EP 45 Every Learner Everywhere, meet director Dr. Jessica Rowland Williams

09/09/2021 32 min
EP 45 Every Learner Everywhere, meet director Dr. Jessica Rowland Williams

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Meet Dr. Jessica Williams, the director of Every Learner Everywhere, a network that helps institutions of higher education implement innovative teaching and learning practices with a focus on increasing the success of underserved students.  Tune in as we take a deep dive into her organization’s emphasis on digital courseware, their latest guide, as well as her personal commitment to increasing access and equity for all students. You will also get to know Dr. Williams a little more as she reveals the personal forces driving her work in DEI.    KEY POINTS: About Every Learner Everywhere  Necessary interventions for faculty diversity  Impacts of the pandemic on institutional progress Impacts of shifting higher education to remote learning  Dr. Jessica Rowland Williams’ DEI journey   QUOTABLES: “One important shift that we're seeing in the field and I think that our network is really hoping to help champion is a focus on the system as the problem and not the student.”   PRODUCTS / RESOURCES: Every Learner Everywhere | everylearnereverywhere.org/about-us/   Visit the Diverse: Issues In Higher Education website: diverseeducation.com Or follow us on social media:  Twitter: twitter.com/diverseissues Instagram: instagram.com/diverseissuesinhighereducation Facebook: facebook.com/DiverseJobs?_rdc=1&_rdr Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/diverse-issues-in-higher-education In The Margins is produced by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education and edited by Instapodcasts (visit at instapodcasts.com) 

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