Invitations for the Skidmore community to take the 2018-19 Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium Diversity & Equity Campus Climate survey have flooded inboxes, tables and hallways on campus this past month. The response, however, has come up short— only about 25% of the total student population completed the survey.
Read moreDiversity Discussion Incites Faculty
Heated diversity discussions that have embroiled Skidmore students and faculty for the last several years reemerged forcefully during the November Faculty meeting. Two of the initiatives that have emerged will be to build a social justice center and to start an Africana Studies Program.
Read moreStudents, Not Administrators, Hold the Key To Inclusion
What this board sees is a shortfall in the way students are trying to improve the way we embrace diversity on this campus. Race issues didn't appear overnight and they won't disappear overnight.
Read moreNov 6 Faculty Meeting Encourages Restoring Community Spirit
The President then apologized for his absence at the last faculty meeting and explained he wants to help mend the divisions that may exist within the Skidmore community.
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