expect to these interactions into talent development compelled to create opportunities come into an organization being more plans becomes vital to employee retention. to accelerate the success of all competent than their fellow employees A senior vice president of human talent, requiring an integrated talent from other generations. Universities will resources at a large international management strategy that takes into be challenged to prepare this generation company shared a program with me that account the differences across and to enter the workforce with a higher selects global cross-functional teams within generations.● level of expectation. Corporate Voices for from all over the world to solve current Working Families produced data in 2006 business issues. These teams include all Anise D. Wiley-Little is a member of on workforce readiness in the report generations but are particularly focused INSIGHT Into Diversity’s Editorial Most Young People Entering the U.S. on the inclusion of millennials and Board. She is a speaker, author, and former Workforce Lack Critical Skills Essential Generation Z. The company believes executive at Northwestern University’s for Success, finding that most workers that such practices are preparing them Kellogg School of Management and leaving college were ill-prepared for the for a future workforce that will require Allstate Insurance Company.

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Karen Markel, PhD, is dean of the College of Business and Public Policy at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She is an accomplished educator with more than 15 years of experience teaching human resource management courses, most recently serving as a professor at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. The author of more than 20 publications and a frequent presenter at regional, national, and international conferences, Markel’s scholarly contributions focus on overcoming discrimination in the workplace. She is senior-certified by the country’s two main professional human resource organizations, the Society for Human Resource Cecilia Elena Rouse, PhD, is dean of Management and HR Certification Institute. the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. She also serves as the Judith Kelley, PhD, is dean of the Duke Sanford school’s Lawrence and Shirley Katzman School of Public Policy at Duke University as and Lewis and Anna Ernst Professor well as the school’s Terry Sanford Professor of in the Economics of Education. An Public Policy. A political scientist and expert experienced researcher of labor in international relations, she examines how economics and the economics of states, international organizations, and national education, Rouse is the senior editor of government organizations can promote political a biannual academic journal published reforms. Her newest book, Scorecard Diplomacy: by the Woodrow Wilson School called Grading States to Influence their Reputation and The Future of Children. Earlier in her Behavior, focuses on the global fight against career, she served on the National human trafficking. A first-generation college Economic Council at the White House. graduate, Kelley is the recipient of the Sanford From 2009 to 2011, Kelley was a School’s Susan E. Tifft Undergraduate Teaching member of the President’s Council and Mentoring Award and the Brownell-Whetten of Economic Advisers. Award for Diversity and Inclusion.

Gary M. Segura, PhD, is dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He has authored or co-authored numerous articles and books about issues of political representation, the domestic politics of wartime public opinion, and the politics of the United States’ growing Latino population. Over the past 18 years, he has directed polling research that has collected information on matters of political importance through more than 100,000 interviews with Americans from all backgrounds. In addition, Segura served as an expert witness on the nature of political power in all three of the landmark LGBTQ marriage rights cases. Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah, PhD, is director of development for the College of Business and Economics at Thomas Guevara is the director of the Indiana Boise State University (BSU). As BSU’s University Bloomington Public Policy Institute, associate director of development which is part of the university’s School of Public prior to this appointment, she and Environmental Affairs. Prior to this position, he was highly successful in securing served for six years as deputy assistant secretary leadership-level annual gifts. Before at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic joining BSU, Blakely worked as a Development Administration, where his efforts development professional with the helped U.S. workers and businesses become more University of Notre Dame, building innovative, increasing their competitiveness in relationships with alumni, parents, the global marketplace. Guevara is experienced and friends of the university to in both the private and public sector. He served significantly increase annual as director of the accounting firm Crowe Horwath donations. She started her career as a LLP, now known as Crowe LLP, for six years in real estate broker and spent five years Indianapolis and also as the assistant budget operating an award-winning boutique director for the Health and Human Services motel in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. division of the Indiana State Budget Agency.

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College Students Form Their Own Advocacy Groups to Shape Mental Health Education on Campus

Active Minds’ Send Silence Packing suicide awareness exhibit at Daley Plaza in Chicago

By Ginger O’Donnell

14 March 2019 Students attending college To Write Love on Her Arms right science, says she waited an entire year out of high school face the daunting to seek help for her depression and To Write Love on Her Arms reality of taking on new challenges anxiety symptoms. “Having to walk (TWLOHA) supervises 65 student-led at an age when mental health into counseling and mental health university chapters, known as UChapters, issues often present themselves, services in the campus at institutions across the U.S. Founder according to the National Alliance center can be a daunting Jamie Tworkowski was working in the on Mental Illness (NAMI). Anxiety thought,” she says. As surfing industry when he decided to and depression are the two most a high-performing help his friend Renée, who was battling common health concerns among student, she also depression, self-injury, and substance this population, while suicide is doubted whether her abuse. He wrote a story, titled “To the second highest cause of death struggles were serious Write Love on Her Arms,” describing for individuals ages 10 to 34, the enough to warrant Sara Valente his experience of helping Renée enter a National Institute of Mental Health professional therapy. treatment center. The piece eventually (NIMH) reports. Student-led groups led to the formation of the nonprofit. To address the formidable mental help individuals like Valente gain the Student diversity is fundamental health challenges facing them, students courage to talk about these issues and to the identity of the on college campuses across the country seek assistance. Some are affiliated UChapters, according are stepping up. Over the past decade, with national umbrella organizations, to Aaron Baccash, a growing number have formed while others were created on campus. the organization’s education and advocacy groups to Their primary function is to facilitate supporter engagement teach their peers about mental health, talking openly about mental illness in coordinator. “I think destigmatize its struggles, and offer a order to reduce stigma, increase help- that To Write Love Aaron supportive network. seeking behaviors, and make available has always been [a Baccash Use of campus mental health resources known. place] where people resources has increased at significantly faster rates than that of general enrollment at higher education institutions in the United States, the Center for Collegiate Mental Health reports. “Nationally, campus counseling centers are having trouble keeping up with the demands of help-seeking,” says Alison Malmon, founder and executive director of Active Minds, a mental health awareness and advocacy group. “This is due to a number of factors, which I think include increased help-seeking, increased mental health diagnoses, and better and earlier treatment prior to college.” Nevertheless, some undergraduates may still be afraid to ask for help or may not know what resources are To Write Love On Her Arms (TWLOHA) is a national mental health available. Sara Valente, a senior at advocacy organization with 65 student-led college chapters. Harvard University studying computer

insightintodiversity.com 15 TWLOHA founder Jamie Tworkowski poses with students Active Minds’ Send Silence Packing suicide awareness exhibit at after a speaking event. Robert Morris University near Pittsburgh, Pa.

from underrepresented groups feel a day. “We want students to do things resources, and encourage first-year lot of belonging,” he says. He cites the that feel unique and specific to their students to think about mental health enthusiasm of an international student community but within the To Write challenges that may arise during who learned about TWLOHA through Love voice,” Baccash says. their college years. Other groups on the nonprofit’s outreach at an electronic campus can also reach out to SMHL Harvard University SMHL music festival and decided to host a and request a workshop. “We give UChapter on his campus. “To Write Other student-led organizations were a workshop called ‘Being There’ to Love was such a huge thing for him established through specific institutions, groups of upperclassmen teaching because in the country that he was such as Harvard University’s Student them how to support a struggling from, he had never experienced people Mental Health Liaisons (SMHL). friend,” Valente says. Members also talking about these types of things,” SMHL, founded in 2008, have a voice in developing official Baccash recalls. was created out of a partnership campus mental health policies. UChapter members typically between six student members Active Minds meet twice a month. These meetings and the university’s Counseling include planning future events to and Mental Health Services. The Active Minds, a nonprofit that calls spread the message of hope and help group.— whose programming is itself “the nation’s premier organization on campus, discussing articles, videos, supervised by clinicians.— now has supporting mental health awareness and podcasts related to the needs of nearly 30 participants from diverse and education for students,” oversees the students. Sometimes TWLOHA cultures, religious and socioeconomic more than 450 campus chapters sends organizational materials for the backgrounds, and academic disciplines. with more than 16,000 student meetings, and other times they are As a sponsored student organization, members. Alison Malmon founded the coordinated by UChapter leaders. its members undergo diversity and organization in 2003 at age 21 after her The chapters play an active role in inclusion training when they join, brother took his own life. suicide prevention awareness. They are says Valente, who currently serves as Zoe Howland is co-president of the all invited to participate in TWLOHA’s SMLH’s co-president. Active Minds chapter at Ithaca College World Suicide Prevention Day campaign SMHL has transitioned from (IC), where she studies sociology, in September, Baccash says. In 2018, organizing large-scale events to a Culture and Communication, and students were asked to respond to the “more small-scale workshop-centered Women’s and Gender Studies. She was prompt “tomorrow needs me because” on model,” Valente says. At orientation diagnosed with major depression and note cards and then displayed the cards workshops for freshmen, members generalized anxiety disorder at 15, and throughout campus. One chapter decided share their own mental health stories, then with panic disorder at 19. She to host a pancake breakfast the following provide a breakdown of campus joined Active Minds during her first

16 March 2019 Active Minds’ Send Silence Packing suicide awareness exhibit at University of California at Riverside

semester of college after noticing the campuses with Active Minds chapters group at a student organization fair. generally have a more supportive “College students and “I was just looking for a group of campus climate surrounding mental people that I could potentially be health, where students are more likely young adults in general involved with at that point, and I to seek help when they are in distress. are the new generation thought it was interesting that they For the members of these groups, of leaders, policymakers, were talking about mental health. sharing their individual stories and I definitely did not know how shaping the conversation about mental and voters. How we influential it would be [for me] during health on campus is a major part of the shape our smaller scale my time at IC,” she says. healing process. “There’s something environments.— like college Howland and other members really empowering about completely of her chapter meet once a week. owning your narrative, especially campuses or workplace They listen to presentations related when you’re doing it for a larger environments — reflects to mental health and organize de- purpose.— to inspire someone else or how we will go out and stressing activities. “The last couple to destigmatize an issue on a larger of presentations we have had focused scale,” Valente says. shape the world.” on psychosis, borderline personality Those involved in the student-led disorder, and advice regarding how to mental health movement believe that Sara Valente talk to your professors when struggling their work has the potential to shape with your mental health.” the national conversation surrounding Research shows student-led mental these issues. Valente believes that, too. health groups have a significant impact “College students and young adults on creating supportive campus climates. in general are the new generation of According to the RAND Corporation, leaders, policymakers, and voters,” becoming involved with a chapter of Valente says. “How we shape our Active Minds makes students more smaller scale environments — like likely to connect with peers who are college campuses or workplace struggling with depression, anxiety, environments — reflects how we will suicidal thoughts, or other mental go out and shape the world.”● health issues. This change can occur within the span of a single academic Ginger O’Donnell is a senior staff year. Additionally, researchers found writer for INSIGHT Into Diversity.

