Wednesday, February 19, 2025
2:00 – 3:30 pm ET

Create a Culture That Advocates For & Supports Their Satisfaction, Engagement and Persistence

Many higher education institutions may lack comprehensive systems and policies to support Black students’ holistic development and well-being. These systemic issues can contribute to lower retention rates, decreased sense of belonging, and negative impacts on Black students’ academic achievement and overall well-being.

Join this critical conversation with your peers on February 19, 2025, and learn strategies to build inclusive support systems for Black-identified students, develop a framework for assessment of current policies’ effectiveness and campus climate, and identify action steps for implementing cultural competency initiatives.

Topics Covered

These crucial, actionable takeaways will help you: 

• Develop strategies to build inclusive support systems for Black-identified students that increase their satisfaction, engagement and persistence.
• Assess current policies, processes and procedures that may be a hindrance to Black students’ success to ensure a holistic framework to address their academic, social and emotional needs.
• Understand the social construction of race through the contextualization of Blackness.
• Implement cultural competency training to identify and increase personal awareness of your own culture, positionality, and biases to decrease potential harm to Black students.
• Overcome the systemic issues that contribute to lower retention rates, a decreased sense of belonging, and negative impacts on Black students’ academic achievement and overall well-being. 
  

Presenters

Dr. Bonnie J. Taylor is a knowledgeable student conduct, student affairs, and higher education administration consultant, with over 19 years of experience in developing leaders in the higher education space. She most recently served as the Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA. Click here for full bio.

Tamara L. Greenfield King, J.D., currently serves as the Senior Associate Vice Provost for Student Life at the University of Pennsylvania since 2019. Click here for full bio.