{"id":84,"date":"2018-06-13T18:59:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T18:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/librarian\/?p=84"},"modified":"2018-06-15T00:09:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T00:09:07","slug":"diversity-and-academic-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/librarian\/diversity-and-academic-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity and Academic Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you seen recent studies and articles on diversity in higher education? Here is a biggie from the US Department of Education:\u00a0Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study.<\/a> And we find there is still room for improvement here:
\nAdvancing Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education.<\/a><\/p>\n

Even more depressing, some disparities have worsened in recent decades:
\nRacial Disparities in Higher Education: an Overview.<\/a> Also there is evidence that where there have been some gains with faculty diversity, it is in the insecure jobs, not the\u00a0tenure track positions:\u00a0More Faculty Diversity, Not on Tenure Track.<\/a><\/p>\n

So, how can academic libraries help? One way is that\u00a0we can be part of the support that helps to remedy any disparities with student achievement. See last month’s post,\u00a0Academic Libraries Contribute to Student Success<\/a>, for evidence of how we help with student achievement.<\/p>\n

In addition, there are many relevant items from the American Library Association:<\/p>\n