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Universities Welcome Nontraditional Students through Targeted Services

By Kelsey Landis

Nontraditional students don’t fall and Community Engagement. students helped create opportunities into one category. They can be parents, “[Nontraditional students] were for them to connect with one another veterans, servicemembers, or working not really attending our traditional and become part of a larger university professionals. They might commute student programming,” Gipson says. community, but it was a lounge created more than 30 miles to campus or take “The university realized there has to specifically for this group that made night classes to accommodate their be actual services for this population.” the biggest difference. “Having a place full-time jobs. Regardless of their The university began offering where they could go and relax, study, differences, Arkansas State University services to veterans who needed take a break in their own dedicated (ASU) and Kansas State University assistance adjusting to campus culture. area where there were more students (KSU) have made significant efforts Orientations helped provide an like themselves has really been to include these groups and ensure entrance to university life, Gipson positive,” Gipson says. their success through services that says, but that was just the beginning The lounge is staffed by an specifically target them. The result of providing support specifically for employee who can provide is a more inclusive environment for nontraditional students. Campus information about resources. A nontraditional student populations. leaders wanted to recreate the computer station, comfortable chairs welcoming environment for others in for relaxing, and coffee delivered Arkansas State University this community, so they conducted a twice a week help make this area a A growing veteran enrollment at ASU survey asking what specifically they special space where the students can was the wake-up call campus leaders would like to see. “The results seemed feel at home. needed to realize they had to create more obvious once we got them, but they ASU also provides a booklet of services for nontraditional students. were not obvious to us [before the information on resources in the That was roughly five years survey],” Gipson says. community, from babysitting services ago, says Maurice Gipson, PhD, Family-centric events after regular to family-friendly restaurants to career vice chancellor for Diversity business hours for nontraditional search assistance — “things that a

18 March 2019 typical 18- to 19-year-old are less event meet your expectations?” worthwhile and wholesome. We want concerned about,” Gipson says. Going the extra mile to make sure every student who leaves here to be Additionally, the university this population feels recognized and part of the pack.” operates the Nontraditional Student welcome is also critical, Gipson says. Kansas State University Organization, which “advocates and That might mean the chancellor supports the success of nontraditional personally delivering — in full Serving veteran students is a focus students.” This support “is both regalia.— diplomas to students who for KSU, which has a campus in academic and communal and creates a couldn’t attend their graduation Manhattan, Kan. just miles from Fort better connection” between students and ceremonies because of work or life Riley Military Base. Servicemembers ASU, according to the organization’s obligations. “You cannot imagine at Fort Riley often stay in the website. The organization has several the impact that makes,” Gipson community after leaving the military goals: educate the campus and says. “Unfortunately, sometimes and attend college at KSU, says

The Arkansas State University Student Union (Photo courtesy A student celebrates her graduation ceremony at Arkansas Arkansas State University) State University. (Photo courtesy Arkansas State University)

community about nontraditional just because of life circumstances, Heather Reed, PhD, assistant vice students, provide networking for nontraditional students do not get to president, associate dean, and director peer support, increase awareness and enjoy everything college has to offer.” of Student Life, creating “a great inclusiveness, prompt celebration The university would like to do collaborative environment” between of differences among students, and more to include these individuals, the school and the base. encourage students to take an active perhaps by offering a nighttime The university dedicates a space role in activities on campus. graduation ceremony in the future, or in its Student Union to the Veteran To measure success, Gipson says a special reception at the beginning Center and also operates a student- ASU closely tracks these students’ of the academic year. Evette Allen, led Veterans Association that participation in campus activities. director of ASU’s Multicultural organizes programs for them. The Attendees scan their specific barcode Center, and other university leaders center — overseen by coordinator at each event so that organizers are working toward those goals to Ismael Rodriguez and Assistant Dean know who attended. After an event, ensure “none of our Red Wolves get and Director Justin Frederick.— organizers send out surveys to find lost,” Gipson says, referring to the ensures that they have access to ways to improve. “It may seem labor- institution’s mascot. knowledgeable staff, resources and intensive, but it helps us fine-tune our “You cannot have a one-size- information, a military-friendly offerings,” Gipson says. “We really fits-all approach to the populations lounge, and a quiet study space with make sure that, one, we see who’s you serve,” Gipson says. “We want computers and a printer. KSU plans attending and, two, does this specific to make their experience more to make the current part-time Veteran

insightintodiversity.com 19 Center coordinator position full-time in the near future, Reed says. A full-time coordinator could spend more time improving services and planning outreach to veterans. This summer, KSU plans to open a U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) satellite healthcare office near the Manhattan campus, according to Reed. Doing so means students will no longer have to drive nearly 100 miles to the VA hospital in Topeka, Reed says. Other resources for veterans and nontraditional students include scholarships, childcare services, on- and off-campus housing, free tutoring, study skills courses, financial assistance, peer networking, and campus events. KSU also drills down to the departmental level to ensure services meet the needs of these students, says Bryan Samuel, PhD, the university’s chief diversity and inclusion officer. Each college within the university from agriculture to engineering has its own “diversity point person,” or DPP. The DPP serves the purpose of supporting the college by making sure students from underserved and underrepresented populations persist and graduate. The university employs 11 DPPs who plan ways to KSU’s main library, Hale Library, on the Manhattan, Kan. campus improve diversity and serve as liaisons between students and faculty, Samuel says. The DPPs report to the dean of their

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REGISTER NOW! International students sit together on the campus of Kansas State University. (Photo courtesy Kansas State University) Featuring 30 breakout speakers and nine incredible keynote speakers including Reginald Bean, Geoffrey Canada, assigned college and also collaborate with Samuel on larger projects. “Those individuals come together and Ronald Estrada, Anton J. Gunn, understand what’s going on and keep the pulse of the Melissa Harris-Perry, Freeman Hrabowski, college and the students in those colleges,” Samuel says. Joy Thomas Moore, Pedro Noguera and KSU is halfway into a 10-year diversity plan with Lamman Rucker. 10 goals and more than 70 action items. “We are now reviewing it to see what progress we’ve made clemson.edu/menofcolor and the accomplishments and the goals relevant to those key activities and outcomes,” Samuel says. The National Media Sponsor plan focuses on shaking up the status quo to create a “harmonious environment” by “implementing conferences, summits, workshops, heritage months, and other programs that educate people and build 2018 cultural competence.” Samuel measures success in three ways: quantitative, OUR MISSION qualitative, and by reputation. “Everybody likes The mission of the Men of Color National Summit at quantitative data where they can see two plus two Clemson University is to close the achievement gap equals four,” Samuel says. When students are happy for African-American and Hispanic males, from cradle with the choice they made in attending K-State, to career. The summit brings together approximately Samuel adds, “when they are a member of the 2,000 high school and college students, business community and happy to be there, I think that tells professionals, educators, government offi cials and you a lot about being successful.” Samuel says he also community leaders from around the country. measures success by reputation. SUMMIT TOPICS He likens the three measures to a “three-legged stool.” • Career and professional development “The organization is the seat, [the three legs are] • Entrepreneurship the people there, the place, and then you’ve got the • Masculinity/personal identity brand,” Samuel says. “If any of those things come off, • Retention, graduation and student your school won’t work very well.”● achievement • Social/community engagement Kelsey Landis is the Editor-in-Chief of INSIGHT Into Diversity. Arkansas State University is a 2018 HEED Award recipient. Kansas State University is a 2015-2018 HEED Award recipient.

insightintodiversity.com 21 feature: international students

Ghina Chabayta, left, and her sister, Ward Chabayta, both from Lebanon, arrive for Iowa State University fall commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Ia. (Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University)

Recruiters Tackle the Downturn in International Student Enrollment By Sheryl S. Jackson

The number of international students entering United States colleges and universities fell 6.6 percent in the 2017-2018 academic year compared with the previous year’s numbers, according to a survey by the Institute of International Education. This decline continues a trend that began four years ago.

Although international students Affairs at Temple University. depending on the economic and social contributed more than $39 billion His university has experienced the environment in any given country, U.S. to the U.S. economy through tuition same downturn as other schools with institutions find they are having to and living expenses in the 2017- total international undergraduate make it clear to international students 2018 academic year, according to the enrollment for the 2018-2019 that they are welcome, Miller says. Association of International Educators, academic year 5 percent lower than “On our recruiting trips, we remind “the real value of students from other that of the previous year. Miller students and parents that what they countries is the diversity of thought, attributes the drop to a reduction in hear in the media about safety of culture, and innovation they bring to new freshmen applications and transfer international students in the U.S. is campus,” says Martyn J. Miller, PhD, admissions as opposed to students exaggerated,” Miller says. “We also assistant vice president for International returning to their home country. emphasize the international organizations Programs in the Office of International While enrollment can vary and resources we have on campus to

22 March 2019 admissions. Reasons for the decline include difficulty getting visas, fears of racism, financial concerns, and an increasingly conservative political trend in Iowa, she says. The combination of these concerns and the number of universities worldwide ramping up their international recruitment efforts increases the competition for a shrinking number of students who want to come to the U.S., according to Suski. ISU’s international recruitment program has expanded with more trips to targeted countries and more recruiters. “We have two recruiters who are fluent in Mandarin and Spanish, but we send a team of up to 11 people who represent different academic areas as well as our International and Student Scholars

