Equity, Inclusion Take Center Stage at NISOD Conference - Higher Education: AUSTIN, Texas — Around 1,200 community college faculty, staff and administrators nationwide and abroad gathered here this week for the 36th annual National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) conference. Such community college stakeholders engaged on many issues including educational technology, professional development and leadership.
NISOD presenters also focused on diversity and equity issues, highlighting strategies designed to make community college campuses more inclusive. Dr. Edward J. Leach, NISOD’s new director, is proud to be a part of an organization that showcases the latest advances in postsecondary education at community and technical colleges while helping to ensure all students — especially minorities and the underrepresented — have access to higher education.