Date: March 16, 2023
Time: 01:00PM - 03:00PM
You must be registered to participate!Reform sometimes gets a bad reputation — and for good reason. Decades of research finds that reform-minded change in organizations rarely leads to outcomes that can be sustained over time. And, when the desired outcome is related to equity, diversity, justice, or inclusion goals, reform efforts can be counterproductive if members do not also engage with underlying cultural tensions. This two-hour workshop is for leaders who are ready to go deeper with change— who want to collaboratively explore possibilities for redesigning the practices and systems by which we select and serve graduate students.
Facilitators will lead us in 1) reflection about positive case studies of Ph.D. programs that have realized systemic change, 2) discussion about the applications to our own programs, and 3) planning to address a concrete equity challenge from a systemic perspective.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Participants will have the knowledge and skills to:
1. Understand the roles of culture & system change in equity in graduate education.
2. Appreciate systemic relationships among domains of faculty practice.
3. Reflect on cases of Ph.D. programs that have realized deep change.
4. Apply lessons toward a coordinated approach to change in your own program or department.