Northwestern University Releases Pro-DEI Instructions for Educators to ‘Anchor Equity in Strategy’

Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy has released a series of instructions for educators to fight anti-DEI initiatives, giving instructions to “anchor equity in strategy.”

On the school’s web page, titled “Leading Change with Inclusion, Courage, and Global Perspective,” the institution says that educators must “skillfully” attempt to “pursue equity and inclusion.”

The instructions come as a result of a webinar that faculty members from Northwestern’s Schools of Education and Social Policy took part in.

The focus of the webinar was on a certificate program, the “Leading Equity and Inclusion in Organziations Certificate (LEIOC) program,” which teaches “professionals with the self-awareness, interpersonal skills, and strategic expertise needed to foster cultures where every person can belong.”

The certificate is described to be designated for individuals “pursuing a Master of Science in Learning and Organizational Change,” and “professionals.”

The four “insights” that came from the webinar include topics ranging from how “Retreating from Equity Creates Strategic Risk—Not Safety,” to how “Bias Travels Through Systems Unless Intentionally Interrupted.”

Under the first insight, “Retreating from Equity Creates Strategic Risk—Not Safety,” the web page uses data from the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging to argue for why “practitioners” need to “Anchor equity in strategy—not politics or sentiment.”

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