LibGuides: Equity: Equity in education

College: A Finishing School for Some, a Glass Ceiling for Others. Sara McCurry, Ph.D. & Heather Wylie. Shasta College Welcome Back Day, August 2018

A Call to Action to Improve Math
Access, Equity, and Community Colleges: The Truman Commission and Federal Higher Education Policy from 1947 To 2011
The groundbreaking report that called for equal access to higher education for all despite race, sex, and socioeconomic background and the role community colleges have played in those efforts.
Implicit Bias and its Role in Philanthropy and Grantmaking
How unconscious attitudes and behaviors can contribute to unequal treatment of people of different races.
Practices that Promote Equity in Basic Skills
How to facilitate access for all students in basic skills classrooms.
Promoting Student Success What Faculty Can Do
Student Equity: From Dialogue & Access to Action
Practical approaches for defining and understanding equity.
What Does it Mean to Be Culturally Proficient?
A report on the efforts of a school district to more effectively support its English language learners.

College Students' Sense of Belonging by Terrell L. Strayhorn
Guidelines and ideas for helping students belong and thrive.
Doing Diversity in Higher Education
Essays on how faculty at a variety of institutions are working to promote and celebrate diverse campuses.
Detracking for Excellence and Equity by Carol Corbett Burris; Delia T. Garrity
Argues for the end of ability placement in elementary education to make access to educational opportunities equal for all students.
Handbook of Research on Transformative Online Education and Liberation by Gulsun Kurubacak (Editor); T. Volkan Yuzer (Editor)
Argues that online learning provides an opportunity for transformative education: inclusive practices, critical thinking and awareness of diversity.