Chemical engineering junior Lee Wan Yi Ho, left, and mechanical engineering senior Sin Office,” Suski says. In 2018, the team Yong Tan, both of Malaysia, enjoy the cooler temperatures and a selfie in a quiet wooded visited five cities in China. This year nook on ISU’s central campus. (Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University) they will go back, and will visit four cities in India and one in Korea. Alumni play an important role in each of the visits, Suski says. They support students from other countries.” the message that our institutions are are invited to the luncheons, panel Temple has a long-standing tradition diverse, friendly, safe, and committed to discussions, and informal meetings with of ensuring students from abroad are student development,” Miller says. parents and potential students to give invited to the homes of faculty, staff, or Beginning in Fall 2019, 56 their firsthand perspective on attending other students to celebrate Thanksgiving. participating U.S. colleges and ISU. “Young alumni are very effective In 2016, with U.S. immigration issues universities will each offer two at communicating with parents and causing concern, Temple’s Thanksgiving renewable annual scholarships that reassuring them that Iowa is a good message associated with the holiday cover a minimum of 50 percent tuition place for their children,” she adds. event was, “You are welcome here.” to select international undergraduates. The university has also changed It became a hashtag used by an “The scholarships were added when its new student orientation for international educational organization participating schools decided that international students. Because more that adopted the phrase for a video it was important to demonstrate parents were attending the session, designed to encourage students to commitment to bridging intercultural a parent-focused program now runs apply to U.S. schools. divides with more than just a concurrently with the student program Temple now manages the official message,” Miller says. Applications to address parents’ need for information. website and social media platforms and a list of participating colleges American University (AU) in for the movement, which includes 350 and universities can be found at Washington, D.C., is in a different colleges, 70 international education YouAreWelcomeHereUSA.org. position than most colleges and companies and organizations, and 20 Like Temple University, Iowa universities. The numbers of high schools who use it at events and in State University (ISU) has international students seeking communications, according to Miller. experienced a decrease in new undergraduate or non-degree The #YouAreWelcomeHere enrollment of international certifications has steadily movement has now become an students. In 2016-2017, increased over the past three organized effort with Temple leading there were 334 international years from 1,462 in 2016-2017 the way, Miller says. “We have a website first-years, in 2017-2018 the to 1,837 this year. with information about participating number dropped to 232, and Fanta Aw, PhD, vice organizations, a toolkit with posters in 2018-2019 there are only Katharine president for Campus Life and stickers in different languages, 165 enrolled, says Katharine Johnson Suski and Inclusive Excellence at and other resources that help spread Johnson Suski, director of AU, points to the school’s

insightintodiversity.com 23 longstanding reputation in the important part of AU’s success, Aw says. international community and the “You must review marketing materials wide network of alumni in Asia, the carefully and be mindful of cross- Middle East, Latin America, and cultural differences in what students are Europe as reasons for their continued looking for in a U.S. education and how growth when other universities are they find the information.” experiencing a downturn. Suski also suggests university When talking with potential recruiters think beyond the most students and parents, campus obvious issues for international representatives stress the unique students such as visas, travel, approach that combines theoretical language, and cultural differences. Public study and experiential learning in all “One of the concerns we discovered Service Starts Here. Careful attention to cultural differences in The Master of Public all communications — face-to-face, social Administration program at Auburn University offers a media, email, or written correspondence — personalized program with a flexible curriculum and numerous is an important part of AU’s success. opportunities to work and conduct research within a thriving network of faculty and professionals. degree programs, Aw says. “Our job had nothing to do with academics or With a number of electives placement rate after graduation, which visas. Instead, they are worried about available, MPA students may is enhanced by alumni around the our weather, especially students who also pursue one of our graduate world, is another way that we show the have never seen snow,” she says. “We certificates in election value of attending our university.” now know to reassure them that our administration or nonprofit There is a difference in encouraging buildings are heated, and we make organizations and community students to apply and converting sure they have appropriate winter governance. acceptance into enrollment, Aw says. clothing with a shopping trip.” “We return to regions that have a large As school recruiters pay more Application deadline for number of acceptances to meet with attention to the message they provide, Fall 2019 is August 1. Priority students and parents again as they it is also important to evaluate their application deadline for are making their decisions,” she says. methods for communicating, Suski graduate assistantship “Alumni attend these events as well to says. “Everyone uses social media consideration is March 1. build relationships with the families and email to share information and answer questions.” and although that is an effective For more information, email Aw says alumni are critical to way to communicate with potential [email protected] or call recruiters’ understanding of cultural students, we want to stand out from 334.844.5370. differences that must be addressed in the crowd,” she says. “We also send a questions about housing, the social letter, and we’re surprised that when environment, classroom structure, we meet them for the first time, they Apply Today! and transportation. “We need to talk all remember the letter.” It is this specifically about what is included in type of extra effort, she says, that is an apartment lease rather than assume necessary to “capture international they know because leases are different students’ attention and attract them in Zimbabwe or Australia.” to our university.”● Careful attention to cultural differences in all communications.— Sheryl S. Jackson is a contributing cla.auburn.edu/polisci face-to-face, social media, email, writer to INSIGHT Into Diversity. or written correspondence — is an

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Clemson University Goes the Extra Mile for Marginalized Students By Mariah Bohanon

Diversity Champions exemplify an unyielding commitment to diversity and inclusion throughout their campus communities, across academic programs, and at the highest administrative levels. INSIGHT Into Diversity selected institutions that rank in the top tier of Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award recipients.

lemson University in South Carolina like Clemson are working to promote cultural inclusion may be well-known for its championship and educational opportunities for these often- sports teams, but its success as an academic marginalized communities. In spring 2017, Clemson institution extends far beyond athletics. hired Julio Hernandez to guide these efforts as the Clemson’s acceptance rate is 51 percent. Its first-year college’s inaugural associate director for Hispanic Cretention rate, at 93 percent, surpasses the national outreach. His role includes recruiting and supporting average by 15 percentage points. Hispanic students in underserved high schools, building Perhaps most impressive about this university, community connections, and increasing the number of however, is its commitment to uplifting students and Hispanic faculty and staff. communities sometimes relegated to the sidelines of Having a staff member dedicated solely to Hispanic higher education. Through extensive programming, outreach has been successful. Over the past two years, campus-wide support, and the dedication of Clemson’s the number of Latino students applying to Clemson faculty and staff, it has become a place of opportunity rose 108 percent while the number of Latinos for marginalized populations and a role model for applying for open jobs at Clemson increased by 50 other institutions. percent, according to Hernandez. Highlighted below are just a few of the university’s “The more [Hispanic] professors and employees diversity and inclusion efforts that make it a welcoming we have on campus, the more places we have where place for students looking for a college where they can Hispanic students can make connections with feel welcome and included. someone who may understand where they’re coming from,” says Hernandez, adding that many of these Hispanic and Latino Outreach students are first-generation. “When you’re faced with As the Hispanic and Latino populations in the United something you’ve never had to do before, like creating States continue to grow, equity-minded institutions a résumé, it’s encouraging to have someone to turn to

26 March 2019 in the career services office who looks like you or may institutions to consider careers at Clemson, he says. share your background.” Hernandez also works closely with human resources Clemson is also committed to boosting Hispanic and hiring committees — as well as the local Latino and Latino representation by supporting and business community — to encourage the recruitment of recruiting faculty. As of 2016, just 5 percent of college Latino and bilingual employees. Bilingualism is a valued and university faculty in the U.S. were Hispanic skill for building relations between the school and local or Latino, according to the National Center for Latino populations, he explains, adding that the school Education Statistics. offers some admissions materials and orientation sessions In September 2018, the university hosted its first in Spanish so that parents who are not fluent in English annual Hispanic/Latinx Voices in Academia Conference, can participate in their child’s enrollment process. Engaging with the Hispanic and Latino populations at large is a priority for Hernandez, who wants Clemson to be a place where every Hispanic resident of the City of Clemson and the surrounding region can feel at home. So far, the university’s efforts to embrace this community appear to have been successful. In 2018, events like Salsa at Sunset — a festival of Latino dancing, music, and food in the Clemson amphitheater.— and a Día de Muertos celebration in the South Carolina Botanical Garden brought hundreds of visitors from throughout the region to campus. More than 500 people from Clemson and the surrounding area took part in the celebration, more than any other event in the Botanical Garden’s 25-year history, according to Hernandez. “It means a lot that people at Clemson and the surrounding cities are supporting us in helping the Hispanic community to see themselves represented here Faculty, graduate students, and Senior Associate Director for Hispanic and to trust us as a community,” he says. “As a result, Outreach Julio Hernandez (center) attend Clemson University’s inaugural Hispanic and Latino Voices in Academia conference on Oct. 13, 2018. we can see that more Hispanic students are drawn to our campus. The number applying for next fall already matches that of 2018, which was a record-breaking year.” “The numbers show that we’re on the right track,” Hernandez says, “but we still have a lot of work to do.” a one-day symposium that highlighted the research and Men of Color Summit accomplishments of these academics at Clemson and surrounding communities. The event “gave everyone an One of Hernandez’s biggest goals is to increase opportunity to speak,” says Hernandez, explaining that enrollment and success for Hispanic male students. As every researcher who participated in the conference was co-chair of Clemson’s annual Men of Color Summit, he able to give a 10-minute speech on their work. Nearly helps organize and lead a conference of more than 2,000 100 academics and students attended the conference, attendees including educators, business leaders, and high according to Hernandez. school and college students from across the country. The day also included breakout sessions and keynote They are all dedicated to promoting bright futures for speakers, culminating with Noche de Gala. Marking the young African American and Hispanic men, who have end of the campus’ Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month the lowest high school and college graduation rates of festivities, the gala featured food, entertainment, and a any other demographic but “can relate to one another fundraiser to support students in the national Deferred through shared experiences,” Hernandez says. Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. “In order to do that,” Hernandez adds, “they need In addition to celebrating scholarly achievements, champions and people to advocate for them, which is the event demonstrated Clemson’s commitment to why we invite educators, community leaders, parents, and supporting Latino professionals and embracing Hispanic more. It’s an all-hands-on-deck approach.” culture, something Hernandez hopes will inspire Lee A. Gill, JD, chief diversity officer for the Latino faculty members and graduate students at other university, proposed the idea of hosting the summit when

insightintodiversity.com 27 he started at Clemson in 2016. Having organized not putting forth the maximum effort in their a similar event in his previous position with the education because they don’t think college is for University of Akron in Ohio, Gill says Clemson’s them,” says Matthew Kirk, associate director. Of leadership readily supported his vision. The the 400 members, 98 percent are first- dedication of people like Hernandez and Clemson generation, he adds. President Jim Clemens, both first-generation Alliance students regularly visit college graduates, helped garner support from the Lee Gill schools where they can see men campus, community, and summit sponsors. like themselves thriving in a college The summit consists of several keynote environment. The program also employs speakers, two days of presentations, and more than 40 male Clemson students known as Tiger breakout sessions. Topics range from cultivating good Alliance Ambassadors who serve as role Matthew Kirk study habits to addressing identity crises common models and mentors. Ambassadors accompany among young marginalized men, according to Gill. Kirk on his monthly visits to the nine high The third annual Men of Color Summit will take schools that participate in the program, where they share

