Viewpoint Diversity and Inclusion: A Crucial Consideration in Student Affairs
Despite efforts to increase diversity and inclusion on college and university campuses, viewpoint diversity is rarely discussed in training sessions and in professional development initiatives within student affairs. The presenter will highlight the importance of viewpoint diversity and inclusion as it relates to the work of student affairs professionals and provide recommendations for addressing and overcoming ideological marginalization.
Learning Outcomes
1. Articulate the existing empirical and anecdotal data about viewpoint diversity and ideological marginalization in higher education
2. Interpret underlying religious and/or political ideologies that lead to diverse viewpoints about a multitude of topics of interest in student affairs
3. Recognize how to separate viewpoint/belief from behavior and will gain an increased understanding of how to appropriately regulate the latter
Christy Moran Craft
Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Kansas State University
Christy Moran Craft is a professor in, and the coordinator of, the student affairs graduate programs at Kansas State University. She also serves as the graduate coordinator for the College of Education at her institution. For over 20 years, she has studied issues related to religious diversity in higher education. She is also a scholar of higher education law and is particularly interested in free speech issues. She has presented numerous sessions at student affairs conferences and has published a number of journal articles based on her research.
Continuing Education Credits
CSAED
This session counts for 1.0 CSAEd-CORE credit or Social Justice and Inclusion (SJI) continuing education.
NASPA has been approved by the Higher Education Consortium for Student Affairs Certification to provide CE credit for Certified Student Affairs Educators (CSAEd). NASPA is solely responsible for all aspects of this program.
Guidelines for earning CE credit:
No partial credit will be rewarded.
Participants must also complete the feedback survey in the Online Learning Community.
1 Credit is available for attending the live session or viewing the on-demand recording.
To receive CSAEd credit, attendees must complete the feedback survey that offers the certification in each session. Once you have attended all the live sessions or watched the on-demand sessions for which you would like to request credit, visit the Continuing Education (CE) website to fill out the Student Affairs Education Certification Request Form for all the sessions. All certificants must fill out one for the live session and a separate one for the on-demand sessions. Visit the Continued Education (CE) website to learn more regarding deadlines and receive your certificate of completion for the Virtual Conference.
NBCC
This session counts for 1 NBCC credit
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The deadline to request NBCC continuing education certificates for this event is May 12, 2025. For questions regarding continuing education, please email continuingeducation@naspa.org
