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Advice and strategies for creating a campus where all students and staff feel accepted, valued and respected Belonging, the feeling of being connected to and valued by a community – whether that’s a ...
The Mayo Clinic is renaming its DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) office to instead be called the "Office of Belonging." "Since 2020, Mayo Clinic has intentionally focused on belonging as a ...
Belonging is about fit—it requires mutual effort and alignment. In theory, the idea of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives is a great one. Who doesn’t want a diverse city, a ...
Janine Lee, EdD is an award-winning Global Learning and Development (L&D) and Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) leader with 20 years of experience at Fortune 500 companies.
The way we treat each other can help us feel like we belong—or not. Belonging is the sense that we’re part of a larger group that accepts and values us for who we are, to which we can contribute; we ...
We may never perfectly reach the utopia or nirvana of a world of belonging without othering, but we can certainly aim for that goal. And in so doing, we will have achieved much and averted even ...
Porter and Manfred H. M. van Dulmen. Research indicates the importance of fostering a sense of belonging for college students—particularly to support first-generation students, international students ...
That’s why studies show that belonging is one of the most powerful predictors of DEI efficacy in the workforce. Deloitte’s 2020 Human Capital Trends report ranked belonging as the top human ...
Researchers from Indiana University found a link between getting students to think about belonging prior to their first year on campus and first-year full-time retention. A new report from Indiana ...