"But two former diversity professionals and an anthropology professor have made it their mission to preserve what they can of their colleagues' efforts. The group founded a journal, called Dear Higher Ed: Letters from the Social Justice Mountain, to collect insights, experiences, research and best practices from faculty and higher ed staff currently or formerly engaged in DEI work on their campuses."
""What was the impetus for me is, when I came to Tech, I read 2,000 pages of reports," Pratt said. "There was a historical record of 20 years of work that had been happening at Virginia Tech around diversity," full of relevant data and best practices. "And then I thought, 'Wow, these [reports] are gone from public view.' They're gone from so many institutions across the country.""
Campus DEI officers and researchers are losing decades of documentation as colleges remove DEI programs, research, and milestones from public websites in response to federal and state bans. Two former Virginia Tech diversity professionals and an anthropology professor launched a journal, Dear Higher Ed: Letters from the Social Justice Mountain, to preserve insights, experiences, research, and best practices from faculty and staff engaged in DEI work. The founders began by inviting colleagues to write letters, expanded outreach through national fellowships, and sought to capture reports and strategies that have been removed from public view. The journal is hosted by University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing.
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