The Tiger Alliance, a group of 400 male high school students, at Tiger Alliance students from Carolina High School in Greenville the 2018 annual Men of Color Summit at Clemson University. tour the Clemson campus.

place in April 2019. Specific themes include career and their personal stories of overcoming obstacles to achieve professional development; entrepreneurship; masculinity college success and lead small group discussions on and personal identity; retention, graduation, and student college readiness. achievement; and social and community engagement. Ambassadors also help lead the Tiger Alliance Summer Academy, a three-day event where members stay on Tiger Alliance Clemson’s campus, learn about the college experience, Clemson brings 400 male high school students of and participate in identity-affirming experiences. “A lot of color from neighboring South Carolina counties my professional background is in identity development,” to attend the Men of Color Summit. These young Kirk says. “For young men, particularly young men of men are participants in a four-year college access color, there are a lot of messages in the media, from older program known as Tiger Alliance, which is designed men, and from peers that having a masculine identity to cultivate a college mindset and culture among the means being oppressive.” students and their broader communities. The Alliance is already showing positive results Tiger Alliance mainly targets students who “are in the two years since it was founded. In 2018, all

28 March 2019 Tiger Alliance seniors completed high school and Among the many events celebrated on campus are approximately 92 percent enrolled in either college or the National Coming Out Week, Pride Week, and Trans military post-graduation. Awareness Week. While these occasions offer fun and The greatest signs of success, however, are the community-building activities — such as a National attitudes and confidence of these students, Kirk says. Coming Out Day Festival — they are also seen as “They talk about how they never thought college was opportunities for building awareness and empathy for them before going with us on college visits, going around LGBTQ issues. During Trans Awareness Week to the Men of Color Summit, and all the other cool in November, for example, Clemson hosted a vigil to things we do together.” acknowledge “the violence against trans people, especially trans women of color, and the number of murders LGBTQ Programs [of transgender people] that happen each year,” says As with many of Clemson’s diversity and inclusion Stewart-Tillman. The week also included educational focus areas, efforts to support and celebrate its LGBTQ opportunities, such as guest speakers and discussions on population are robust. Located in the Harvey and topics like gender as a social construct and exploring sex and gender outside the traditional binary, she says. This empathetic approach extends to university events held specifically for LGBTQ students and employees. Every year before Thanksgiving break, the center hosts Rainbow Feast — a meal that celebrates the LGBTQ community while recognizing that the holiday season can be difficult for those whose families are unaccepting of their sexual orientation or gender identity. “We consider the feast a family event that builds community among this population,” Stewart-Tillman says. “But it’s also about acknowledging the nuances of the LGBTQ experience and understanding that this might not be the easiest time for some members of this community.” Clemson faculty and staff members regularly open their homes to LGBTQ students who cannot stay with family during Thanksgiving and winter breaks, she adds. The university trains students and employees to advocate for and support the LGBTQ population on Clemson’s outreach efforts for LGBTQ students and allies campus. While Clemson has offered safe zone ally include promoting LGBTQ pride and the campus’ Sexuality training for more than 15 years, the recent hiring of a and Gender Alliance (SAGA). full-time employee to oversee LGBTQ programs has enabled the center to host multiple training sessions for any student, faculty, or staff member who wishes to become an LGBTQ ally. Lucinda Gantt Multicultural Center, the university’s When it comes to society’s most marginalized LGBTQ Programs division offers advocacy and populations, the university goes the extra mile in educational opportunities, social programs and services, promoting cultural inclusion, personal encouragement and and a full calendar of campus events. affirmation, and safe spaces. For those students who are The decision to house its LGBTQ office in the often overlooked in higher education, Clemson provides campus’ Multicultural Center — rather than in a a welcoming campus community to call home.● separate center — was inspired by the university’s intersectional approach to diversity and identity. “We Mariah Bohanon is the associate editor for INSIGHT know that our students don’t just bring one identity to Into Diversity. Clemson University is a 2018 Diversity the table,” says Kendra Stewart-Tillman, PhD, director Champion and 2017-2018 Higher Education of the center. “If you’re an LGBTQ student of color, you Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award winner. shouldn’t have to choose whether to find support at a INSIGHT Into Diversity is a sponsor of the 2019 Men multicultural center or at a LGBTQ center. Here, we of Color National Summit. serve all students and all identities.”

insightintodiversity.com 29 feature: ONLINE EDUCATION

30 March 2019 A University by and for the People How One Online College Is Working to Open Up Access to Higher Education

By Alice Pettway

In the 2018-2019 academic year, This academic school year is Some organizations warn, however, the average cost of tuition and fees for UoPeople’s 10th, and over 17,000 that national accreditation comes an undergraduate student at a private, students from more than 200 countries with its drawbacks. According to nonprofit university in the United States and territories are currently enrolled. GetEducated.com, a consumer group is $35,676, according to U.S. News The university offers associate and that ranks online colleges and works & World Report. Even at a four-year bachelor’s degree programs in business to protect students from online public institution, students are paying, administration, computer science, and education fraud, there are important on average, $9,716. The total in-state health science as well as MBA and an differences between national and program cost for public online colleges MEd program. regional accreditation. More than 85 averages $37,200, excluding fees. The project hasn’t always been an easy percent of U.S. colleges hold regional These are price tags many students sell, though, in a world where many are certification.— the “gold standard,” can’t afford, says Shai Reshef, president still wary of online education. “There according to the organization’s website. of University of the People are a lot of people who have And regionally accredited colleges (UoPeople), a low-cost online this preconception or prejudice and universities do not widely accept university that charges no about education online,” says transfer credits awarded by nationally tuition and minimal fees Reshef. “It’s new, and it’s not certified online programs — a problem in an effort to open higher what they’re used to, and they for students wishing to use their education to all qualified are afraid of it. But that doesn’t UoPeople credits to move on to other applicants, regardless of their mean that it’s not good.” institutions. Employers and certification financial situation. Reshef stands firm in his agencies may also refuse to accept Shai Reshef Prior to founding belief that UoPeople offers credits and degrees from universities UoPeople, Reshef was the classes that match brick- that are not regionally certified. chair of KIT eLearning, the and-mortar universities’ Kristine Azagra, a current business online learning partner of the University quality of education. As evidence, he administration student at UoPeople of Liverpool. “It was a revelation to see cites agreements with the University who lives in the Philippines, recognizes how powerful online learning can be,” of California, Berkeley; New York that choosing an online says Reshef, “but I also realized that, for University Abu Dhabi; and the degree over a brick- most people, it was nothing but wishful University of Edinburgh that allow and-mortar university thinking. It was too expensive.” It UoPeople associate degree graduates who may have its downsides. occurred to him that many of the things qualify for admission to pursue bachelor’s “There are some parts that make traditional universities so degrees at these partner institutions. of the world which view expensive could actually be had for free Reshef also notes that in 2014, the online university as via open-source technology, the sharing university received accreditation from somehow less valuable Kristine Azagra of teaching resources, and volunteers. the Distance Education Accrediting compared to the Someone just needed to put all the Commission (DEAC), a national agency traditional university,” pieces together, which is exactly what recognized by the Council for Higher she says. Nevertheless, after graduating Reshef did. Education Accreditation. with an associate degree from UoPeople

insightintodiversity.com 31 Shai Reshef poses with UoPeople students in Birmingham, Shai Reshef meets with two students in South Africa in England in July 2018. November 2013.

in February, Azagra elected not to try students, people carrying debt from says. “And my professors are attentive to transfer to a traditional institution. “I previous universities, those who are and respond well to questions.” am familiar with the UoPeople system working, and student-parents. “UoPeople Azagra agrees that one of and its quality,” she says. Azagra is also is for those who are qualified for higher UoPeople’s strengths lies in its a scholarship recipient, which she says education but [for whom] the doors are diversity. “It is designed to [help played a part in her decision, as she may shut,” says Reshef. “We use the internet you] get a degree regardless of your not be able to receive similar financial to bring quality higher education to location, race, or ethnicity,” she says. aid at another institution. everyone who deserves it but cannot “It gives underprivileged students an The estimated costs of a UoPeople attain it otherwise.” opportunity to get a college education, degree — $2,060 for an associate, In order to do so, UoPeople has especially those [who are] victims of $4,060 for a bachelor’s, $2,460 for had to maintain a lean budget and war, [who are] discriminated against an MBA, and $2,660 for an MEd.— efficient operations. Technology has due to their financial conditions. … In are drastically lower than tuition been the key, says Reshef. Instead of an other words, UoPeople gives hope to and fees at many other institutions. admissions staff of tens or hundreds, those who may have lost hope.” Additionally, 17 percent of UoPeople UoPeople has four. Professors are For Reshef, UoPeople isn’t an end, students currently have scholarships, volunteers overseen by a paid academic though; he hopes it is the beginning. says Reshef. The university earmarks coordinator, and some day-to-day “University of the People is university financial support for certain groups of assignments are peer-reviewed. And of by the people and for the people, students and awards scholarships on course, the university doesn’t provide and that’s creating a movement for a first-come, first-served basis. Reshef housing, a health clinic, or other tuition-free university,” he says. “I think hopes that UoPeople can eventually similar services that brick- that more than anything else, double that number to 34 percent. “Our and-mortar universities we’ve built a model for other mission is that no student will be left furnish, enabling it to universities and for governments behind due to financial reasons,” he reduce overhead. to show them that the challenge says, “so if they can’t pay the fees, we The result is an ultra- of higher education can be give as many scholarships as we have.” efficient, ultra-diverse online addressed … not necessarily our UoPeople’s low cost and scholarships educational environment exact model, not necessarily by have attracted students who might that Saif Jalil, an MBA Saif Jalil us, but we’ve shown them that not have an opportunity to attend student who lives in Saudi there is a way.”● college otherwise: refugees and asylum Arabia, describes as being seekers, undocumented immigrants, a great experience. “Students are from Alice Pettway is a contributing writer first-generation and low-income college different cultures and backgrounds,” he for INSIGHT Into Diversity.

