Scholarship to Practice 11/18/20

Bridget Burns, Executive Director of the University Innovation Alliance, and Derrick Tillman-Kelly, Director of UIA's Fellows Program and Network Engagement, speak with Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of sociology and medicine at Temple University, president and founder of the nonprofit Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, and originator of the #RealCollege movement. She talks to us about the prevalence of food and housing insecurity among the higher ed population, and how schools can address these realities.

Topics include:

• What food and housing insecurity look like
• What the #RealCollege movement is about
• A roadmap for administrators to address students' basic needs
• Students are humans first

Scholarship to Practice 10/22/20

Bridget Burns, Executive Director of the University Innovation Alliance, and Derrick Tillman-Kelly, Director of UIA's Fellows Program and Network Engagement, speak with Dr. Richard Reddick, professor and associate dean at The University of Texas at Austin. He shares his thoughts on the phenomenon of cultural taxation, a well-intentioned but ultimately unfair consequence in many higher ed institutions seeking to practice equity and inclusion. Topics include:

• What cultural taxation looks like and why it's a problem
• The difference between taxation and legitimate participation
• Why administrators need to step up and address this situation
• Allyship is everybody's work because all groups benefit
• A list of resources for understanding cultural taxation