…the phrase “socially just design in postsecondary education” is defined as the means that colleges and universities, and those who work and study within them, use to actively address the ways in which people experience oppression and marginalization within postsecondary institutions and the broader communities of which those institutions are a part.
BREVARD, NC. (January 25, 2021) –The John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education (Gardner Institute) recently received a $2.1 million grant from Ascendium Education Group to develop and launch the Governing Board Equity in Student Success Project. The effort will be developed and delivered in partnership with the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB). The 3.5-year effort will allow the Brevard-based Gardner Institute and Washington D.C.-based AGB to work together to develop a Governing Boards Equity in Student Success Academy. The grant also funds deeper equity-focused work with a select number of institutions participating in a modified form of the Gardner Institute’s Retention Performance Management (RPM) process.
Read MoreLike millions of other Americans, the Gardner Institute’s staff and Board of Directors are deeply disturbed and saddened by the attack on the citadel of our democracy, our nation’s Capitol, on January 6, 2021.
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