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Public policy students at Georgia State University concentrate in a range of topics from public management to law. (Photo courtesy Georgia State University)

Public policy and administration scholars go on to become the country’s leaders and lawmakers. This issue explores how universities are preparing them to make decisions that will serve citizens from diverse backgrounds. Read about how teachers are taking steps into the realm of policymaking, how undergraduate programs are aiming to include diverse students, and how professors are working to bring race- conscious dialogue to curricula. These movements in the world of higher education will make waves in how future laws will take shape.

insightintodiversity.com 35 special report: schools of public policy

Public Policy Degrees Can Lead to Lucrative Jobs and Universities Are Starting to Notice by alice pettway

“Why not choose a career that is more recognizable and pays really well?” is a question Richard Barke, director of undergraduate studies at Georgia Tech’s School of Public Policy, says his students often hear from family and friends.

It’s a false perception “that public policy bachelor’s degrees don’t lead to desirable, well-paying careers,” Barke says. Approximately 30 percent of graduates from his program go on to law school, and for those who don’t, the largest employment opportunities are in management consulting. A recent article by Gregory Lewis, PhD, in the Journal of Public Affairs Education concludes that graduates who hold a bachelor’s degree in public administration earn more on average than graduates with competing degrees, such as those in communications, psychology, criminal justice, and education. Georgia State University public policy students talk to one another between classes. Public administration majors are (Photo courtesy Georgia State University) also “strikingly diverse,” according to the article by Lewis, who is chair of the public management and policy program at Georgia State University’s percentages of black and Latinx students concentrate in a range of Andrew Young School of Policy graduates. topics, including public management, Studies. He analyzed data from The versatility of public policy economics, health policy, energy and the United States Census Bureau’s degrees draws diverse students, says environmental policy, cybersecurity, American Community Surveys Sandra Rothenberg, PhD, chair of criminal justice, and law.” (ACS) for 2009-2014 Public Policy in the College of Despite these positive aspects, and concluded that, when Liberal Arts at the Rochester enrollment in undergraduate public compared with other Institute for Technology. “A administration programs has until degrees.— including bachelor’s of science degree allows recently remained “low, but stable” at business, economics, students to develop skills in policy about 0.2 percent of college students sociology, and criminal analysis, communication, and born after 1945, according to Lewis. justice — public advocacy that can be applied to He writes that the data doesn’t point administration programs Gregory the student’s own area of interest,” to a “surge in demand,” but does make Lewis have some of the highest Rothenberg says. “We have had a case for encouraging undergraduate

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Georgia Tech School of Public Policy seniors Madeline Clowse and Darryl J. Terry II in class in January 2019 (Photo courtesy Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts)

programs, arguing “the evidence suggests administration, and public and that the [undergraduate] program helps nonprofit management. develop a more diverse public service Barke has seen growing interest in and if earnings are a reasonable proxy for the public policy undergraduate degree quality, a more effective one.” at Georgia Tech, as well. His bachelor A Network of Schools of Public of science program has doubled in size Policy, Affairs, and Administration over the past four years, surpassing (NASPAA) undergraduate survey the master’s program. He also says found increasing interest in bachelor’s there are distinct differences between degree programs. Of member schools the career paths of undergraduate and who responded to the survey, 23 graduate students. percent were considering creating an Graduate students, Barke says, are undergraduate program, and 64 percent more likely to already have a career in already offered an undergraduate mind, whereas undergraduates are still major in public administration, policy, figuring out their path. “Some want “Through my focus or affairs. NASPAA is a membership to be policy analysts,” he says. “Some on economics and organization of graduate education want to work in the NGO (non- policy, I hope to gain programs in public policy, public governmental organization) sector. the quantitative background needed to bring intellectual rigor to policy debates at the more INSIGHT: NASPAA intersection of racial and economic justice.” NASPAA provides curriculum guidelines for both undergraduate and graduate public policy degree programs. While the organization does Joelle Gamble outline where the degrees should differ, its accreditation standards for both include the same five universal competencies: MPA ’19

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insightintodiversity.com 37 Georgia State University public policy students get together for a discussion. (Photo courtesy Georgia State University)

Many are keeping law or MBA school as an option, and too few, we think, plan to work in government.” In his analysis, Lewis found that the top occupations MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION for public policy or administration graduates who Villanova’s MPA program, both on-campus and fully online, features stopped at the bachelor’s degree level went into an interdisciplinary curriculum that nurtures a commitment to service management or administration or became police officers, detectives, or private investigators. Others went on to and emphasizes practical experience through its engaged faculty, complete professional or doctoral degrees to become vibrant alumni network and focus on ethical decision-making. lawyers or physicians. Regardless of what the most common career goals are, Villanova faculty actively publish in the leading public administration NASPAA recommends that undergraduate programs provide “the flexibility to meet both the needs of students without journals and are experienced practitioners within the public and fixed career objectives and the needs of the person already in nonprofit sectors. the public service who wish to enhance their skills or prepare for different roles” as well as “adequate preparation for entry into graduate study in related fields.” Georgia Tech prepares its undergraduates by requiring WORKING TO SERVE OUR MOST at least one internship for academic credit. Barke says VULNERABLE POPULATIONS many students complete second or third internships, a Meet Assistant Professor degree component that gives them “wide experience and of Public Administration perspectives on careers.” Students are also required to Danielle N. Johnson, MPA, PhD complete a capstone project solving problems provided by In her current research, Dr. Johnson studies efforts to reduce businesses, government organizations, and NGOs. health disparities in the U.S. and evaluates how social factors The word is getting out about the value of their such as race, socioeconomic status, and neighborhood undergraduate program, Barke says. In the past five years, characteristics influence the ability to address health disparities some of the top management consulting firms in the among medically vulnerable populations. Dr. Johnson is one U.S. have begun recruiting Georgia Tech public policy of many exceptional faculty members who bring their passion bachelor’s degree graduates. for public service to their teaching and research at Villanova. The students Barke sees coming into the undergraduate program are looking for a path that allows them to couple their analytical skills with human-oriented work. “They LEARN MORE ABOUT VILLANOVA’S say they want to make contributions to society,” he says, PUBLIC ADMINSTRATION PROGRAM AT “but by being evidence-based analysts that can look PUBLICADMIN.VILLANOVA.EDU. at problems from a variety of perspectives.” For these students, Barke believes, an undergraduate degree in public policy is an excellent choice.●

Alice Pettway is a contributing writer for INSIGHT Into Diversity.

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James Chan speaks with prospective students at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs in Minneapolis.

Three Public Policy Grads Make a Difference in Underrepresented Communities By Ginger O’Donnell

James Chan to pursue a master’s in public policy to LGBTQ individuals. (MPP) from the Humphrey School Chan worked with approximately When James Chan was 11 years old, of Public Affairs at the University 50 nonprofit partners, all of which his father was killed by a drunk driver. of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He specialized in separate advocacy areas, Chan went from living a relatively earned his MPP in 2014. sometimes concentrating specifically privileged life in New York City to Chan, who identifies as Chinese on one underrepresented group. “There gaining firsthand experience with the American and LGBTQ , says those are so many common issues and values challenges that lower-socioeconomic with intersectional identities need shared between these groups, but households face. to work together to coordinate there’s a lack of coordination between Living off of his public policy to benefit multiple them. So, my work was to really immigrant Chinese underrepresented groups work with all these partners to try to mother’s minimum simultaneously, not just one at increase specific engagement capacity wage job and his a time. “It can’t just be one or of [different] groups,” Chan says. father’s survivor the other, but how do we all One of his first forays into public benefits, Chan work together to advance the policy was as an intern for the Florida relied on programs common good?” he says. NEXT Foundation, founded by former like Medicaid and Chan’s perspective on Chief Financial Officer of Florida free and reduced school intersectionality came partially Alex Sink. As research director for lunch to get by. from his experience at a nonprofit Florida NEXT, Chan examined what Despite these hardships, organization called the Florida other states had done to motivate he went on to earn his bachelor of 501c3 Civic Engagement Table. startup businesses to come to their arts in business administration and The organization is focused on states and developed strategies for political science from the University increasing civic engagement among making Florida a friendly place for of Florida in 2012. The obstacles he underrepresented communities, from young business owners. faced also influenced his decision Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Today, Chan serves as Florida state

