The institutional necessity of DEI work: Multi-framed value and impact
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A UEL/CGHE Policy Roundtable Series
(University of East London in conjunction with the Centre for Global Higher Education, University of Oxford)
This three-part CGHE policy roundtable webinar series brings together senior leaders, policymakers, researchers and practitioners to explore the future of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) within UK higher education.
While DEI has become embedded within institutional strategies globally, it is increasingly subject to political scrutiny, legal challenge, and public debate. The first webinar explores how universities are responding to these challenges, the second investigates the hidden costs of equity work, and the third explores the contribution and impact of DEI initiatives.
This series seeks to move beyond questions of commitment towards a more critical inquiry: how can DEI be positioned, evidenced and sustained as a credible driver of institutional performance, research excellence and public value?
Convened by Jeff Grim (George Mason and Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Education, Oxford) and Jummy Okoya, Dean of Office for Institutional Equity, UEL.
Abstract
EDI work is enacted differently depending on organizational needs and context, yet political detractors paint equity work with broad strokes as unnecessary and unfair. In this final EDI policy roundtable discussion, UK higher education leaders and experts will discuss how EDI work contributes to institutional missions and performance outcomes, especially in protecting the expression of ideas and speech and in advancing organizational effectiveness. In particular, the discussion will focus on how EDI work can showcase and evidence impact.
There’s no need to register if attending in-person.
Bio
Dr. Jonathan Holloway is the President and CEO of the Henry Luce Foundation. Prior to joining Luce, Dr. Holloway served as the 21st President of Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey. Prior to Rutgers, he was provost of Northwestern University. Dr. Holloway served as the Dean of Yale College and Edmund S. Morgan Professor of African American Studies, History, and American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of African American History: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2023), The Cause of Freedom: A Concise History of African Americans (Oxford University Press, 2021), Confronting the Veil: Abram Harris Jr., E. Franklin Frazier, and Ralph Bunche, 1919-1941 (University of North Carolina Press, 2002), and Jim Crow Wisdom: Memory and Identity in Black America Since 1940 (University of North Carolina Press, 2013).
Dr. Holloway earned a Bachelor of Arts in American studies from Stanford University, and a PhD in history from Yale University.