![]() ![]() The Historical Context of this Opening Post Nonetheless, any conversation about equity that centers on quality must address problematic parallels between advancing equity and diminishing quality. To put it plainly, failing to ensure equity is a limitation in quality. It’s an inevitable partnering as accounting for equity is an essential feature of quality assurance. This year the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Working Group of the WCET Steering Committee decided to bridge conversations between DEI and quality. “Failing to ensure equity is a limitation in quality…” …Africanism has become, in the Eurocentric tradition that American education favors, both a way of talking about and a way of policing matters of class, sexual license, and repression, formations and exercises of power, and meditations on ethics and accountability.” –Toni Morrison, 1992 Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination It is an investigation into the ways in which a nonwhite, Africanlike (or Africanist) presence or persona was constructed in the United States, and the imaginative uses this fabricated presence served. Thank you for the committee for your work and thank you to Chantae Recasner from WGU for writing today’s post. Inspired by this, today our Steering Committee DEI Working Group presents the first of a new blog series considering the importance of equity within higher education quality assurance. Next week we observe Juneteenth – a day to commemorate the announcement in Texas that slaves had been granted freedom during the Civil War, a day to reflect on the true meaning of “freedom” and cultural tradition. WCET is the national leader in the practice, policy, & advocacy of digital learning in higher education. Department of Education Universal Design for Learning Virtual Summit Virtual/Augmented Reality WCET WCET Annual Meeting WCET Awards WCET Summit WCET Webcast What's Next WICHE Workforce/Employment WOW Award ![]() ![]() Academic Integrity Access Accessibility Accreditation Adaptive/Personalized Learning Artificial Intelligence Assessment Blended/Hybrid Learning Business of Higher Education ChatGPT Cheating Syndicates Series Closer Conversation Coding Collaboration/Community Competency-based Education Complaint Process Completion Consortia Correspondence Course Cost of Instruction Course Design Courseware COVID-19 Credentials Credits Cross Skilling/Reskilling Cybersecurity Data and Analytics DETA Digital Divide Digital Learning Disabilities Disaster Planning/Recovery Distance Education Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Dual Enrollment Enrollment Evaluation Every Learner Everywhere Faculty Fall and Beyond Series Financial Aid Forprofit Universities Futures Game-based/Gamification Graduation Higher Education Higher Education Act Higher Education Trends In a Time of Crisis Innovation Instructional Design International Students IPEDS K-12 Lab Courses Leadership Legislation LMS Managing Digital Learning Marketing Member-Only Mental Health Military and Veterans Mobile Learning MOOC NCOER Negotiated Rulemaking Net Neutrality Nontraditional Learners Nursing Online Learning Open Educational Resources Outcomes Outsourcing Partnership Personalized Learning Physical Presence Policy Practice Prior Learning Assessment Privacy Proctoring Products and Services Professional Development Professional Licensure Quality Rankings Readiness and Developmental Courses Reauthorization Reciprocity Regular and Substantive Interaction Regulation Remote Learning Research Retention ROI SAN SARA Security Social Media Standards State Authorization State Authorization Network STEM Student Authentication Student Identity Verification Student Success Survey System/Consortia Teacher Prep Teaching Technology Testing Textbooks Third-Party Servicers Title IV Title IX Tuition and Fees U.S.
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