40 March 2019 director for the State Innovation Exchange, a national organization where he builds partnerships with legislators who are advancing and defending progressive policies. Chan also focuses on volunteering his time to charity work. He served on the founding board of a nonprofit organization called Enterprising Latinas, which helps women support themselves by starting small businesses. In yet another role, he is the Tampa Bay chapter director of the New Leaders Council, a nonpartisan organization that hosts a free, annual fellowship program in all 50 states Angie Jean-Marie conducts campaign business at #VoteTogether’s co-working space, with the goal of training the next Cross Campus, in Los Angeles. generation of progressive leaders. In the same vein, he serves on the Alumni Advisory council of the Public Policy and International Affairs working for local government. researcher and Columbia University Program. “Being involved in these two She stayed in Los Angeles after professor, Donald Greene. Green groups has really given me hope about graduating, landing a job at the “found that by making voting about what’s possible for our future,” he says. Goldhirsh Foundation, which celebration and community, we can “What I see every year in our alumni, invests in solving social issues in the increase turnout by 4 percentage our new fellows, is people who are city. Jean-Marie says her proudest points,” Jean-Marie says. brilliant in their work and are hungry accomplishment at the foundation Being a part of the initiative during to change the world,” he adds. was supervising a program called the 2018 midterm elections, when a “LA2050.” She managed three rounds record number of individuals from of a challenge that awarded $1 million historically underrepresented groups Angie Jean-Marie grants to winners whose projects were elected to public office, was enhanced the lives of city residents “really inspiring,” she adds. Angie Jean-Marie, a Haitian through education, entrepreneurship, Originally an “east-coaster” who American woman and first- sustainable public spaces, and more. grew up in Long Island, N.Y., which generation college student The money helped fund she describes as a “majority-minority who earned her MPP at the organizations such as the community,” Jean-Marie appreciates University of Southern Lost Angels Children’s the opportunity to make an impact on California (USC) in project, which teaches the lives of those working and living in 2015, describes the car restoration as both the city of Los Angeles. trajectory of her career as an after-school program “L.A. has all the problems that a process of “leaning into and an opportunity for I think the rest of the country is doors that open.” job skills training. She also grappling with. Given the scale of the She decided to pursue helped finance others such city — the city itself has 4 million a degree in the field after as the L.A. Bioscience Hub, people, the county has 10 million, and working for three years as a legislative a group that works with companies the metro area has 20 million — it’s a assistant for former U.S. Rep. Donna F. to place community college students in pretty significant scale to think about Edwards, an experience that impressed biotech jobs around the city. how to address the issues,” she says. upon her the role of special interest After her work at Goldhirsh, Another reason she is passionate groups in the legislative process. She she became director of a national about social change in Los Angeles, attended USC’s Price School to “fortify campaign called #VoteTogether, she says, is that the city’s demographics [her] knowledge of policy and analysis.” an initiative of the nonprofit Civic reflect the country’s future. “I hope During her studies, Jean-Marie learned Nation in Washington, D.C. L.A. can serve as a great test bed for about different avenues policymakers The initiative aims to increase new innovations and problem-solving can pursue, such as pushing for social voter turnout and is based on the that can be modeled in other places responsibility in corporations and findings of leading civic engagement across the country.”

insightintodiversity.com 41 Juliana Pino the lives of everyday people and the Pino leads a variety of initiatives as decisions their government is making part of her work with LVEJO, such After studying East Asian Languages about them,” she says. as combatting the pollution from and Civilizations at the University She serves as policy director at the “massive industrial facilities” near of Chicago and working for several Little Village Environmental Justice the community that causes health years at the U.S.-China Chamber Organization (LVEJO), a community- problems. She advocates for alternative of Commerce, Juliana Pino decided based organization located in a high- energy solutions that not only create to pursue a path in public policy density, low-income, predominantly a healthier community but also offer and environmental justice. She Mexican neighborhood on the residents employment opportunities. attended the University of south side of Chicago. Local Pino is also engaged in local anti- Michigan in Ann Arbor, parents founded LVEJO racism work, supporting organized where she earned both after some of their children efforts to counteract police brutality. a Master of Science in became sick because of She sees police violence and industrial Environmental Policy a roof refurbishment pollution as part of the same and Planning and project that went on “continuum of violence against black Environmental Justice as while students were at and brown communities.” well as an MPP from the elementary school. The “[There are] these industries Gerald R. Ford School. parents were able to shed perpetuating what we call slow For Pino, her two areas light on hazards including violence, killing people slowly through of concentration — East Asian asbestos and lead paint in the facility. their toxic poisons, and then you have civilizations and environmental justice As Pino describes it, “After that big the fast violence of literal physical in public policy — are not unrelated. project happened, the parents were still attacks coming from the police and “In both areas of study, I am trying to together and said, ‘What else can we incarcerated systems,” she says. understand the relationship between work on [in the neighborhood]?’” As an Afro-Indigenous Latina

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42 March 2019 who also identifies as queer, Pino views her identities as a strong asset for promoting self-determination among local community members who likewise come from underrepresented groups. In addition, she emphasizes the need for more women of color in the field of public policy, acknowledging that she also faces significant “structural barriers” as a result of her race and gender. Despite these challenges, she encourages other young women of color to enter the field of social justice and public policy. “In order to make changes to broken systems while we figure out how to dismantle them,” she says, “we have to address them at structural levels, which means getting involved in decisions. It’s a way to directly exert some control over our own futures and our own lives.”● Pino and others from LVEJO meet outside Chicago City Council chambers during the Department of Planning and Development Budget Hearing in October 2018 to protest policies that increase pollution in majority Latinx Ginger O’Donnell is a senior staff writer and African American communities. for INSIGHT Into Diversity.

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Teachers Pursue Public Policy Degrees to Better Advocate for their Students

BY Ginger O’Donnell

Millions of dollars are spent But teachers have begun to take students. “Part of my initial interest in every year on education policy a stand, most notably in the 2018 getting a doctorate in education policy research, but actual classroom teachers midterm elections. A record number was to think about how to support struggle to access it. Researchers ran for public office and widespread evidence-based literacy practices in normally don’t translate their findings teacher protests took place around high school that prepare students to into easy-to-read briefs that educators the country regarding the lack of be college- and career-ready,” she says. realistically have time to consume. compensation and funding for public “There’s a huge interest in education Additionally, teachers are often left schools. Teachers felt the time had policy among teachers. … They’re out of the process as government come for them to represent education intellectually curious and they’re officials enact education policy based in the public realm, says driven by a desire to really make on that research. Jennifer Steele, EdD, an things better on a larger scale.” These factors combined result in associate professor in the Combining Policy and Practice government policy and legislation school of education at often lacking important voices — American University (AU) Educators are finding ways to those of the teachers who help make a in Washington, D.C., enter the public policy and research difference on the front lines. To tackle and an affiliate faculty realm, sometimes making the this problem head-on, more K-12 member in the university’s Jennifer Steele decision to leave the classroom to teachers are running for elected office, department of public do so, according to Chris Curran, where they can directly affect policy administration and policy. PhD, assistant professor of public decisions, while others are pursuing Steele, herself an educator who policy at the University of Maryland, public policy degrees at colleges and followed this path, says pursuing Baltimore County (UMBC). universities across the United States. public policy degrees allows teachers Before making this transition, Institute of Education Sciences to become better advocates for their however, gaining (IES) director Mark Schneider first-hand classroom calls the disconnect between experience is invaluable, teachers, education researchers, he says. Curran began and policymakers the “last mile his career as a middle problem,” or the challenge of “getting #FACTS school science teacher information into the hands of the in a disadvantaged area The Institute of Education people who need it the most,” he says. Sciences (IES) plans to spend of rural Mississippi. Chris Curran Schneider says K-12 teachers want to more than $400 million on After he noticed the participate in education research, yet education research in fiscal year impact of inequitable many believe research is “done to them 2019, according to their website. school funding, poverty, and racism, and not with them.” he decided to leave the classroom and

44 March 2019 but rather embeds K-12 education topics within its social policy curriculum. Students with an interest in this area are encouraged to take elective courses in the school of education, says Laura Bloomberg, PhD, dean of the Humphrey School and former member of the executive council at the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration. Students can also self- design a concentration in education policy or inequities. Both Bloomberg and Steele advocate for more teacher voices

when it comes to Laura University of Maryland, Baltimore County Public Policy building crafting and enacting Bloomberg educational policy. Public policy schools can require students to complete internships and gain exposure to pursue a PhD in educational policy Baltimore area also helps bring real-world perspectives, Steele says. and leadership at Vanderbilt University stakeholders closer together. Johns She also emphasizes the importance Peabody College in Nashville, Hopkins University, Morgan State of courses in implementation science Tenn. “In many ways [working in University, and Baltimore City and stakeholder analysis, the latter of Mississippi] was some of the most Public Schools have created a long- which involves understanding how a meaningful, purposeful work I’ve term research partnership between single policy change can affect different ever done. There’s really nothing that academics and educators for data compares to watching that light bulb sharing, regular meetings about policy, [turn on] for a student,” he says. and more effective translation of But teachers don’t necessarily have research into practice. to abandon the classroom altogether Steele, the AU professor, is also to pursue policy studies. The School involved in partnership programs #FACTS of Public Policy at UMBC helps close funded by IES. In a four-year study Approximately 177 current teachers ran for the gap between educators, researchers, on dual-language education in a state legislative seats in 2018, according and policymakers by catering to its school district in Portland, Ore., to an Education Week analysis. At least master’s and PhD programs part-time she and other researchers collected 43 won their races. students, Curran says. administrative data, conducted focus Approximately three-quarters of groups with teachers, and gathered The unique perspective educators bring UMBC graduate students in these input on strengths and challenges. to broader policy matters is something that Jahana Hayes, an educator and programs attend the university on a Steele’s team then presented their newly elected member of the U.S. part-time basis and are often working findings to administrators and House of Representatives, emphasized simultaneously as teachers or district teachers in the district, inviting them throughout her 2018 campaign, administrators. They are able to practice to share their perspectives. “I think the connecting education to larger social in their field and then “come to classes two-way street communication makes problems. As a congresswoman, Hayes at our school of public policy at night, for better research,” she says. advocates for teacher training and dive into the research, and acquire Faculty at the Humphrey School support, career readiness, and access to quality schools for vulnerable the methodological skills to conduct of Public Affairs at the University of children. “Education saved my life,” their own research,” Curran says. Their Minnesota in Minneapolis also believe she says on her website. studies influence practice at the ground education policy is intimately connected level in classrooms, he adds. to social issues. The school does not A UMBC partnership in the offer a specific focus on related policy

insightintodiversity.com 45 constituents, such as students, parents, local community members, teachers’ unions, schools of education, and more. #ADVOCATES Alleviating the “Last Mile Problem”

