Name
Diversity and Inclusion for Lasting Change: A New Paradigm for Business Education from Instruction to Faculty Hiring
Date & Time
Thursday, April 15, 2021, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Linda Ridley
Description

The Zicklin School of Business has identified three initiatives aligned with our diversity, equity, and inclusion goals. The first is a partnership with the PhD Project to facilitate the development of a pipeline of diverse full-time faculty. The second, the BMCC-Baruch College Business Academy, creates appropriate processes and support structures to facilitate a seamless transition pathway for students in the business administration program at BMCC to complete a BBA degree at the Zicklin school. Finally, to attract more underrepresented students to Zicklin’s graduate programs, the Zicklin School would like to partner with select HBCUs to enroll students in its MS Accountancy and Finance degree programs as well as the full-time MBA program.  Diverse student recruitment is a step in the right direction. However, considerable research has revealed that there is a gap in the ability of business faculty to teach concepts that fully address racial inequities in the classroom. This dilemma begs the question: Are business faculty complicit in  mythologizing business concepts by ignoring historical precedence, due to a practice of white supremacy? Cutting-edge research suggests that business curricula must be demythologized using a symptomal reading practice. This will allow business faculty to dismantle white supremacy in their pedagogy and classroom management by scrutinizing the history of discrimination and racism in American business.

Session Type
Panel