Leting “Leo” Cai was hanging out at a playground near his home in the New York City borough of Queens earlier this month with his Asian-American friends when five teenagers approached, called them “ching chong”, cursed at them and started to attack one of his classmates. When Cai, 15, jumped in to defend his buddy, the gang turned on him..
In the Crucible of Change: Experts Navigate DEI at the Crossroads
Organizations must undertake the urgent effort of developing and integrating sustainable Human Capital Management (HCM) and Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) strategies. To do so, they must build diversity capability and overcome both internal and external resistance, according to Dr. Edna Chun, Lecturer in Human Capital Management, at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies. The message was clear and consistent in a series of conversations on the topic hosted by three of Columbia’s School of Professional Studies Master of Science programs - Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Nonprofit Management and Human Capital Management (HCM). This special series of eight events focusing on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion was capped off with a virtual panel titled “In the Crucible of Change: DEI at the Crossroads,” that featured Human Capital Management faculty and industry experts from both higher
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City University of New York Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez has followed through on increasing faculty diversity. Nine new college presidents – including two Asian Americans, three African Americans and three women – were appointed in the past year. Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, CUNY established the Chancellor’s Emergency Relief Fund with $1 million each from the Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation and the James and Judith K. Dimon Foundation. This grew to more than $8 million by the fall and allowed CUNY to distribute emergency grants to more than 10,000 students.
2. Jim Malatras
SUNY Empire State College
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