The following are examples of what teacher When asked how schools of public policy can fix the issue of protests in 2018 and 2019 have accomplished: information not reaching educators, Bloomberg says the field of education policy has a “translation issue” that can be alleviated by • After nine days of striking by West Virginia public school teachers, Gov. Jim Justice thinking about “what the consumer of our information needs.” agreed to a 5 percent salary increase. She emphasizes the importance of teaching public policy students the skill of translating detailed research papers • Shortly before educators in Oklahoma into “succinct, evidence-based, very carefully worded but walked out of the classroom, Gov. Mary Fallin approved an average raise of $6,100 brief policy memos for a decision maker.” Such writings can for teachers, $1,250 for support staff, and a help make complex information easier for busy classroom $50 million increase in education funding. teachers to understand. The teachers union had originally asked for Steele believes another solution is using social media $10,000 raises for teachers, $5,000 raises for support staff, and $200 million in education platforms like Twitter creatively to disseminate research funding. After nine days of protests, Fallin results. In addition, she encourages researchers to make short did not offer additional funding. videos summarizing their findings. “These gorgeous, high- production value videos that some research teams have made, • As a result of teacher protests in Kentucky, state lawmakers voted to increase per- … you can put those on YouTube and they are a great resource pupil funding from $3,700 to $4,000 as for a lot of people,” she says. part of the Support Education Excellence in The latest education research doesn’t necessarily have to Kentucky program. The Kentucky Education target those in the classroom, Steele adds. “We want our Association issued a statement saying the increase represented the highest amount teachers to be aware of research and how it works, but we also ever appropriated per student. need to realize that sometimes the district level and the state level is where the main level of education research often is, • Following six days of protests in Arizona, Gov. Doug Ducey signed an education and that’s okay,” she says. funding bill into law that will increase teacher There are some inevitable limitations to collaboration pay by 20 percent over the next three years. between education policy researchers and teachers, says Stéphane Lavertu, PhD, associate professor in the John • Teachers in Colorado protested for five days and secured a 2.5 percent cost of living Glenn College of Public Affairs at Ohio State adjustment as well as a new health insurance University and co-principal investigator for contribution. the university’s Education Governance and Accountability Project. Teachers tend to look • The day before teachers walked out of their classrooms in North Carolina, Tim for answers to complex problems, but research Moore, speaker of the state House of normally addresses narrow issues. Compiling Representatives, told them they can expect findings over time instead of releasing them average raises of 6.2 percent for the 2018- piecemeal might provide more holistic answers 19 school year. However, they still protested Stéphane for one day with no results. The North to complex questions, Lavertu says. Lavertu Carolina Association of Educators told CNN Bloomberg “loves the idea of more teachers that they would fight back by working to preparing themselves with good policy elect more pro-education leaders to the expertise” but also worries more will leave the classroom state legislature. because they feel they must in order to improve conditions • After Los Angeles teachers protested for for themselves and their students. “We also have to create an six days earlier this year, the district agreed environment where people who say, ‘I want to teach. This is to hire more teachers in order to reduce average class size by four students by 2022. the most noble profession, and I want to do it for my career,’ District officials also agreed to a 6 percent feel like they can,” she says. increase in pay for teachers. In addition, the Even as teachers enter the world of politics and district agreed to staff every school with a policymaking, the onus remains on researchers to make full-time nurse and librarian, as well as 17 more counselors across the region. their information easier to access and understand for both educators in and out of the classroom, Steele says. “It’s really Sources: CNN and The Washington Post the job of researchers to bring greater public understanding.”

Ginger O’Donnell is a senior staff writer for INSIGHT Into Diversity.

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Former Presidents Inspire Public Policy Graduates to Improve Lives By Dale Singer

On Krystle Grindley’s first day of The late President George H.W. Bush speaks with students of the graduate school, New Orleans was Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University on April 26, 2011. (Photo courtesy Texas A&M) devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Grindley had just graduated from the University of New Orleans and enrolled at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M feel welcome and appreciated.” experience, and have been identified as University, where she was one of a cadre Like Grindley, Ana Cristina Becerra emerging leaders,” Daniels says. “We of students who have been inspired Salas, an Obama Scholar in Chicago, didn’t want them to have to worry about to go into public service because of a says her program’s namesake motivated funding so they can focus 100 percent presidential example. Along with the her to remember that on learning, content, building late President George H.W. Bush, “each of us comes from relationships, and developing former President Barack Obama has a different part of the scalable solutions to the problems also lent his name and vision world,” she says, “We they are passionate about. … They’re to similar programs at the keep in mind how not here just to get an ivory tower University of Chicago (U of important it is to education but to experience policy C) and Columbia University. help bring together and problem solving in Chicago. Ana Cristina Their examples serve as a people of different Becerra Salas They are spending time with guidepost for young people colors.” community leaders working on the who want to improve lives Grindley, Salas, and same problems they are working on.” Krystle everywhere. Grindley was Grindley other public policy scholars shared In the words of one member of the one of them. When she saw their experiences pursuing the current class, the scholars, who come the horrible damage to the legacies of these past presidents. from everywhere from Afghanistan to city where she had spent four years, “it Zimbabwe, are “dreamers and doers.” As Program Inspired by just struck me to the core.” the former president says in a welcoming Barack Obama Grindley knew her experience in video, the program is designed to the Bush School would guide her back Ranjan Daniels, associate dean of the “inspire, empower, and connect the next to Louisiana, where she decided to Harris School of Public Policy at U of generation of civic leaders.” commit herself to public service. Now C, says the Obama Scholars program For current program scholar Sri the public information officer for a grants full scholarships to help students Andini Handayani, moving into the parish in northwest Louisiana, Grindley from around the world combine public sphere after graduation will says the school’s namesake led her to academia with real-world experience. mean bringing what she learns back help push its commitment to a diverse Likewise, the program home to Indonesia, where she has student body, including the creation of at Columbia University conducted research on violence a diversity committee. in New York City offers against children. “I believe in “We wanted to make sure that opportunities for scholars. the power of young people,” she everybody had the opportunity to learn “These are people says. “I really want to work with about things outside our grad school in mid-career with young people in leadership and bubble,” she said. “There was really an an average age of 31, management.” Ranjan Daniels intentional effort to make sure people who have some work She hopes her public policy

48 March 2019 always talking about what else we can do to improve the climate here to make sure students feel like they are included no matter where they come from.” As in the Obama program, Texas A&M provides support for students who want to work in the public sector, where salaries are often less than those in private industry. The university helps makes sure individuals who go on to the public realm aren’t saddled with massive student debt. “We think that is working,” Upton says. “A large percent of our graduates go out and work in the public sphere, following in President Then presidential candidate Barack Obama before a crowd at a rally announcing Bush’s life and career.” Joe Biden as his running mate in August 2008. (Photo courtesy Robbie Wroblewski Graduates of the program take a via Flickr) special interest in diversity. Priscilla Barbour, who completed her degree in 2016 and now works for an energy company in Dallas, liked training helps her find ways organizing, Salas worked with working with elected to make their lives better. people in Chicago to share and hone officials on the local, state, “They’re struggling to find her skills. “We bring diversity,” she and federal level and the jobs and market themselves,” says, “and we don’t forget about how fact that the curriculum Handayani says. “I’m really important it is to bring together was not just theory- grateful I’ve had mentorship people of different colors.” based but emphasized in my life and my work, and Sri Andini practicality. Handayani Texas A&M Channels Priscilla Barbour now through this program Diversity in the George H.W. Bush’s Beliefs you can see how amazing program is a work in mentors are able to give you the Bush’s belief in public service as a noble progress, she says. “The school is not perspective on how to shape a career.” calling “is more than just a mantra,” afraid of going outside the box to find The diversity of her class makes the says Matt Upton, PhD, assistant candidates who are definitely qualified experience that much richer, she adds. dean for diversity, career, and student to be in the Bush school program but “Interacting with the different scholars services. “It’s in the heart of the people also able to go into public service once helps me unpack the interconnectedness who come here.” they are out of school. They’re not only of one sector with the other,” Handayani The late president’s preparing the next wave of public says. “It’s something that I really did not vision drives the Bush servants, but they understand that get back home.” School, which was it’s important that students look like Salas, whose work in her home founded in 1997. In the public you’re going to serve.” country of Peru involved forestry, says its early years Bush For Grindley, the Hurricane the program experience has opened was actively involved, Katrina experience brought the idea her eyes to how various academic sitting in on classes and of inclusion close to home. The fields are connected. The multitude of actually portraying the Matt Upton federal government’s response to the countries represented in her class help president in simulations, disaster was a case study in policy forge those links. Upton says. playing out in a vacuum, she says. “It “We have created our own The program has an enrollment was a tragedy, it was horrible, but I can’t community, like a family,” Salas says. of 340 students, about 25 percent imagine a better way to get involved.” “Each of us brings a different voice and from underrepresented groups. A That involvement, she adds, is a fresh perspective, and we’ve talked weekend dedicated to diversity plays what public service is all about, and about how we can take advantage a major part in attracting students it’s something she learned at the of that. I’ve been able to learn about from a variety of backgrounds. “We Bush School.● political systems. It was really nice to be want people to come here and see a able to interact.” culture and a climate and a welcoming Dale Singer is a contributing writer for In the Obama tradition of community environment,” Upton says. “We’re INSIGHT Into Diversity.

insightintodiversity.com 49 special report: schools of public policy

Public Policy Professors Work Within the Ranks to Include Race-Conscious Dialogue

