Oppressions in Higher Education by Antonio Banks

Oppressions in Higher Education by Antonio Banks https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd List and describe Oppressive Policies, Practices, and Processes en-us 2022-06-13 19:30:05 UTC 2022-06-14 02:52:07 UTC hello@padlet.com -Accessibility and Attendees in Graduation events (disabilities, if they can't stand for long) https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220188058 2022-06-14 02:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220188058 https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220188264 Standardized testing keeping low income and students of color out. ]]> 2022-06-14 02:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220188264 Lack of diversity in staff, faculty, and administrators https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220188295 2022-06-14 02:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220188295 Gender Pay Gap for Staff Faculty in HE https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220189531 2022-06-14 02:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220189531 Practices: https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220189887 Men and white individuals are generally selected for leadership positions disproportionately more than women and POC across almost all industries. There are also gender and racial pay disparities amongst leaders. ]]> 2022-06-14 02:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220189887 It's more likely a white, educated man will have the opportunity to be tenure. It's harder for people of color to attain a PhD and get the tenure position or a high position in higher ed https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220190409 Lack of diversity in staff, faculty, and administrators

]]> 2022-06-14 02:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220190409 Lack of (Latinx, Black)representation within role of leadership (Deans, Driectors, Presidents, [aside from cultural programs]) https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220190611 2022-06-14 02:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220190611 Being expected to participate in national anthem tmerc9714 https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220191085 2022-06-14 02:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220191085 -Cultural Graduations (Zarapes in stoles, Mexican Folkloricos, ignoring Central American and South American cultures/traditions) https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220191099 2022-06-14 02:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220191099 https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220191304 Affirmative action not being allowed in admissions work. ]]> 2022-06-14 02:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220191304 Prestigious Institutions are Predominantly White https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220191936 Harvard, Princeton, USC, etc are considered leading institutions and they are primarily enrolled by students, faculty, and staff that are white. ]]> 2022-06-14 02:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220191936 https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220192234 With regards to interviewing for graduate/private schools, non-americanized and low income students may not meet the level of presentability]]> 2022-06-14 02:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220192234 Recognizing students with honors (does not take into account systemic racism and institutional problems that keep students from getting a 4.0) https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220192683 2022-06-14 02:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220192683 1. Allowing people with MA's to get into high positions. Systemic oppression play into the positions you're trying to get. https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220193759 2022-06-14 02:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220193759 People continue to hire individuals with the same ideas in order to continue to promote a specific agenda https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220193899 2022-06-14 02:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220193899 https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220193981

Cultural centers, first to get cut

Location, not central to where students hangout

May not have an ideal office space

Cultural events are not intentional, disrespectful

Lack of representation

Diversity officer

Pay—specific groups make less (by gender, race)

Lack of staff and funding

Expected to do more with less
Work extra, know the ins and outs of campus
Constantly under a microscope, if program does not “excel,” they get cut
Lack of professional dev opportunity (staff AND student workers/leaders), especially with cultural center

Priorities on the funding

Example—large funding for furniture

High pressure/expectations for students to succeed, especially in minority/newly funded

]]> 2022-06-14 02:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220193981 Oppressive Practices https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220195127 Accessibility for certain majors - requirements to fulfill course such as dance performances, expensive software that can be expensive and out of reach for students

Weeding students of color out of STEM courses, lack of representation of faculty of color

International students - non inclusive instruction, people assume they may know how to navigate this system. Curriculum is U.S. based

Preconceived expectations for majors

Honors programs - who gets told about these requirements or how to even get into it

]]> 2022-06-14 02:11:52 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220195127 https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220195531 Lack of outreach to provide low-income, people of color, and/or first-generation students knowledge on educational opportunities.

]]> 2022-06-14 02:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220195531 Concept of regalia and what does the cap and gown really signify. https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220196144 2022-06-14 02:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220196144 The process of choosing keynote speakers tmerc9714 https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220197129 2022-06-14 02:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220197129 Policies: https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220197683 Many organizations are slow to promote qualified individuals to leadership roles. Once in that role, leaders are often compelled to prioritize their work over everything else, rather than try to maintain a healthy work/life balance.]]> 2022-06-14 02:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220197683 https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220198138 Heavy placement on AP/Honors courses]]> 2022-06-14 02:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220198138 https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220198364 Admissions readers biases]]> 2022-06-14 02:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220198364 More likely for a person that comes from a well off place to be willing to stay within education because they are not in a survival mindset and can afford to be on less pay https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220198429

]]> 2022-06-14 02:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220198429 Monolingual ceremony https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220198641 2022-06-14 02:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220198641 Positive Leadership https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220199064 Be a leader who promotes growth, life-work balance, teach others how to succeed as a team. Prepare employees to work as a team ]]> 2022-06-14 02:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220199064 https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220200213 Monolingual informational/recruitment documents ]]> 2022-06-14 02:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220200213 Suggestions https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220201160 Hire diverse faculty

Outreach efforts to ALL communities

Scholarships or have departments adjust requirements to accommodate students

Increased training for faculty for anti-deficit and inclusive education

Academic progress check ins for students to ensure they are not pushed out of their majors]]> 2022-06-14 02:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220201160 Lack of diversity training and initiative to learn diverse practices https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220202192 2022-06-14 02:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220202192 https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220203788 Bureaucracy of changing process makes changes not happen or take years to happen. Approval needed by detached leadership or professors.
]]> 2022-06-14 02:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220203788 Suggestions https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220209841 - Allowing people without PhDs, or with their MA's to get into high positions in higher ed.
- Incorporate/making mandatory and making it in-person for staff/faculty/administrators to take Diversity and Initiative; taking and putting it to practice
- Re-examine how student affairs professionals are being paid
- Hire more diverse staff/faculty/administrators from different spaces, backgrounds, etc. ]]> 2022-06-14 02:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220209841 Recommendation: Money https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220212602 Money, funding. More than they "need"
Raise, better pay
Hire diverse staff
Cultural/Racial sensitivity training/professional development
Don't place funding on "results" place funding on intentional support
Make a central space for student support/student affairs programs and offices. Food options/access within spaces. Interactive space]]> 2022-06-14 02:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220212602 Suggestions tmerc9714 https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220215246 Looking at other cultures and nations in how they celebrate graduations

Having diverse folks on graduation planning committee

Being willing to change practices as far as accessibility goes by ensuring the venue is accessible and evaluating what process is needed to get accommodations at a graduation

Shared governance as far as planning the graduation

Surveying the students to get feedback for what they would like at graduation

]]> 2022-06-14 02:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220215246 SUGGESTIONS https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220217484 -Make the hiring process more equitable.
- Doing our best to reduce favoritism.
-Create a reform regarding pay wages and eliminate gender pay gaps. Paying a living wage that aligns with inflation.
-Putting more value on the employees.
-Providing adequate training for people in power to provide them with a different lens to cultivate a better understanding of the students they serve. This may also provide an opportunity to understand the value of hiring and promoting people of color.

]]> 2022-06-14 02:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220217484 Suggestions https://padlet.com/abanks118/hv4dfjn6cs30h8bd/wish/2220217488 1. moving resources to underserved schools to increase admissions literacy.

2. Diverse outreach staff to provide a better insight into the needs of URM student's schools. Linguistically as well.

3. Consistent training on bias/multicultural trainings. Not just one time a year.

4. Affirmative action no longer illegal. Creating an admissions process that values different knowledge systems & ways of learning.

5.

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