Difficult Conversations Increase Empathy, Expand Thinking

By Kelsey Landis

50 March 2019 Woodrow Wilson has long been being heard, for authority figures to and was overlooked in other courses, considered the father of public legitimize their feelings about how according to Anthony M. Starke, a administration. The 28th president people like them are being treated.” PhD candidate at the UNO School of of the United States focused on Despite the changing landscape, Public Administration. developing a framework for shifting only 14 percent of master’s in public Public administration students go the government’s administrative duties administration (MPA) curricula on to become the country’s leaders to agencies and civil servants, thereby addressed race, according to the most and decision makers. If they are not separating the business of governing recent data available from a 2007 study prepared to have conversations about from political and legislative activities. by two professors at the University race and equity, there is a risk they will Wilson, however, was not be ready to serve or empathize with a white man born in underrepresented populations, Starke says, 1856. While his ideas thus perpetuating institutional racism and constitute much of the marginalization more than a century after basis of today’s public the birth of public administration. administration curricula, Methods for Infusing Curricula issues of race, diversity, and inclusion were Vanessa Lopez- Mariglynn Anthony With 36 credit hours and 13 courses hardly at the forefront in Littleton Edlins Starke in a typical MPA program, a lack Wilson’s time. He wasn’t of coursework dedicated to race- necessarily a bad man, conscious dialogue is in some ways says Vanessa Lopez-Littleton, PhD, of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), a structural issue, Starke says. Much assistant professor in the Department Barbara Hewins-Maroney, and Ethel of the focus remains on teaching the of Health, Human Services, and Public Williams. Even in the curricula that technical skill sets required to do Policy at California State University did address race, the issue largely public policy work such as budgeting Monterey Bay (CSUMB). But his came up in human resources classes or finance, while broader issues are ideas, Lopez-Littleton says, did cause insult and harm to decades of citizens through racist implementation of public policy decisions. “Segregation Classroom methods for introducing and racism were integrated into our federal bureaucracy,” Lopez-Littleton race-conscious dialogue says. “You have to talk about the full scope and full range of our history.” Starke: Teach students to think Lopez-Littleton: Make sure students Professors such as Lopez-Littleton creatively while still working within know they can approach the have started the push to bring the parameters of their future jobs professor with concerns about racial discussions of race and equity to public by providing case studies where a dialogues. Tell students, “Whatever administration curricula, which have public administrator is faced with experience you’re having, if it’s not an ethical problem and pursues an a positive learning experience, we historically lacked in considering how option that avoids racist outcomes. can fix it. We want you to have a policy decisions affect underrepresented valuable experience.” citizens. Some universities, such as the Lopez-Littleton: Incorporate University of Baltimore, have dedicated African American, Hispanic, Edlins: Allow students to use not entire courses to those dialogues, while female figures, and others from just books, but videos, images, underrepresented groups in lessons television shows, animators, or professors at other schools have developed about important people in public whatever they can connect with methods for infusing race-conscious administration so students can as starting discussion points on education into existing coursework. “see themselves represented in the empathy and race. “Students aren’t Their work is paying off, says classroom, in the material we cover, crazy about being asked to do a Mariglynn Edlins, PhD, assistant in the people we talk about.” lot of extra work. For better or for worse, reading is far outside of a professor in the School of Health and Starke: Use Critical Race Theory lot of my students’ normal frame of Human Services at the University (CRT) to teach the threat of reference,” Edlins says. of Baltimore (UB). “The narrative is technical rationality and challenge changing. There is more in the water nervousness around racial Edlins: Create a class portfolio than 10 years ago, but we’ve got to find a dialogues. Resource: Race and where students can show off their Social Equity: A Nervous Area of work on a website. See an example way to take these methods [and make a Government by Susan Gooden. at empathyinservice.com. bigger] impact,” Edlins says. “[Students] are craving authenticity, venting, and

insightintodiversity.com 51 commented in an evaluation that the discussions about race caused feelings “I don’t mind students being of discomfort. Lopez-Littleton says uncomfortable, but I need them to that needs to happen in order to grow. “I don’t mind students being understand [these conversations] uncomfortable, but I need them to are a lens. It’s a racialized lens, understand [these conversations] are a and what you see might make you lens. It’s a racialized lens, and what you see might make you uncomfortable, but uncomfortable, but it’s what you do it’s what you do with that discomfort with that discomfort that matters.” that matters,” she says. Over time, Lopez-Littleton morphed the Introduction to Public Vanessa Lopez-Littleton Administration course she teaches into a class that focuses on social equity for three weeks of the semester. The class uses the criminal justice system to understand why different groups of not always addressed. As a result, equity. I knew what it meant prior to people need different public services. public policy workers sometimes hide coming here, but to actually see how Students look at how poor people behind what is known as “technical to roll it out and implement it in the are treated within the system, from rationality,” or the act of rationalizing classroom, I didn’t really get it [before],” the initial interaction with police to negative impacts as just “part of the Lopez-Littleton says. sentencing. In Fall 2019, the course job,” Starke says. Even as a black woman herself, will have an ethnic studies tag on it “[Public administrators] sometimes Lopez-Littleton says she was because a portion will be dedicated focus on the technical aspects of uncomfortable at first introducing to talking about race and ethnicity, administration, where race-based and difficult conversations about race in racist outcomes are a result of simply her classes, which sometimes only doing the job, rather than thinking have a few black students. During her about the outcomes and the way the undergraduate studies at Louisiana work we do is affecting different State University, she says, “We didn’t Further reading groups,” Starke says. “This is a way to have any of these conversations. I distance themselves from the racist never had a black professor. I certainly on methods outcomes of doing their work — just never had a black female professor. I ‘doing what I’m supposed to’ as opposed didn’t see myself reflected in any of for including to thinking about it.” this content,” Lopez-Littleton says. “I race-conscious Starke and other professors have feel like I’m just arriving.” developed pedagogical methods to Both Lopez-Littleton and Starke dialogues help students recognize trends such as say one method for beginning technical rationality in their future work, conversations about recognizing racist and those professors have given them policies is to introduce the idea of • Ready to serve the public? the tools they need to make changes. “brave spaces” as opposed to “safe The role of empathy in public service education programs But making even small changes at spaces” in classrooms. Prepare students by Marigylnn Edlins, PhD, and a university or in one’s own classroom to be uncomfortable, Starke says, rather Stephanie Dolamore, PhD isn’t always easy. Lopez-Littleton came than making them feel safe. “When to her current California Central Coast people are confronted with racism and • Administrative racism: Public institution from University of Central they recognize their complicity within administration education and race by Anthony Starke, Nuri Florida in Orlando. When she started it, if you provide them with a safe space, Heckler, and Janiece Mackey teaching at CSUMB, she says she you can only push the limits so far,” experienced the culture shock that comes Starke says. “Set the tone that these • Advancing social justice and with moving from one coast to the other. conversations are going to be difficult racial equity in the public She had to learn to interact with a more and uncomfortable.” sector by Vanessa Lopez- Littleton, PhD, Brandi Blessett, diverse student body eager to engage in Evaluations are not always glowing PhD, and Julie Burr the debate about social justice. “I came for her classes, Lopez-Littleton to understand the concept of social acknowledges. A student of hers

52 March 2019 Lopez-Littleton says, marking an institutional step toward making these conversations officially part of the Problem solvers, truth seekers, data lovers, curriculum. “In my opinion, that’s huge,” she says. status - quo challengers : we need you . The Importance of Empathy The murder of Freddie Gray on April 12, 2015 rocked Baltimore, Md., sending the city into an uproar of daily protests. Police arrested the 25-year-old black man on suspicion of possessing a knife illegally. Officers failed to secure him properly in the back of their van, and Gray later died of spinal cord injuries. Though the coroner’s office ruled Gray’s death a homicide and six officers were charged in connection with his death, one case ended in a mistrial, three were found not guilty, and the remaining charges were later dropped. To Edlins, the interaction between Gray and Baltimore police was a fundamental failure in the way public servants should interact with private citizens. Gray’s story was just one of many examples of how public policy lacks empathy, she says. In recent years, Master of Public Administration (MPA) she has seen reports of police shootings, negative Master of Public Administration: Health Administration (MPA: HA) interactions between children and school resource Master of Nonprofit Leadership (MNL) officers, and government shutdowns. “Everywhere I Master of Public Policy (MPP) looked there were these interactions that went wrong,” cupa.pdx.edu/cupainfo Edlins says. “[Leaders] were determined to do what they wanted to do without thinking of the stories and emotions and experiences of people on the other side.” Edlins’ research determined that empathy — the ability to recognize, understand, and respond to the feelings of another — “offers a way to improve these interactions and bring them more in line with expected public service values,” but she wondered where the training was for public administration students who could help implement empathetic policy in the future. No framework for teaching empathy existed in the public administration classroom at UB, and students initially shied away from talking about race. It didn’t help that some older public administration professors “from certain backgrounds” represented, inadvertently or not, a disconnect with young people, Edlins adds. To address the lack of empathy training, the university approved a class called “Ethics and Empathy for Public Servants.” The course description reads as follows: “Explores the role of ethics and empathy in the work of public servants, with a goal of preparing students for careers in public service. Relying on novels, short stories, films, television and other stories, this course provides students case examples of scenarios where ethics and empathy are relevant and/or missing. Through the course, students have the opportunity to explore the challenges, benefits, and opportunities associated with ethical and empathetic service delivery.” “We were so emboldened by our need to start a conversation, we went for it big,” Edlins says. “We took a model to practice and wrestled with it. The big takeaway

insightintodiversity.com 53 from this course is curiosity. What we’re lacking is a fundamental curiosity about the ‘other.’” Preparing professors to train future public servants in empathy is necessary to creating equitable public policy practices, but public administration schools must also be Leadership rooted prepared to hire diverse faculty members, Lopez-Littleton says. “Students need to see themselves represented in front in service. of the classroom,” she says. “There’s not a lot of diversity when it comes to tenure-track faculty … We are not getting diverse pools in higher education because we are Public policy grounded not developing the relationships and the pipeline.” At least one group is working to increase that pipeline, according to a spokeswoman for American University. in evidence. The Washington, D.C. institution recently founded the Public Affairs Diversity Alliance specifically to increase diversity among faculty.

“We were so emboldened by our need to start a conversation, we went for it big. “We took a model to practice and wrestled with it. The big takeaway from this course is curiosity.” The 2019 Mariglynn Edlins HEED AWARD

Applications will As universities work to line up public administration curricula with the need for race-conscious dialogue, individual professors say they are chipping away where be avaIlabLe 2/28 they can at the old foundations in order to paint a broader picture for their students. “There’s a small group of us and we’re doing it,” Lopez-Littleton says. “As time goes on, I think we’re going to have some kind of an impact.” Health Professions Starke says he doesn’t expect changing the foundation of schools of public administration to be easy, but he hopes it will happen over time. “We really need to be working together,” Starke says. “It’s a labor of love. It’s something I think about constantly. It’s such a pervasive issue that at ® ® 2019 2019 times you feel like you don’t know where to begin … but it’s our responsibility to create pockets and spaces to have these discussions in the meantime.”●

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